I can safely say that I’ve never met a Kelly Link story that I didn’t like, and, after re-reading her alchemical debut collection “Stranger Things Happen”, I’m just about ready to tell you why. First, …
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Reader, feminist, archivist, vegan & part time PhD student at Uni of York. Research associate at @UCLDIS on information rights for care leavers (she/her)
Sailing to Sarantium + Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay Review
I have a set of bright memories associated with various of Guy Gavriel Kay’s novels: Sitting, aged 13, grief-stricken and sobbing in a cold bath having finished “The Darkest Road”, the final weft in his …
Continue readingThe Rose in Twelve Petals and Other Stories by Theodora Goss Review
Theodora Goss only began publishing her short fiction and poetry in 2002 but already her work has appeared in some of the genre’s most respected publications (including “Realms of Fantasy”, “Strange Horizons”, “Polyphony” and “Lady …
Continue readingTolkien and the Great War Review
Innumerable commentators, critics, fans and, lately, even film-makers have suggested that Tolkien’s oeuvre was deeply affected by his experiences in the Great War (1914-18) and particularly at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 (when …
Continue readingCaitlin Sweet Interview and Telling of Stars Review
Since publishing her debut novel A Telling of Stars (2003) with Penguin, Canadian Caitlin Sweet has joined the burgeoning ranks of young, innovative fantasy genre writers. She has since released a prequel to A Telling …
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