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Author: Jonathan Thornton

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Jonathan Thornton

Jonathan Thornton is from Scotland but grew up in Kenya, and now lives in Liverpool. He has a lifelong love of fantasy and science fiction, kicked off by reading The Lord Of The Rings and Dune at an impressionable age. Nowadays his favourite writers are Michael Moorcock, John Crowley, Gene Wolfe, Patricia McKillip and Ursula Le Guin. He has a day job working with mosquitoes, and one day wants to finish writing his own stories. You can find Jonathan on Twitter at @JonathanThornt2.

  • Book ReviewsHorrorSupernatural
    By Jonathan Thornton
    March 5, 2025
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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 ...
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  • Book ReviewsClimate FictionScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    February 25, 2025
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    AERTH by Deborah Tomkins (BOOK REVIEW)

    “First, do no harm, says his mother every morning at breakfast: Before anything else, first, do no harm. Her reminder before he goes to school. He ...
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  • Book ReviewsFolkHorror
    By Jonathan Thornton
    February 21, 2025
    3085
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    THE LAMB by Lucy Rose (BOOK REVIEW)

    “That’s when I realized that, as adults look at children, they don’t really see them. They see a body without a mind. Something that does what ...
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  • BlogObituaries
    By Jonathan Thornton
    February 17, 2025
    855
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    Barry N. Malzberg (1939-2024) OBITUARY

    Barry N. Malzberg (1939-2024) The Fantasy Hive was saddened to hear of the passing of US author Barry N. Malzberg in December. Malzberg was one of ...
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  • BlogNews and AnnouncementsObituaries
    By Jonathan Thornton
    February 14, 2025
    2450
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    JONATHAN’S TOP 10 CHRIS MOORE COVERS

    Top 10 Chris Moore Covers The Fantasy Hive was saddened to hear of the death of science fiction illustrator Chris Moore (1947-2025). Across his career, Moore ...
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  • AfrofuturismBook Reviewsevolution SFScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    January 29, 2025
    1319
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    DEATH OF THE AUTHOR by Nnedi Okorafor (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Stories contain our existence; they are like gods. And the fact that we create them from living, experiencing, listening, thinking ,feeling, giving – they remind me ...
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  • Book ReviewsFolkHorrorSpeculative
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 27, 2024
    1129
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    THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Before her return, Wenna thought many times about what it would be like to see her family again and a few times, with half-guilty yearning, of ...
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  • Body HorrorBook ReviewsHorrorScience Fiction
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 19, 2024
    1127
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    CHLOROPHILIA by Cristina Jurado, translated by Sue Burke (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Is it true that all the fields used to be green?”  The old man paused to pull a kerchief from the back pocket of his tunic ...
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  • Book ReviewsScience FictionSpeculativeTranslationUtopian/Distopian
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 17, 2024
    2124
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    DENGUE BOY by Michel Nieva translated by Rahul Bery (BOOK REVIEW)

    “Nobody loved Dengue Boy. I don’t know if it was his long beak or the constant, unbearable buzzing sound his wings made as they rubbed together, ...
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  • Book ReviewsSpeculativeTranslation
    By Jonathan Thornton
    December 13, 2024
    2211
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    SET MY HEART ON FIRE by Izumi Suzuki, translated by Helen O’Horan (BOOK REVIEW)

    Izumi Suzuki – Set My Heart On Fire (1983, translated by Helen O’Horan 2024)   “I’m passionate, of course. Passion is something that occurs naturally. Yet ...
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