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September 2024 book blog

After the leviathan of a book that was ‘999’, I stuck to shorter volumes in September. The first was ‘Underground’ by Al Ramsay. Al is a local author and we’ve known each other for a while. ‘Underground’ came out around … Continue reading

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August 2024 book blog

I’d say that in August, I was mostly reading books by Tej Turner; with the exception of an absolutely huge anthology that is celebrating its quarter century this year. Strictly speaking, I didn’t finish it until mid September, but I … Continue reading

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March 2023 book blog

I only read two books this month, but they were whoppers. I started off with a break from ‘Shadows of the Apt’ in the shape of a re-read of the classic anthology ‘By Blood We Live’, edited by John Joseph … Continue reading

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May 2021 book blog

I tried out a new author in the first week in May, I’d been promised sf, but I don’t think it was. Not my thing, but it was well presented and I’m sure other people would like it, so I … Continue reading

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Heir to the Shadows – A review by Jeanette Greaves

Much as I enjoyed ‘Daughter of the Blood’, the first book in the Black Jewels trilogy, I have to admit that at times it was hard to read. The world in which our heroine (Jaenelle) lived, was a dark dystopia, … Continue reading

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Games Creatures Play, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner. A review by Jeanette Greaves

The game – produce an anthology of fifteen stories. The rules – they must be short stories, they must include at least one supernatural creature such as a shapeshifter, fairy, vampire or ghost. They must include a strong element of … Continue reading

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Bad Zombie

“You stink, y’know?” Max stirred, rattled his chains, and gave me that big gormless look that used to be an in joke between us. These days it was real, the boy didn’t have a gorm in his body. I was … Continue reading

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