Tag: Post-Apocalyptic
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‘No Shelter’ (Part Three) by Timandra Whitecastle
Read part one here and part two here. I tell the midwife: first month I missed my period, I didn’t even realize it. Second month, I wondered about ... -
‘No Shelter’ (Part Two) by Timandra Whitecastle
(Read part one HERE) The midwife tuts. She clicks her tongue, starts rummaging around in her battered black doctor’s bag. I fear it’s going to ... -
‘No Shelter’ (Part One) by Timandra Whitecastle
The midwife is listening to my unborn child’s heartbeat through a stethoscope pressed against my belly. She looks like she’s the seventh angel’s retarded sister, smiling ... -
The Seven by Peter Newman
Seven is a magical number. Indeed, a 2014 survey found that seven is the world’s favourite number. Perhaps that is why the world of film and books has ... -
The Malice by Peter Newman
Peter Newman has followed up his remarkable debut The Vagrant with another exceptional tale: The Malice. In The Vagrant, Newman flouted convention with a present tense story of a protagonist ... -
The Hammer and the Goat by Peter Newman
Covers count; every author knows this. Covers can make you buy books, they pose questions, raise mysteries – draw in the eye and the imagination. It ... -
The Vagrant by Peter Newman
“Actions speak louder than words.” I heard Peter Newman speak at the Grim Gathering II in Bristol, where he gave a short summary of his book: ... -
Blackwing by Ed McDonald
THE GOOD: Tattoos that turn into crows, child-sorcerers that’ll cut you in two (vertically, diagonally, horizontally, they’re not fussy like that), veritable doomsday weaponry, ancient beings that ... -
The Emperor’s Railroad by Guy Haley
You only got an idea of what the Gone Before might have been like from up high. I could see the lines of the streets and ... -
Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines
There really isn’t that much to say about Peter Clines’ Ex-Heroes other than that it’s full of zombies, superheroes and fun. (Think X-Men meets The Walking Dead.) ...
