FantasyCon 2019 – Una McCormack
FantasyCon 2019 has announced Dr Una McCormack as its 3rd Guest of Honour at Glasgow 18th to 20th October. A British science fiction author, best known for her TV tie-in [...]
Short story competition 2019 – Winner announcement
From the desk of Allen Ashley, our judge: “I am pleased to be able to make an early call this year with my announcement of the results of British Fantasy Society Short [...]
British Fantasy Awards 2019
Following two rounds of nomination and voting from the members of the British Fantasy Society and FantasyCon, The British Fantasy Awards has reached its jury stage. For 2019, [...]
BLACKHART by D L Millan. Book review
BLACKHART by D L Millan, The Book Guild Ltd, Leics, UK p/b £9.49 (UK) 320 pages, www.bookguild.co.uk Reviewed by Pauline Morgan There are times when a potentially good [...]
INTERZONE #279 (Jan-Feb 2019) edited by Andy Cox. Zine review
INTERZONE #279 (Jan-Feb 2019) edited by Andy Cox, TTA Press, Ely, Cambs, UK p/b £5.99 (UK) 96 pages, www.ttapress.com Reviewed by Pauline Morgan There are two reasons why [...]
The Beautiful by Renѐe Ahdeih. Review.
The Beautiful by Renѐe Ahdeih Hodder and Stoughton, hb, £16.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming After fleeing Paris to start a new life, Celine Rousseau arrives in New Orleans at [...]
The Grip of It by Jac Jemc. Review.
The Grip of It by Jac Jemc Titan, pb, £7.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Julie and James need a fresh start to help James combat his gambling addiction. They think they’ve [...]
The Bone Ships by RJ Barker. Review.
The Bone Ships by RJ Barker Orbit, pb, £8.99 Reviewed by Megan Leigh I first came across RJ Barker at a FantasyCon where he gave one of the most entertaining author readings [...]
SINGLE SLICES Volume 1, edited by Patrick Beltran.
SINGLE SLICES Volume 1, edited by Patrick Beltran, Cutting Block Books UKSA p/b $12.95 (USD) 264 pages, www.cuttingblockbooks.com Reviewed by Pauline Morgan With the [...]
ASH KICKERS By Sean Grigsby. Review.
ASH KICKERS By Sean Grigsby Angry Robot Books, s/b, 8.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns In the not so distant future, many of our largest metropoles (metropolises?) have been [...]
PALE KINGS by Micah Yongo. Review.
PALE KINGS by Micah Yongo. Angry Robot. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Only a few surviving members of the Brotherhood remain. For some reason, Arianna has [...]
THE HEART OF THE CIRCLE by Keren Landsman. Review.
THE HEART OF THE CIRCLE by Keren Landsman. Angry Robot. p/b. £10.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. In Tel Aviv Reed Katz and his kind endure growing hatred. Terrorists are [...]
THE COLORADO KID by Stephen King. Review.
THE COLORADO KID by Stephen King Hard Case Crime, s/b, £7.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns The first thing you need to know about this is that it’s a Stephen King book – for [...]