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- A.G (Angela) Slatter’s Sourdough Universe offer readers a doorway into a gothic, haunted world of witches, vampires, and a unique folklore. The series is largely set up that any of the books can provide an entry point, such is the case with The Crimson Road. This tale centers on Violet Zennor, who has inherited a…
- From the publisher: “An American teenager joins an exclusive boarding school hidden deep in the Scottish countryside. New friendships blossom, but not everything is as it appears… Page Whittaker has always been an outcast. And after the deadly incident that destroyed her single friendship at her old school, she needs a fresh start. When she…
- T. Kingfisher has proven to be one of the smarter, engaging, and creepy voices in fantasy and horror. Her tales are often on the shorter side, but the impact and weight of her stories is on more than equal footing with her peers whose stories take up a larger word/page count. In A House with…
- One of my favourite Fantasy series in recent years has been the Empire of the Wolf trilogy, which finished last year (and the final book, Trials of Empire was in both mine and Rob’s favourite books of the year list.) With Grave Empire Richard begins a new trilogy. Set in the same world as the…
- The finale to John Gwynne’s Bloodsworn, The Fury of the Gods, brings the Norse epic to a grand conclusion. The conflagration of warriors, wolf-gods, dragon-gods, rat-gods, and other various and sundry supernatural entities comes to a head as the dragon god, Lik-Rifa, seeks to take over the world and expunge her sibling gods while Varg,…
- One of the most frequently used characterisations in fantasy is that of the outcast or outsider. In fact, I would say that for many fantasy readers this idea of not belonging is one of the genre’s key attractions. How many readers do you know that have been seen as outsiders for just wanting to read,…
- He’s tackled haunted houses, possessed teens, and slashers. Now, as the title of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls states, Grady Hendrix gives readers a story about witchcraft. The story takes place at a “home for unwed mothers” – places where young, often teenage girls, stay during their last months of unplanned pregnancy so they can birth…
- Krasia is reeling. The demons, long thought vanquished, have of course returned. But the two men who helped to end their threat are thought to be dead and their wives, who also fought the demons, are trapped by the demon horde. It is even more clear now that the new generation, Olive Paper and Darin…
- Here’s the final part of our now traditional Review of the Year, pointing out what we liked most. This time, it’s Film & TV. (Part 1 looked at Fantasy Books, Part 2 looked at Horror Books, Part 3 looked at SF Books.) Taking part are Rob Bedford, Mark Chitty and Mark Yon. Rob Bedford: Film…
- Welcome to our now-traditional look over what we at SFFWorld have enjoyed this year. We have tried to limit our choices to five in each category, although as you will see, this can vary. Most are in alphabetical order, or no order of preference. Part 1: Fantasy Books Part 2: Horror Books Part 3: Science…