Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews
Spiffing is a fun little cosmic horror novella about Bertram 'Bertie' Lexington-Brown, a quirky, rich businessman with a fascination for the macabre. Old cursed necklaces, crystals supposedly housing the imprisoned essence of antediluvian demigods, that sort of thing. His latest acquisition is the sarcophagus of an ancient and, up until now, mythological Egyptian priest who... Continue Reading →
This book sucked ass. I don't usually have such deeply held negative opinions about the books I choose to read - after all, I'm a pretty good judge of what I like so I'll usually find something about a book I like even if it wasn't that hot overall. But guys. This book. Sucked. Ass.... Continue Reading →
I've read some really great books since deciding to actively delve into the small press world, and Rick Claypool's The Mold Farmer is an imaginatively sinister, outside-the-box, weird little novella I'm super glad I discovered. Pitched as a story of cosmic claustrophobia and workplace survival horror, it's the story of Thorner, an everyday family man... Continue Reading →
I've still got a review hangover from Wyrd and Wonder I think. I've written two reviews since the start of June and just can't seem to get in the right headspace for them. But I've realised not every review has to be an in-depth 3000 word essay and I can actually just write some more... Continue Reading →
Oh hey, it me, your favourite fantasy period romance fan. Words I thought the world would never hear. But hey, appaz after reading The House In The Cerulean Sea and actually quite enjoying full on steamy post-apocalyptic sci-fi erotic romance Deal With The Devil, C. L. Polk's The Midnight Bargain is the latest romance story... Continue Reading →
Jesus fucking Christ I was not prepared for this book. In the best, most disturbingly unsettling way possible. THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE is a horror novella from small press Weirdpunk Books about two women who meet in an online forum in the early days of the internet. What begins as an... Continue Reading →
This is very much an unplanned and unexpected addition to my Wyrd & Wonder reading, though I dunno how much of a review of this particular story this is gonna be and how much it's just gonna be me talking about embarking on a new obsession with cosmic horror. In any case, in an attempt... Continue Reading →
Saffron is the royal taste tester, a position she was compelled to take up when the Traitor King, Duke Michal, usurped the throne and took her into his service. Saffron's husband Danny is a master baker who discovered a way to invoke the powerful and vivid reliving of memories in the people who eat his... Continue Reading →
If you've read volume one of The Wicked & The Divine then you'll know it ended on a bit of a bombshell, with lots of questions still to be answered and even more questions raised by Ananke's actions after Lucifer busted out of prison. As volume two opens, the judge's murder remains unsolved and Laura... Continue Reading →
I've been hearing tip top things about this series for literal years, and just never got round to reading it, you know how it is, so yesterday I decided it's long overdue and picked up volume one. All I can say is, I'm simultaneously furious at my past self for not reading this sooner and... Continue Reading →
