Monthly Archives: February 2015

I love this.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #35:- AISLES Paul Magrs Allison & Busby pb, 252pp, £9.99 reviewed by Peter Tennant This latest novel by Paul Magrs is not as wacky and off the wall as the back … Continue reading →

Used to love the TV series, but not sure about this:- Looks to be trying too hard.

Two reviews that original appeared in Black Static #36:- THE HELEN VAUGHAN FILES  For those not in the know, Helen Vaughan is the main protagonist in Arthur Machen’s 1893 novella THE GREAT GOD PAN/XELUCHA (Creation Oneiros pb, 127pp, £9.99), here … Continue reading →

It’s Valentine’s Day, so here is something I think is romantic, though your mileage may differ.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #35:- CREATURES OF CLAY and other stories of the macabre Stephen Sennitt Diagonal Books pb, 127pp, £7.99 reviewed by Peter Tennant Diagonal is the new fiction imprint of David Kerekes’ Headpress, … Continue reading →

I liked the first in the original trilogy, but felt it was very much a case of diminishing returns with the subsequent outings, so not sure how I feel about this, but it certainly looks pretty.

A couple of reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #37:- SAVOY BOOKS Writer and co-founder of Savoy Books, David Britton is a controversial figure. His novel Lord Horror was the last book to be banned under the UK’s Obscene … Continue reading →

You’re never too old to rock ‘n’ roll. Don’t let them ever tell you otherwise.

Continuing on from Tuesday’s blog entry, two more reviews comprising the second part of a feature on work from American publisher Hippocampus Press that originally appeared in Black Static #39:- The same could be said, and possibly with even more justification, about Joseph S. … Continue reading →