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Ballad of the Bone Road by A.C. Wise
Perhaps the best way of describing Ballad of the Bone Road is supernatural noir. Port Astor, the
Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske
In the Grand Duchy of Sieuxerr, the year’s cohort of mage-scholars are about to take their final
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju ed by Jonathan Maberry and Henry Herz
As the nights draw in and the temperature drops, now is the time for horror, and where better to
Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
The beginning of a novel is both the most important part of the book and the most difficult. It has
Tales From The Territory by Travis Baldree
Legends and Lattes is beloved by cosy fantasy fans and one of the books signposted to anyone
God’s Vengeance by Theresa Derwin
One of the dilemmas any author faces is how long a work should be. Some mentors will tell them to