British Fantasy Awards 2018 – winners
The Winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2018 are: Anthology: New Fears, ed. Mark Morris (Titan Books) Audio: Anansi Boys (by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Dirk Maggs for Radio 4) [...]
The Poppy War. Review
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang HarperVoyager, pb, £8.99 Reviewed by Fenton Coulthurst The Poppy War is the start of an epic fantasy trilogy by R F Kuang based on the [...]
THE TRAITOR GOD by Cameron Johnston. Review.
THE TRAITOR GOD by Cameron Johnston, Angry Robot, Paperback Edition, £8.99 Reviewed by Shona Kinsella For ten years, Edrin Walker has been living in exile, never [...]
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch directed by David Slade, Netflix, 2018 Reviewed by Hannah Hulbert Wow. That sure was something, wasn’t it? Whenever I sit down to watch a [...]
WYLDING HALL by Elizabeth Hand. Book review
WYLDING HALL by Elizabeth Hand, PS Publishing, h/b, £15.00/signed-slipcased edition, £35.00, Web Address Reviewed by Dave Brzeski So, there I am, innocently roaming around [...]
KITCHEN SINK GOTHIC edited by David & Linden Riley. Book review
KITCHEN SINK GOTHIC edited by David & Linden Riley, Parallel Universe Publications, p/b, £9.99/Kindle, £2.99, Web Address Reviewed by Dave Brzeski I can’t deny that [...]
Closer Still by Richard Farren Barber. Book review
Closer Still by Richard Farren Barber, Black Shuck Books, PB: £7.50, eBook: £1.99 Reviewed by Dave Jeffery The latest novella from the author of last year’s impressive [...]
THE RETURN by David A. Riley. Book review
THE RETURN by David A. Riley, Blood Bound Books, s/b, no price stated, www.bloodboundbooks.net Reviewed by Matthew Johns In The Return, Riley takes the reader back to his [...]
DEATH’S SWEET ECHO by Maynard and Sims. Book review
DEATH’S SWEET ECHO by Maynard and Sims, Tickety Boo Press Ltd, h/b, £15 Reviewed by Matthew Johns Maynard and Sims have built quite the reputation for quality [...]
BLACK AND DEEP DESIRES: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, VAMPIRE HUNTER by Graham Holderness. Book review
BLACK AND DEEP DESIRES: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, VAMPIRE HUNTER by Graham Holderness, Top Hat Books, s/b, £10.99, www.tophat-books.com Reviewed by Matthew Johns I expected a [...]
Kill or Cure by Pixie Britton. Book review
Kill or Cure by Pixie Britton, Matador, pb, 240pp Review by Stephen Theaker The first few chapters of this zombie YA novel are quite run-of-the-mill. Alyx, a [...]