Monthly Archives: September 2021
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SPFBO 7 – The Third Quarter final – “EXTRA TIME”
You may recall that – back in August – the judges found that the first 20% of our two “leaving home” Batch quarterfinalists did not leave ... -
GUN ISLAND by Amitav Ghosh THE UNSEEN ACADEMIC
This is an (increasingly) occasional series of posts drawing on my excursion into the academic side of creative writing doing a PhD project at Queen’s University ... -
Author Spotlight – J.D.L Rosell (RANGER OF THE TITAN WILDS)
J.D.L. Rosell is the bestselling author of the series Legend of Tal, Ranger of the Titan Wilds, The Runewar Saga, The Famine Cycle, and Godslayer Rising. ... -
THE ART OF SPACE TRAVEL AND OTHER STORIES by Nina Allan (BOOK REVIEW)
“I begin to understand that his is what time travel actually is: we can each of us go back in time a little. We extend a ... -
SPFBO 7 – The Sixth Quarter Final
On Wednesday, we announced our sixth trio of eliminations and revealed that this week’s two quarter-finalists from the “different” batch are SHADOWS OF IVORY by T.L. ... -
THE LAST DAYS OF HONG KONG by G. D. Penman (BOOK REVIEW)
I’VE JUST WORKED OUT THE TITLE. That’s so damn clever… The title obviously, not me. Damn I hope you gave yourself a proper pat on the ... -
THESE ALIEN SKIES by C.T. Rwizi (BOOK REVIEW)
This is a delightful little story – a mere 25 pages long in its Amazon listing, yet with themes that could have easily born a longer ... -
Interview with Joe Abercrombie (THE WISDOM OF CROWDS)
Joe Abercrombie is the author of the FIRST LAW series and the SHATTERED SEA series. His novels have been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Awards, British ... -
SPFBO 7 – The Sixth Eliminations
Welcome to our Sixth Eliminations post for SPFBO 7. This week, we have grouped our five brave entrants together into a “Different” batch. You can find ... -
Author Spotlight: D. A. Mucci (IGNATIUS AND THE SWORDS OF NOSTAW)
Being an Emergency Room physician for close to forty years, Dr. Mucci found that the pandemic brought forth new horrors in the ER. Writing this ...
