Yearly Archives: 2025
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                                        Interview with Richard Swan (GRAVE EMPIRE)Richard Swan is a critically acclaimed British genre writer. His debut fantasy novel, The Justice of Kings, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and has been ...
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                                        ONCE WAS WILLEM by M. R. Carey (BOOK REVIEW)“Dying is a sorry thing, I thought, but it was worth going through death to come finally to this. Nothing I had lost could be half ...
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                                        THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART by Mark Lawrence (BOOK REVIEW)The secret war that defines the Library has chosen its champions and set them on the board The fate of an infinite library hangs on one ...
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                                        THE KNIGHT AND THE BUTCHERBIRD by Alix E. Harrow (BUDDY READ REVIEW)It’s not a secret that Nils and Beth are huge fans of Alix E. Harrow’s work, so they were thrilled to be sent her recent short ...
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                                        A Bard’s Tale – Songs in Fantasy Stories: GUEST POST by Simon Batsman (IN THE HEART OF A SOULLESS VESSEL)“A pale, leafy light smoked out of the wand’s tip, then seemed to fade into nothingness. Fjona could feel the energy latch on to the pebble ...
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                                        SERVANT OF RAGE by Alex Knight (BOOK REVIEW)‘Clarity of purpose is among our greatest strengths, my son. The Ghangerai people are not feared because we are inherently better warriors than anyone else. We ...
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                                        THE FALL IS ALL THERE IS and THE DIPLOMACY OF THE KNIFE by C. M. Caplan (SERIES REVIEW)Unhinged, messy and chaotic, this fabulous series is unlike anything you would have ever read – come for the fusterclucked family and stay for the ...
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                                        Interview with Amal El-Mohtar (THE RIVER HAS ROOTS)Amal El-Mohtar is an award-winning author and critic: her short fiction has won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards, while her poetry has won the Rhysling ...
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                                        THE TRIGGERNOMETRY TRILOGY by Stark Holborn (SERIES REVIEW)Mathematical Fahrenheit 951 in a Wild Wild West Sometimes you know that a book is written just for the intersection of some of your weird interest ...
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                                        AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN by Camilla Bruce (BOOK REVIEW)“Why is that?” I asked in a voice hoarse from lecturing. “Do you think the wicked witches and cruel stepmothers in your storybooks just appeared, like ...
 
                                                







