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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter: A Masterpiece of Horror Fiction

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter: A Masterpiece of Horror Fiction

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones: A Masterpiece of Horror Fiction A Horror Book Review by Anthony Watson The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is the new novel from Stephen Graham Jones, an author who has consistently produced outstanding horror fiction employing a distinctive authorial voice.  My introduction to his … The Buffalo Hunter Hunter: A Masterpiece of Horror FictionRead more

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Corsets, Curses, and Colonialism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Victorian Horror Pauline Chow

Corsets, Curses, and Colonialism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Victorian Horror Pauline Chow

Corsets, Curses, and Colonialism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Victorian Horror, By Pauline Chow Unnerving plot lines crawl out from the Victorian era. It’s the fog rolling over cobblestone streets, a glow of candlelight along a dark hallway, and breath squeezed beneath tight corsets. The curse of living … Corsets, Curses, and Colonialism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Victorian Horror Pauline ChowRead more

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Vivid Visions: Short Stories of Grief and Memory

Vivid Visions: Short Stories of Grief and Memory

Vivid Visions by Seyed Mosayeb Alam: Short Stories of Grief and Memory Vivid Visions by Seyed Mosayeb Alam is a collection of thirty short stories about love, loss, identity, grief and memory. Horror, as a theme, connects the tales – the horror of losing someone you love, forgetting or being forgotten – but I would be reluctant to call it … Vivid Visions: Short Stories of Grief and MemoryRead more

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The Open Heart: Stories & Poetry of Catherine Wells

The Open Heart: Stories & Poetry of Catherine Wells

Book Review – Beyond and Within: and The Book of Catherine Wells Latest on the crusade of Flame Tree’s ‘Beyond & Within’ to shine a light on under-appreciated voices comes a reprint of ‘The Book of Catherine Wells’ supplemented with her unfinished novella, ‘The Open Heart’. Overshadowed by the success … The Open Heart: Stories & Poetry of Catherine WellsRead more

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The Unconventional Genius of Alexander Zelenyj’s Beware us Flowers of the Annihilator

The Unconventional Genius of Alexander Zelenyj’s Beware us Flowers of the Annihilator

The Unconventional Genius of Alexander Zelenyj’s Beware us Flowers of the Annihilator With hundreds of genre-bending short stories already published,  Alexander Zelenyj repeatedly raises the bar to even greater heights How many short stories has Canada’s Alexander Zelenyj written? That is a very good question and I’m not sure anybody knows the … The Unconventional Genius of Alexander Zelenyj’s Beware us Flowers of the AnnihilatorRead more

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Why Supporting Trans Authors After the UK Supreme Court Ruling Is Critical

Why Supporting Trans Authors After the UK Supreme Court Ruling Is Critical

Why Supporting Trans Authors After the UK Supreme Court Ruling Is Critical The UK Supreme Court’s disgusting and dangerous ruling on April 16, 2025, which defined “woman” under the Equality Act as strictly biological, has left trans people in a terrible and dangerous position, deepened societal divisions and heightened fears … Why Supporting Trans Authors After the UK Supreme Court Ruling Is CriticalRead more