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Last Minute Gift Ideas
I’m going to assume if you’re reading this blog you’ve probably already sampled my writing, though if you’re of a mind to try something new, far be it from to dissuade you to follow Cthulhu’s...
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Writer Wednesday: Book Apocalypse?
“Won’t somebody please think of the children?!” I couldn’t resist quoting Helen Lovejoy; partly because it’s also the title of my latest publication to appear in the mail (yay) but also because of this...
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Friday’s Forgotten Book: Lady Killer
LADY KILLER by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding Synopsis via Aunt Agatha’s: Holding’s forte was the psychological suspense novel, and like our time’s Minette Walters and Ruth Rendell, she combines relentlessly...
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Cover Reveal: Noir Carnival
Here’s the fantastic cover for the upcoming Fox Spirit Books anthology Noir Carnival: no surprise, Stephanie came through with the awesome yet again. Wow! And you thought Weird Noir was going to be a...
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Introducing Graham Wynd
I cannot believe it is July already! I have been so busy that time has simply sped by and it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. I’m doing my best not to be tempted into adding to my already too...
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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Every creative gets this question sooner or later: those asking think it’s the most natural thing in the world to ask about this ‘mysterious’ process. Those questioned, however, can’t help wondering...
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FFB: Ritual by David Pinner
David Pinner’s novel Ritual is probably best known for inspiring the classic film The Wicker Man, which counts as horror or comedy depending on your religious alliances (or maybe a little of both —...
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Leicester Comic Con / London Rambles
I headed off to the southern lands last weekend to join the fabulous Adele for Leicester Comic Con and some Fox Spirit Books plotting and planning. More on the exhibit later! Tagged: Adele Wearing,...
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Do You NaNo?
If you’re participating in the madness that is NaNoWriMo, you may find this little 60pp guide handy. Today only it’s free, so pick it up by clicking the picture — and good luck! Tagged: books, free...
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Review: Discovering Scarfolk by Richard Littler
Discovering Scarfolk: For tourists & other trespassers by Richard Littler Ebury Press I can’t say when I first stumbled across Littler’s Scarfolk site. Probably one of the usual suspects (Brazill...
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Review: I Tell You It’s Love by Joe R. Lansdale & Daniele Serra
I TELL YOU IT’S LOVE Joe R. Lansdale Adapted and illustrated by Daniele Serra Short Scary Tales Publications Dark moments seem like sweetness and light to lovers who dance to the beat of a dying heart....
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Choose Books
“But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got books?” [with apologies to...
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On the Road Again
Yes, I am Scotland bound once more, arriving in Dundee for my birthday tomorrow by way of Dublin and Edinburgh. Bertie and I got a tree this weekend from the farm around the corner and decorated it...
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Review: 25 Ways to Kill a Werewolf by Jo Thomas
25 Ways to Kill A Werewolf by Jo Thomas Cover Art by Sarah Anne Langton Blurb: ‘My name is Elkie Bernstein. I live in North Wales and I kill werewolves.’ When Elkie finds herself fighting for her life...
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200,000 Tweets
Milestones: are they necessary takings of account or meaningless attachment to round-ish numbers? I am soon to reach such a milestone — the seemingly effusive number 200,000 tweets. A gloomy sort might...
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Making Magic Respectable
Like many folks here, I am greatly enjoying Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It’s a terrific fantasy series: I can’t tell you how well it adapts Susanna Clarke’s novel as I haven’t read it yet (so...
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Out Now: Chastity Flame eBook Boxset
CHASTITY FLAME ADVENTURES BOX SET Price: $5.99 This box set includes: Chastity Flame, #1 Move over James Bond! Chastity Flame works for a nameless organization. You won’t hear about the work she does...
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Albacon 2016 This Weekend
I will be making an appearance at Albacon this weekend, the local speculative fiction conference. Say hello if you’re around. I can’t promise dragons but I have two panels on Friday at 2 and at 3: and...
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Back to Scotland
Grades are in, things are done, or sorted or packed away until autumn in New York and I am on my way back to Dundee today. My bags are full of electronics, cables, books, folders, notebooks and, where...
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Review: Radio Girls
RADIO GIRLS Sarah-Jane Stratford The Great War is over, and change is in the air, in this novel that brings to life the exciting days of early British radio …and one woman who finds her voice while...
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