I featured my review of Tony Noland’s Blood Picnic and other stories anthology back on Tuesday and today is the EXCLUSIVE interview I did with him for the Blunt Pencil. Enjoy! What made you first pick up a pen and write a story? I wrote stories as a kid, but it was discouraged. In 2006, […]
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[Review] Blood Picnic and other stories
If you’re part of the Friday Flash phenomenon, then you will no doubt have come across the work of the very talented Tony Noland. If you’re not, then his new Blood Picnic and other stories anthology gives you the chance to discover exactly how good he is. Anthologies are sometimes accused of having a lack […]
Friday Flash – A Gentle Nudge
Fear not, gentle readers, while this post is not a Friday Flash itself, I do have one up this week – as it stars my dashing Cavalier, it’s over on my Fowlis Westerby blog (would that make it a Westerblog?) Here it is – A Gentle Nudge. And yes, that is where I write – […]
Book Review – 20th Century Ghosts
I’d never heard of Joe Hill when I picked up a copy of 20th Century Ghosts for the princely sum of £3 in HMV. The accepted wisdom in publishing circles is that short story collections don’t sell particularly well, but personally, I prefer them as an introduction to a writer. Indeed, I discovered Neil Gaiman […]
Nothing But Flowers Paperback Release
Nothing But Flowers is an anthology of twenty-five short stories centred around the premise of love in a post-apocalyptic world, and inspired by the Talking Heads song of the same name. I’ve read all of the other stories and they’re simply fantastic. My own story, This Was Paradise, is included, which is a fictional retelling […]
[Book Review] Must Love Dragons
If you say “elves” and “dragons” in the same breath as “fantasy”, most people will think Tolkien, or something along those lines. Well who says fantasy has to be so po-faced and formulaic? Why can’t it be…fun? Thankfully Monica Marier must have been thinking the same thing when she wrote Must Love Dragons. Must Love […]
