It’s odd how you can get to know a stranger by simply perusing a block of squashed tree for a few hours. Ten days ago, I didn’t know Tanya Huff from Adam—or Lilith, for that matter. I have since learned from her collection, Finding Magic, that she adores animals and strong women (especially redheads), appreciates […]
Continue ReadingThe first of PS Publishing’s new Showcase range, Sanity And Other Delusions by Gary Fry is a collection of short stories which explores the human mind, takes the reader on a journey through the seemingly mundane, and forces them to face those nightmarish fears that keep us all staring at the ceiling after the lights […]
Continue ReadingLavie Tidhar concocts a fantastical stew from disparate elements in Hebrew Punk, in which a Dream Team of Hebraic antiheroes breaks into a blood bank, a Jewish vampire meets Nazi werewolves, past and future civilizations ebb and flow through the hills and valleys of East Africa, and an immortal Tzaddik guardian falls prey to […]
Continue ReadingI bought a number of books at Worldcon 2005 from all sorts of small press and “unusual” sources and worked my way slowly down the pile in order of enthusiasm. This year, nearing the end, I started a long flight in June with Eduardo Gallego and Guillem Sánchez’s Minds and Machines: Tales of […]
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