RIP Sir Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

  • March 13, 2015

  • 4 mins to read

“DON’T THINK OF THIS AS DYING. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.” – Death, Good Omens Yesterday, eight years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Sir Terry Pratchett, one of the funniest and smartest authors of fantasy fiction, died at his home surrounded by his family, his cat sleeping beside …

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The Cutting Room: The Shelter

  • March 12, 2015

  • 3 mins to read

The Shelter On a star-filled night, widower and homeless man Thomas finds shelter in a vast two-story house with the lights on and an inviting open front door. Figuring that he’s caught a lucky break he helps himself to the comforts of home before getting some shut eye. All is well until he wakes up in …

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Book Review: The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth

  • March 12, 2015

  • 5 mins to read

“An ambitious yet accomplished piece of work.” The Devil’s Detective is the debut novel from British genre stalwart Simon Kurt Unsworth. Unsworth has previously published three collections of short stories – Lost Places, the portmanteau piece Quiet Houses and Strange Gateways, which came out last year. The novel is the story of Thomas Fool, one …

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Look Out For… The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth and Leytonstone by Stephen Volk

  • March 10, 2015

  • 5 mins to read

Look Out For… The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth “In The Devil’s Detective, Unsworth gives us his own personal and idiosyncratic version of Hell.” Welcome to hell… …. where skinless demons patrol the lakes and the waves of Limbo wash against the outer walls, while the souls of the Damned float on their surface, …

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