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September 17, 2017
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August 28, 2017
August 8, 2017
I Will Surround You
Something to look forward to by Conrad Williams…
My third collection of short stories, I Will Surround You, is to be released by Undertow Publications in October this year. The collection will include short stories published in recent years and will feature such award-shortlisted fiction as Rain, The Fox and Raptors. There will be two original stories especially written for the book: Cwtch and Trash Polka. Until then, feast your eyes on this gorgeous cover by artist Mikio Mur...
July 23, 2017
Arthur Rackham’s 150th Birthday Celebration
This 150th birthday celebration of Arthur Rackham, including a concert and panels, is led by V.H. Leslie.
Victoria’s wonderful novella, “Bodies of Water”, has been nominated for a British Fantasy Award.
19 September 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Arthur Rackham’s birth. Rackham (1867- 1939) was one of the leading illustrators in Britain’s ‘Golden Age’ of book illustration, and his works are still hugely popular today. He is linked to Bateman’s, Rudyard Kipling’s home in Bur...
July 16, 2017
British Fantasy Awards 2017
The British Fantasy Award nominees have been announced- hearty congratulations to everyone on the list!
Winners will be announced at FantasyCon 2017, at the BFA Banquet at the Bull Hotel, Peterborough, 29th September – 1st October.
Best Newcomer
James Bennett, for Chasing Embers
Daniel Godfrey, for New Pompeii
Erika L Satifka, for Stay Crazy
Phil Sloman, for Becoming David
Martin Owton, for Exile
Best Magazine / Periodical
Black Static
Ginger Nuts of Horror
Interzone
Tor.com
Unc...
June 11, 2017
June 6, 2017
Book Giveaway
I’ve been having a sort out to make bookshelf space. I have two copies of “The Year’s Best [image error]Dark Fantasy & Horror 2012″, edited by Paula Guran to give away. Even if you’re not interested in my work, the rest of the line up is stunning.
I’m happy to post them anywhere in the world. Just drop me a line in the comments section and I’ll get in touch for an address.
Contents:
• “Hair” by Joan Aiken (The Monkey’s Wedding & Other Stories / F&SF July/August)
• “Rakshasi” by Kelley Armstrong (The Monst...
Review of “Black Feathers” edited by Ellen Datlow
Birds may be the theme for the excellent Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales, but it is human interaction with our feathered friends (and enemies) that provides the darkness as well as the diversity in these 15 stories (13 original, two republished) and one poem. Not surprisingly, corvidae—traditional birds of ill omen and intermediaries between life and death—tend to turn up more than other phyla, but that does nothing to diminish the variety of the tales.
It is diffic...
May 29, 2017
Emotion Pictures, A Film Review by Dev Agarwal
My thanks to Priya, for the invitation to make another visit to her blog.
This time I’d like to discuss three films that I saw (relatively) recently.
The first one I saw by accident rather than design, and was Skull Island. The film we planned to see was sold out (Logan). That’s not a ringing endorsement for any film — go see it if the main screen sells out.
Skull Island is the latest incarnation of the King Kong story. Kong’s first screen outing was in 1933. He has come around almost gene...
