Tag: speculative fiction
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A GRANITE SILENCE by Nina Allan (BOOK REVIEW)
“Even as I try to restrict myself to the facts, I come to realise I will never stop being a writer compelled to imagine, and what ... -
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 ... -
ABSOLUTION by Jeff VanderMeer (BOOK REVIEW)
“There is a crevice in the black sea with a light pouring out. The stranger lives there, peering up at us. Something lives with him close, ... -
A SCARAB WHERE THE HEART SHOULD BE by Marieke Bigg (BOOK REVIEW)
“The beetles were closing in on her. At first, they had opened her world up. They had helped her expand into a new realm of kinship. ... -
THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Stuart Turton (BUDDY READ REVIEW)
It’s time for another buddy read from Nils and Beth! The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton was a highly-anticipated book ... -
FANTASY & BEYOND – a new forum INTERVIEW with creators ScarletBea and Magnus
For me the biggest hugest find of the last ten years or so has not been anything as mundane as career progression, or impending retirement, ... -
THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL by Anne Brontë (BOOK REVIEW)
“I am so determined to love him – so intensely anxious to excuse his errors, that I am continually dwelling upon them, and labouring to extenuate ... -
SHARK HEART: A LOVE STORY by Emily Habeck (BOOK REVIEW)
“Are we all just actors, performing some unbound art form for God, the audience of space? I wish I could have seen then what I know ... -
CONQUEST by Nina Allan (BOOK REVIEW)
“Frank says information is corrosive, like acid – once you touch it, you’re changed by it, you find you’ve been burned. Not long after Frank went ... -
HIT PARADE OF TEARS by Izumi Suzuki (BOOK REVIEW)
Izumi Suzuki – Hit Parade of Tears (2023, translated by Sam Bett, David Boyd, Helen O’Horan and Daniel Joseph) “Hey, it’s pretty common these days. Some ...
