Welcome to this year’s second instalment of recently read fiction that’s made an impact on me. Short fiction Resting Bitch Face, by Lucie McKnight Hardy (from the collection, Dead Relatives … Continue reading The Creased Spine Bookshelf 2/22
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The Creased Spine Bookshelf 1/22
A peak at some of the cracking fiction I’ve been lucky enough to read recently. Short fiction Things of Which We Do Not Speak by Lucy Taylor (from the collection, … Continue reading The Creased Spine Bookshelf 1/22
Publication Review 2021
As we came into this year, I’d just completed my first collection of short fiction, and this continues along its publication journey. That, and the fact these past twelve months … Continue reading Publication Review 2021
The Creased Spine Bookshelf
Four banging stories that stood out in June and one novel recommendation for you. Short fiction A Thousand Acres of English Soil by Benjamin Myers (from the collection, Male Tears, … Continue reading The Creased Spine Bookshelf
The Creased Spine – April
Welcome to April’s best that I’ve read. It feels like I haven’t read much last month, but that’s not exactly true. Less stories, same number of words. And a few … Continue reading The Creased Spine – April
15% Discount on Books
I’ve teamed up with the fine folk at A Great Read to bring my followers a great deal on books. We are offering 15% off orders over £15 placed through … Continue reading 15% Discount on Books
The Creased Spine Bookshelf – February 2021
This is something new that I’d like to try out for a while. I’m reading so many cracking stories that I feel compelled to shout about them. So, here we … Continue reading The Creased Spine Bookshelf – February 2021
Call of the Wyld
“Twelve grisly new tales of fur and fury in this brand new anthology of werewolf stories. Liam Hogan’s The Mortsafe, full of gothic darkness, Holly Rae Garcia’s Werewolf’s Lament (because … Continue reading Call of the Wyld
Reviewed: Tender Is The Flesh
If a virus infected all animals and made them inedible to humans what would we do? In Agustina Bazterrica’s novel (translated by Sarah Moses), we adapted and legitimised cannibalism. Except … Continue reading Reviewed: Tender Is The Flesh
Kitchen Sink Gothic 2
Kitchen Sink Gothic: “tales of darkness and horror, of the supernatural and the weird within the overall framework of the social realism of the kitchen sink drama.” – David Riley, … Continue reading Kitchen Sink Gothic 2
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