Monthly Archives: April 2014

April, then. A month I shall remember as too much shit and too few shovels, if I can be bothered to remember it at all that is. Here are some reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #32:- CHAPBOOKS THIN … Continue reading →

Guys are so fickle. There was a time when I used to adore Toni Basil, but for years now I’d almost completely forgotten about her.

Here are a couple of reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #34:- GRAPHIC NOVELS Adapted and with art by Ashley Marie Witter, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE: CLAUDIA’S STORY (Headline hb, 220pp, £13.99) takes the section dealing with the child … Continue reading →

A film out later this month, and heralded by the words ‘inspired by true events’. I remember reading about the Toronto group and their creation of a ghost called Philip some years back, but don’t recall anything quite as dramatic … Continue reading →

Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever tasted either, and while I have tasted liver I hated it. All of which is irrelevant, as the clued in among you will have inferred from the subject header that I’m going to write … Continue reading →

Following on from last month’s Books Read in 1983. The numbers continue to rise, with 127 books read this year, and I initially adopted a theme approach, with classics read in January, SF in February, literary fiction in March, Roman history … Continue reading →

It’s been a long time comin’, but now it’s here:-

Here’s a golden oldie that originally appeared back in The Third Alternative #41:- DREAMS NEVER END Edited by NICHOLAS ROYLE Tindal Street Press pb, 159pp, £7.99                                   http://www.tindalstreet.co.uk  Bundled together under the brand name noir, this anthology showcases the work of … Continue reading →

ITEM: Email subject headers continue to amuse me mightily. Somehow I seem to have ended up on the mailing list for Farmers Weekly and related advertising material. Imagine my surprise then to find this in my Inbox:- Lely completes its … Continue reading →

Last weekend I watched some romantic comedies. Well the comedy is a bit muted in a couple of them, and the romance is a side order in another, and there’s no sign of Jennifer Aniston in any of them, but… … Continue reading →