The Heart of Winter by Shona Kinsella Flame Tree Press, PB, £12.95 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming When the weather fails and affects her village’s crops, Bridget is promised in marriage to Aengus, Lord of Summer, to change the village’s fortunes. But Bridget doesn’t consent to this, so she flees to… Read More »The Heart of Winter
THE LONELY LANDS by Ramsey Campbell Flame Tree Press, p/b, £9.95 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan One of the activities that seemed to be very common during the Covid lockdowns, if the reports are correct, was that people took the opportunity to write the novel they have always been meaning to.… Read More »The Lonely Lands
Silent Key by Laurel Hightower Flame Tree Press, £12.96 paperback, £20 hardback Reviewed by Nadya Mercik Silent Key, being primarily a horror and supernatural story, has sturdy elements of a police detective and crime story and even some elements of historical espionage, which work wonderfully together. On top of that,… Read More »Silent Key
Ancient Images by Ramsay Campbell from @flametresspress #BookReview #Horror Ancient Images by Ramsay Campbell Flame Tree Press, pb, £8.75 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming When a film historian dies after supposedly locating a copy of a mythical film starring Karloff and Lugosi, his friend, Sandy, sets about finding the film and… Read More »Ancient Images by Ramsay Campbell
FELLSTONES by Ramsey Campbell Flame Tree Press, HB, £20.00 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Traditional British horror has a different feel to it than many other forms of the genre. In the same way that crime novels have their police procedurals, gory blood-spattered crime and ‘cosy’ varieties, horror has varieties as… Read More »FELLSTONES by Ramsey Campbell from @flametreepress