SPFBO 2017
A likely winner of the most incomprehensible blog post title ever, for those of you who are not "in the know", that unwieldy acronym...
Halloween Surprise
I can’t think of many better ways to spend the grim, dark evenings of a Halloween weekend than curled around a grim, dark book. Until...
Film review: Blade Runner 2049
For a Blade Runner obsessive like myself, Blade Runner 2049 is pretty uninspiring outcome from the decision to “reboot”. It combines...
Book review: Evil is a Matter of Perspective
This collection of nineteen stories is a bold, comprehensive and worthwhile introduction to "grimdark" fantasy fiction. It contains...
Book review: The New Voices of Fantasy
If you consider fantasy writing as a form of magic, this anthology cements Beagle and Weisman's reputations as witch-finder generals. ...
Are you all right, Sir?
“It was a dark and stormy night.” Sir stopped reading, and crushed Smedley’s essay into a ball. We shifted in our seats and waited for...
