The Ways of Ghosts and Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce ed by Mike Ashley The Ways of Ghosts and Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce ed by Mike Ashley British Library Publishing, pb, £9.19 Reviewed by Pete Sutton This new collection presents over thirty of Bierce’s most terrifying and… Read More »The Ways of Ghosts and Other Dark Tales
ECLECTIC DREAMS: A Milford Anthology edited by J W Anderson, Pete W. Sutton & Liz Williams #BookReview #SciFi #ShortStories #Anthology ECLECTIC DREAMS: A Milford Anthology edited by J W Anderson, Pete W. Sutton & Liz Williams Kristell Ink, 240 page p/b, £13.89 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan I have to declare… Read More »Eclectic Dreams
In March this year, we ran the first BFS writing retreat at Gladstones Library in Wales and we had the most wonderful time. As a way to celebrate the retreat, we decided to put together a themed anthology of short stories from retreat attendees, Portraits of Patriarchs. A digital copy… Read More »BFS Anthology and 2024 Retreat
The votes are in, the jurors have been empanelled, and we are delighted to announce the shortlists for this year’s British Fantasy Awards! Many congratulations to all! The Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel Jurors: Elias Eells, Elloise Hopkins, S.D. Howarth, Nadya Mercik, Roseanna Pendlebury The August Derleth Award… Read More »British Fantasy Award Shortlists
The Flaw in the Crystal and other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair edited by Mike Ashley from @BL_Publishing #BookReview #Horror #Short Stoies #MaySinclair The Flaw in the Crystal and other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair edited by Mike Ashley British Library Publishing, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Ian Hunter “The Flaw… Read More »The Flaw in the Crystal
The Other Side of Never, Edited by Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane from @TitanBooks #BookReview #ShortStories #PeterPan #Fantasy The Other Side of Never, Edited by Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane Titan Books p/b: UK: £9.99/US: $16.95 Reviewed by Dave Jeffery The Other Side of Never is an anthology that combines… Read More »
SPECTRAL SOUNDS Unquiet tales of Acoustic Weird edited by Manon Burz-Labrande British Library Press, 315-page p/b, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan The majority of reported ghost sightings are visual. They may be accompanied by effects on the other senses. Séances contacted the spirits of the dead and often relied on… Read More »SPECTRAL SOUNDS Unquiet tales of Acoustic Weird edited by Manon Burz-Labrande from @BL_Publishing
THE HORNED GOD: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan edited by Michael Wheatley British Library, 319-page p/b, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan The Greek God Pan was an entity of wood and field who had a number of conflicting attributes. Most stories agree that he had the legs and… Read More »THE HORNED GOD: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan edited by Michael Wheatley from @BL_Publishing
THE TWELVE EVEN STRANGER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS By Syd Moore Point Blank Books, s/b, £6.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns The follow-up to the successful “The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas” is a pocket-sized collection of thirteen short stories with a macabre twist and, at times, a tenuous link to Christmas… Read More »THE TWELVE EVEN STRANGER DAYS OF CHRISTMAS By Syd Moore
SUNLESS SOLSTICE: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights, edited by Lucy Evans and Tanya Kirk British Library Press, 288-page p/b, £8.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Since Christmas is close to the longest night of the year and the period is often one of cold, it was inevitable that stories… Read More »SUNLESS SOLSTICE: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights, edited by Lucy Evans and Tanya Kirk from @BL_Publishing