Monthly Archives: June 2021

Astronauts go crazy on the 2nd of July.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #33:- THE VIRTUAL MENAGERIE & OTHER STORIES Andrew Hook Elastic Press pr, 161pp, £5 Andrew Hook is a writer whose work should be familiar to readers of TTA and this volume, … Continue reading →

This is my favourite song from In Through the Out Door, and is a tribute to Robert Plant’s five year old son Karac, who died in 1977 while the band were touring the US. He sings ‘All of my love’, … Continue reading →

Freaky Friday becomes just Freaky on the the 25th of June, with a serial killer thrown into the mix.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #33:- BIRMINGHAM NOIR Edited by Joel Lane & Steve Bishop Tindal Street Press pb, 320pp, £7.99 This collection of twenty three stories, all of them set in England’s second city, aims … Continue reading →

This is from the album Physical Graffiti.

On the 18th of June we have two releases of note, one of which is rather timely concerning, as it does, a disastrous virus, and the other in which the director’s wife battles monsters on another planet.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #32:- TOURNIQUET HEART Edited by Christopher Teague Prime Books pb, 235pp, $15 This collection contains thirty-six stories, plus three poems by Tony Mileman, which are, in the words of the editor, … Continue reading →

Of course “Stairway to Heaven” is the song from Led Zeppelin IV that everyone knows, but I have a soft spot for “The Battle of Evermore”, here performed by Page and Plant.

This, apparently, is released in the UK on the 11th of June, and it may actually be called Shrine, but we’ll say nothing about that.