HOLY GHOSTS: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny edited by Fiona Snailham British Library Tales of the Weird p/b £9.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson This collection of short stories about the supernatural edited by Fiona Snailham is mistitled. The subtitle is more appropriate. Entities traditionally described as ghosts rarely… Read More »Holy Ghosts
Eversion by Alastair Reynolds Gollancz, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Silas Coade is the doctor on the Demeter, a sail ship searching the Norwegian fjords for a rumoured passageway to an unexplored lagoon. All the men on board could make their fortune with this discovery. But something is wrong… Read More »Eversion
This week, we meet Richard Sparks: he started out writing comedy for the likes of Not the Nine O’Clock News; his lyrics have been recorded by the likes of Dom de Luise, Eric Idle and Placido Domingo; he’s written libretti for several new operas; and he’s written books about his adventures in the poker boom of the 2000s. Now, inspired by his love of MMORPGs, he’s making his fiction debut with a fantasy series. Not a bad CV, eh?
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro Titan Books, pb, £8.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Alejandra is all things to all people but nothing to herself. She tries to be the perfect wife and the perfect mother but feels she fails at both, and in her despair, Alejandra is tormented… Read More »The Haunting of Alejandra
House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky Head of Zeus, hb, £19.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming In the Palleseen Empire’s quest to bring the world into their definition of order, their armies scour the lands for superstitions to irradicate. When the non-Palleseens fight back, the injured soldiers need healing and… Read More »House of Open Wounds
POLAR HORRORS: Strange Tales From the World’s Ends, edited by John Miller British Library Press, p/b, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan It would be fair to say that the majority of authors whose stories are included in this book never had the opportunity to visit the places where they are… Read More »Polar Horrors
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs Orbit Books, paperback £9.99 Reviewed by Nadya Mercik “Everything is a test,” says Esek Nightfoot in the book, and that’s what makes this story so brutal and unpredictable but, at the same time, so realistic and truthful. Jun Ironway, a caster and con artist,… Read More »The Burning Stars
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week, we meet Bristol performer and fantasy writer Halla Williams.
Continuing to shine a light on the wonderful volunteers who help keep the BFS running, we now meet our new Secretary, David Green.
HAUNTERS AT THE HEARTH: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights, edited by Tanya Kirk British Library Press, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Traditionally, Christmas is a time when ghosts make themselves evident. Perhaps it is the idea from before, all pervading electric lights when candles and firelight were the only… Read More »Haunters at the Hearth