James Everington

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Book Review: Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

“Trigger Warning contains some of the best stories that this Gaiman has written.” Neil Gaiman is a writer who needs no introduction, a writer whose work is as distinctive as any in speculative fiction. Most readers of his new collection, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, will come to it knowing roughly what to expect – …

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Book Review: Carus & Mitch by Tim Major

“An intimate, original and character-driven take on the post-apocalyptic genre” The eponymous characters of Carus & Mitch, from Oxford-based writer Tim Major, are two sisters living alone in a house somewhere in Northern Britain, having fled from an apocalyptic disaster. Each day is spent following a routine laid out by their deceased mother: collect the …

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Look Out For… Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn and The Blondes by Emily Schultz

Look Out For… Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn “A Russian Doll of a novel, each layer of the narrative revealing something even more harrowing beneath.”  With his marriage on the rocks and his life in shambles, washed up crime writer Lucas Graham is desperate for a comeback. So when he’s promised exclusive access to …

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Look Out For… The Silence by Tim Lebbon and Dark Detectives

Look Out For… The Silence by Tim Lebbon “The creatures in The Silence are bound to fascinate and terrify in equal measure.”  In the darkness of a underground cave system, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed… Swarming from their prison, the creatures thrive and destroy. To …

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