Category: Fiction
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Good venues for microfiction
If you -like me – love flash fiction in all its declinations, you would also especially enjoy microfiction, which is, in many aspects, comparable…
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Teaser Tuesday (8 August)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read…
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday – Artemis by Andy Weir
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally,…
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Interview with Noel Chidwick, Shoreline of Infinity
I had the occasion to meet Noel Chidwick during one of the events Shoreline of Infinity organised here in Edinburgh. Noel was so kind to…
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Luna, Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald. A review.
I already knew I was going to love Luna:Wolf Moon since the moment I requested it on Netgalley – and not, or not only,…
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Ten Historical Fiction Novels Worth Reading (more than once)
In these days I’m utterly enjoying Mantel’s Wolf Hall, a novel based on the life of Thomas Cromwell, which is one of the best historical…
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Interview with the Editor-in-Chief of Salome’
Salome’ is a new UK literary magazine I’ve recently discovered, and I was so lucky to get Jacs, the Editor-in-Chief, here for a chat…
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(More) historical fiction. Forthcoming reviews
In the last six months, for a series of reasons I’ll talk about in a future post, I’ve been watching a lot of historical…
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Teaser Tuesday (23 May)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current…
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Dust to Dust by Ken McClure. A Review.
Dust to Dust is a medical thriller by the acclaimed best-seller writer Ken McClure and, while number 8 in the Steven Dunbar fortunate series,…
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Guest Post – Enter The Apocalypse. An Anthology, by Trevor Zaple
Enter The Apocalypse is a new anthology of short fiction from TANSTAAFL Press that features thirty-two authors all dealing with a version or another of…
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A lost opportunity: Helix.
In case you have never heard of it, Helix is an American SF/ thriller TV series aired by Syfy. The plot: a team of…
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Dorian Gray (2009). A review.
The Picture of Dorian Gray has been since its publication in 1890 a popular, albeit controversial, subject, and its cultural influence long-lasting, certainly more…
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The Sub-Genres of British Fantasy Literature by A J Dalton. A review.
It is always interesting to read good non-fiction books about SFF&H, and when it happens to be an informed reflection on a genre as…
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Speculative Fiction Podcasts: Interview with Mariah Avix, 600 Second Saga
This is a post in the series of speculative fiction podcasts, and the fourth interview for “Seven Questions with your favourite SFF podcast editors”…
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The Rezort (2016) – yet another zombie movie. A review.
Since I’ve got my Netflix subscription a couple of years ago, the amount of horror I watch has been steadily growing, simply because it’s…