It isn’t a requirement to believe in ghosts to enjoy a good ghost story. Most of us have wondered what happens after this life, and what better way to explore the infinite possibilities than by reading the imaginative takes writers have on the topic. I have long been drawn to tales of ghosts and hauntings: starting with early reads, such
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14th April 2022 – The Hunger of the Gods – John Gwynne The Hunger of the Gods continues John Gwynne’s acclaimed Norse-inspired epic fantasy series, packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. Now she plots a new age of blood and conquest. As Orka continues the hunt for
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17th March 2022 – The Kaiju Preservation Society – John Scalzi They’re big, they’re bad and they’re about to become extinct . . .Jamie’s dream was to hit the big time at a New York tech start-up. Jamie’s reality was a humiliating lay-off, then a lowwage job as a takeaway delivery driver. During a pandemic too. Things look beyond grim,
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28th February 2022 – Dead Silence – S.A. Barnes Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn’t yet ended. A GHOST SHIP.A SALVAGE CREW.UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS. Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed–made obsolete–when her beacon repair crew
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15th February 2022 – House of Sky and Breath – Sarah J Maas Sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller. Sarah J. Maas’s sexy, groundbreaking CRESCENT CITY series continues with this second installment. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar have made a pact. As they process the events of the Spring they will keep things . platonic . until the Solstice. But
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1st February 2022 – The Raven Spell – Luanne G Smith In Victorian England a witch and a detective are on the hunt for a serial killer in an enthralling novel of magic and murder by the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Vine Witch. After a nearly fatal blow to the skull, traumatized private detective Ian Cameron is found
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The BSFA has announced their full longlist for the 2021 BSFA Awards in the following categories: Best Artwork Best Fiction for Younger Readers Best Novel Best Short Fiction Best Non-Fiction
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18th January 2022 – Firefly – Carnival – Una McCormack A heist by the Serenity crew goes badly wrong in a captivating original Firefly tie-in novel from the award-winning series by Titan Books. City of sinNeapolis: a desert city on planet Bethel where all manner of entertainment can be found: high-stakes gambling, luxurious hotels, exclusive clubs and any form of diversion imaginable may be
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Meerkat Press has announced the contents of the Print Preorder package for Mage of Fools by Eugen Bacon. Along with the Paperback copy of Mage of Fools anyone that purchases through Meerkat press will get a Mage of Fools Bookmark and Ujamaa Factory Sticker shipped alongside the book, as well as digital versions of 3 short stories from The Road
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It’s time to announce the final Table of Contents for CHIRAL MAD 5, to be released in late spring / early summer by Written Backwards. The anthology will feature writers and poets from around the world. More information can be found here.
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