Monthly Archives: September 2022

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #18:- DECAY INEVITABLE Conrad A. Williams (Solaris paperback, 411pp, £7.99) Sean Redman gives up on his career as a policeman after failing to prevent the murder of a woman he knew in … Continue reading →

It’s ridiculous, all these horror movie releases in September. Don’t they know Halloween is in October.

A review that originally appeared on the Case Notes blog at the TTA Press website on 9/3/22:- Matthew Pritchard’s second novel Werewolf (Salt Publishing tpb, 312pp) is a compulsively readable detective story set in Germany in the aftermath of World War II. … Continue reading →

My favourite track from the album Tea for the Tillerman, though it was a close run thing with the wonderful ‘Longer Boats’.

London based lawyer Sylvie has problems that threaten her desire to become a High Court Judge. Best friend Tess, who Sylvie considers to be a bit manipulative, claims to have a brain tumour, and solicits Sylvie’s help in bringing estranged … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #18:- ANIMYTHICAL TALES (Fantastic Books paperback, 124pp, $12.99) comes with a Jan Brueghel the Elder painting for a cover and a glowing introduction by Forrest Aguirre, and contains ten stories by Sarah … Continue reading →

Two for one this Wednesday. A woman/man go to a house and meet a man/woman who is not at all what they expect. There’ll probably be a third movie along in a short while where man/woman meet up and do … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared on the Case Notes blog at the TTA Press website on 2/3/22:- From Andrew Pyper we have The Damned (Orion Books tpb, 328pp), a ghost story with a difference. Ashleigh and Danny Orchard are twins. Danny is … Continue reading →

I fancied something laid back for September, so this month we’ll be featuring the work of Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam as he now likes to be known. This is my favourite track from the album Mona Bone Jakon – … Continue reading →

I read only six books in August, thanks to time spent holidaying and child minding and other stuff, and one of those books was a reprise (Nina Allan’s The Dollmaker). My total for the year so far now comes in … Continue reading →