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, [...]
SORAK’S LEGACY by Hedley Harrison. Book review
SORAK’S LEGACY by Hedley Harrison, The Book Guild Ltd, p/b £8.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson This is the third book in this trilogy following Sorak’s Redemption and [...]
Doing Time by Jodi Taylor. Review.
Doing Time by Jodi Taylor Headline, hb, £18.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming The Time Police needs intelligent and bold recruits for its future developments. Instead, it has [...]
The Forgotten and the Fantastical 4, Modern Fables and Ancient Tales, edited by Teika Bellamy. Book review
The Forgotten and the Fantastical 4, Modern Fables and Ancient Tales, edited by Teika Bellamy, Mother’s Milk Books, 2018, Reviewed by Sandra Unerman The Snow Queen, Beauty [...]
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 [...]