Picture me in a rocking chair in the attic, sipping tea from a cracked mug, surrounded by decrepit mannequins with spider clusters for eyes. Shadows jig merrily on the walls. As I sip the ectoplasmic tea, I experience the memories of ghosts, but I won’t let that distract me. I have a job to do. Read More …
By Eugen Bacon I came across an exhilarating guest post idea on an author series, and thought, ‘Just wow.’ If I took a random page of my novel with Andrew Hook, Secondhand Daylight, would it render justice to the overall storyline? I’ve always liked odd numbers, so my eye fell on p.43, and I thought, Read More …
I am resistant to the idea that a writer’s work must be autobiographical in some way, that their characters and stories are conduits for the author’s personality or desires rather than invented fiction. Amidst the excitement of promoting my newest book, I must admit to some dread that I’ll get questions asking me if I’ve Read More …
As a huge fan of An Unkindness of Ghosts, I was very excited to dig into this one by the same author, Rivers Solomon. This one was immediately addictive with a main character, Vern, who escapes a cult-like community into the woods to have and raise her babies. There was so much to love in Read More …
I’ve been on a bit of a graphic novel kick lately and this one was so enjoyable. Set in the 80’s, four kickass paper girls run into all kinds of madness and mayhem. Scifi, timetravel, monsters, humor all converge to make this a really fun, fast-paced romp! A real stranger things vibe for sure. I Read More …
As part of The Last Days of Hong Kong Blog Tour, author G.D. Penman joins us with a guest post about how he wrote an urban fantasy noir series. Urban Fantasy Noir by G.D. Penman Defining Film Noir is kind of tricky. Some but not all have a stylised use of shadows. Some but not Read More …
Review Ariadne, I Love you is a haunting new novella from J. Ashley-Smith (The Attic Tragedy) about unrequited love that is both beautiful and seriously creepy. Jude is a down-on-his-luck Alt-Country musician who has landed a comeback gig that brings him back into the life of his former bandmate, Ben, who also happens to be Read More …
Keith Rosson stopped by as part of the blog tour for his new story collection: Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons and shares what writing means to him. Be sure to enter for a chance to win a $50 gift card at the bottom of this post and check out his new book. Writing Means… by Read More …
Speculate is a gorgeous (both in text and visuals) collection of prose-poetry by Eugen Bacon and Dominique Hecq. I thoroughly enjoyed these little snippets of literature, presented as one author’s response to the other’s writing. It worked well in this way, with a real stream-of-consciousness, dreamy quality that was entrancing. Highly recommended. One of the Read More …
I had been hearing about Lisa Jewell for some time and decided to try The Family Upstairs. The story jumps back and forth from the present, where a young lady, Libby, learns she has inherited a house associated with her real family, to the past, where a well-off family life goes from mainly normal to Read More …