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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
[Book Review] From Dark Places
It seems like many months ago indeed that I stumbled across a blog by an English writer, whose work impressed me enough to find her on Twitter and begin an acquaintance. Since then, we’ve become (I hope!) friends, and Emma Newman has become one of my very favourite writers. Emma was really one of the […]
[Book Review] Jailbait Justice
When was the last time you read a book that was so fun that you just couldn’t stop reading? Well as they say on their website, Pulp Press are “dedicated to providing entertainment and escapism in the form of dime novels, penny dreadfuls and spicy stories that will be accessible to everybody.” As a Pulp […]
