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- Bradley P. Beaulieu is growing into a modern Epic Fantasy master. He’s completed the requisite fantasy trilogy (The Lays of Anuskaya) and created a sprawling secondary world that could not be contained by his six novels (The Song of the Shattered Sand). With The Dragons of Deepwood Fen he launches The Book of the Holt,…
- Books about books and bookshops are pretty much a winner for me. I am actually a little wary though – what if such a book lets me down and (gasp) disappoints in its depiction of one of my favourite places in the world? Can such a book accurately describe my love for such places? Well,…
- As I write this, we are approaching Christmas, a time for some of traditions – presents, pantomimes and ballet performances, for example. The latest novel by Erika Johansen reminds us of such things, but is a much darker take on many of those traditional tales. To start with though, the story begins with many of…
- One that would happily have fit into our Halloween reviews this year, Emilia’s novel involves witchcraft and strange goings-on at various times in English history. The story follows the lives of three women – Altha is a twenty-one-year-old living in Northern England in 1619, Violet is a young girl living in 1942 and Kate is…
- Christina Henry has plied her storytelling trade in multiple genres from urban fantasy, to story re-imaginings to horror. Whereas her previous novels largely fell into a singular genre, Good Girls Don’t Die is a genre mash-up, it is a novel from the point of view of three female protagonists, one in a cozy mystery, one…
- This interview was conducted during New York Comic Con on October 14, 2023. Christina and I chatted about her work, horror, writing influences and more. How are you enjoying New York and NYCC so far? This isn’t your first time at NYCC, is it? I flew in from Germany after a 10-day book tour, so…
- Like Robert Jordan (Conan) or David Gemmell (White Knight, Black Swan), writers are often writing for other authors or for other genres they are less known for – after all, they have a living to make. Whilst not producing quantities at the levels of the old pulp writers, admittedly, when writing a book a day…
- I had the chance to interview Jim Butcher at New York Comic Con earlier this year, wherein he teases this book a bit. Go have a look: https://www.sffworld.com/2023/10/new-york-comic-con-2023-jim-butcher-interview/ When Jim Butcher launched his Epic Fantasy/Steampunk Saga The Cinder Spires in 2015, it was met with much excitement. We at SFFWorld loved it, as did many…
- As someone who has recently semi-retired from a career in education, I must admit that the first term of the school year, from September to Christmas, holds a certain degree of nostalgic charm for me. As the nights begin to get darker earlier and the Summer turns to Winter, my own thoughts remind me of…
- Catriona Ward is on a nice publishing schedule, especially for a writer whose work plays with darker, horrific themes. Since reading The Last House on Needless Street, I’ve been considering a new book from her as an annual Halloween/Spooky Season read. Her 2023 release, Looking Glass Sound is one that fits the bill quite nicely.…