What would speculative fiction be without it’s fantastical creatures? From Dragons to imps, werewolves to Tatterskins, we love them all. Our final panel of Saturday’s Building Worlds event discusses fantastical creatures in all their glory. Why do we love them so much? What do they bring to our tales? How… Read More »February Event – The Bestiary: Writing Fantastical Creatures
We have a wonderful line-up of readers for you this Saturday! At 10:00am, the first event of the day, we have poet LindaAnn LoSchiavo Native New Yorker LindaAnn LoSchiavo, a Pushcart Prize, Rhysling Award, Best of the Net, and Dwarf Stars nominee, is a member of SFPA, The British Fantasy… Read More »February Event – Readings
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
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull Titan Books, pb, £9.19 Reviewed by Joely Black One morning in October, Laina finds out cops in Boston have shot her brother. In another shooting, another Black man was the victim of police brutality. Yet there is more to this story. Laina’s brother… Read More »No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull from @TitanBooks
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we will be interviewing award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky as part of the February online event. Adrian Tchaikovsky is an award-winning and highly acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author with works published at home in the UK and internationally. He primarily explores deep themes,… Read More »An Interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher Titan Books, pbk, £8.99 Reviewed by Ian Hunter Told over 169 pages and 13 chapters, What Moves the Dead is a short novel riffing off Edgar Allan Poe’s very short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”. This time following the story… Read More »What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher from @TitanBooks
Isolation: The Horror Anthology, edited by Dan Coxon Titan books, paperback, £8.99 Reviewed by Shona Kinsella I’ve long been a fan of Dan Coxon’s anthologies. As an editor, he never fails to put together a selection of the very finest short fiction, and Isolation: The Horror Anthology is no exception.… Read More »Isolation: The Horror Anthology, edited by Dan Coxon from @TitanBooks
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
Misery and Other Lines by CC Adams Sinister Horror Company, ebook, £1.99 Reviewed by Melody Bowles Misery and Other Lines is a short story collection centred around terrifying happenings on the London Underground at Halloween. Every story begins with costume wearers and pumpkin-carriers mingling with ordinary Londoners to catch the… Read More »Misery and Other Lines by CC Adams @SinisterHC
Not Good for Maidens by Toni Bovalino Titan Books, pb, £8.27 Reviewed by Melody Bowles Not Good For Maidens retells Christina Rossetti’s famous poem Goblin Market. The book’s evocative descriptions of the titular market are the best thing about it, offering up both unlikely wonders and bone-chilling horrors. The book… Read More »Not Good for Maidens by Toni Bovalino from @TitanBooks