Monthly Archives: October 2017

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #40:- THE EXTREMIST AND OTHER TALES OF CONFLICT by PAUL FINCH Pendragon Press pb, 74pp, £4.99     http://www.pendragonpress.co.uk This book consists of five tales on the theme of conflict, three of which … Continue reading →

With Halloween pending, this cheerful little ditty seems appropriate.

Now here’s something a bit odd. I found this review in my file The Third Alternative #40 but according to my records it never appeared in that issue, or anywhere else that I can tell. So possibly a never before published review … Continue reading →

Some franchises have run their course and I suspect that this may be one of them, but as Halloween is in the offing…

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #40:- THE TAKING by DEAN KOONTZ Harper Collins hb, 338pp, £17.99         http://www.harpercollins.co.uk One night it starts to rain all over the world. Hard. And the rain smells of semen. … Continue reading →

An unscheduled post, but let’s not be sticklers for detail where an Asgardian is concerned.

Great introduction.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #40:- DIGGING UP DONALD by STEVEN PIRIE Immanion Press hb, 333pp, £17.99     http://www.immanionpress.wox.org All is not well in the town of Mudcaster. Vicar Herbert Likewise has been replaced by a demonic … Continue reading →

Bad weather with Gerard Butler or Groundhog Day rebooted as a slasher film? You choose.  

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #40:- A DARK DIVIDING by SARAH RAYNE Simon & Schuster pb, 420pp, £10.99          http://www.simonsays.co.uk This novel bears many of the trappings of Gothic melodrama and a decade or so … Continue reading →