Tag: speculative fiction
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SLASHED BEAUTIES by A. Rushby (BOOK REVIEW)
“There are some who think that I know the truth and I simply don’t want to speak about it, either because I want to create mystery ... -
CHILCO by Daniela Catrileo, translated by Jacob Edelstein (BOOK REVIEW(
Daniela Catrileo – Chilco (2023, Translated by Jacob Edelstein 2025) “No matter what I do, the smell returns like an echo, a resonance, as if the ... -
PAN by Michael Clune (BOOK REVIEW)
“But suddenly I realized how strange and even terrible it is that a person looks out from inside their face. Realize is the wrong word. I ... -
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 ...