Look Out For… The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories by Joan Aiken and The Bad Game by Adam Millard

Look Out For… The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories by Joan Aiken “Written a constantly engaging and evocative style, full of twists, turns and note-perfect endings.” Here is the whisper in the night, the dog whose loyalty outlasted death, the creak upstairs, that half-remembered ghost story that won’t let you sleep, the sound …

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Book Review: The Violators by Vincenzo Bilof

“Bilof is the hitman to modern literary dogma!” What is the difference between a sociopath and an artist? When do those lines become blurred? These are among the many questions asked in Vincenzo Bilof’s latest novel, The Violators. Alan – a young writer full of self-doubt – finds himself accepted into a seemingly prestigious college …

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TIH 088: Kristin Nelson on Choosing a Literary Agent, Writing a Query Letter and the Nelson Literary Agency

TIH 088 Kristin Nelson on Choosing a Literary Agent, Writing a Query Letter and the Nelson Literary Agency

In this podcast Kristin Nelson talks about the Nelson Literary Agency, how to choose the right literary agent, writing a query letter and much more. About Kristin Nelson Kristin Nelson is President and owner of Nelson Literary Agency, LLC. She founded her agency in 2002, right on the cusp of traditional publishing morphing to digital, and …

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Book Review: Tales from the Lake Vol. 2 (Edited by Cavender/Mynhardt/Audsley)

“Stories bleeding with talent!” Horror takes on many faces. Fear wears many masks. Peering into the glassy-still surface of the lake, digging deep into one’s darkest thoughts and extracting what it is we are most afraid of, you never know whose eyes you’ll see peering back from beneath the surface – a reflection of something …

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