ReviewHorror
Terror Tales Of The Mediterranean edited by Paul Finch (book review).
After exploring ‘Terror Tales’ set in various regions of Britain, including Cornwall, North-West England, the Home Counties, the Scottish Lowlands, and the West…
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Eamonn Murphy
Eamonn Murphy has published over seventy stories in small-press magazines and collected them into affordable volumes for posterity. They are available at all good eBook retailers and libraries. In his spare time, he writes reviews for sfcrowsnest. See website: eamonnmurphywriter.com
December 2023
ReviewScifi
The Best Of Roger Zelazny (SF Masterworks) (book review).
‘The Best Of Roger Zelazny’ is a new collection that contains several classic short stories and novelettes, many of which won the…
November 2023
ReviewComics
Jimmy Olsen: Adventures Vol. 01 by Jack Kirby (graphic novel review).
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. Tidying up my old comic collected editions, I came across this volume of Jimmy Olsen stories…
ReviewScifi
Elephantmen 2261 Volume 1 by Richard Starkings and Axel Medellin (graphic novel review).
The Elephantmen are transgenics, human/animal hybrids genetically engineered by the MAPPO Corporation to fight in the Afro-Sino war of 2239-2243. After that, they…
October 2023
ReviewScifi
Vanished Earth: Book 4 in The Flying Crooked Series by Geoff Nelder (book review).
‘Vanished Earth’ is the fourth book in the ‘Flying Crooked’ series by Geoff Nelder. The author does a helpful recap of the first…
September 2023
ReviewScifi
Strange Wine: (The Harlan Ellison Collection) by Harlan Ellison (book review).
‘Strange Wine’ is a short story collection by Harlan Ellison featuring 20 pieces with introductions by the author for each one and a…
ReviewHorror
The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 24 edited by Stephen Jones (book review).
‘The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 24’ has selections from the year 2012. As usual they are preceded by an introduction which…
August 2023
ReviewScifi
Best Of British Science Fiction 2022 edited by Donna Scott (book review).
Another year, another ‘Best Of British Science Fiction’ collection from Newcon Press, edited by Donna Scott. I think I’ve read them all and…
ReviewScifi
Telling The Bees (NP Novella #11) by Emma K. Leadley (book review).
‘Telling The Bees’ opens at lunchtime on 14th August 2035 with Sarah surveying her morning’s work on her farmstead. She has weeded multiple…
ReviewHorror
The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 20 edited by Stephen Jones (book review).
‘The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror volume 20’ begins with a 77 page essay by the editor on ‘Horror In 2008’ which…
NewsBooks
Alfred Hitchcock: Master Of Suspense (NBM Comics Biographies) by Noel Simsolo and Dominique Hé (graphic novel)
‘Alfred Hitchcock: Master Of Suspense’ is a graphic novel biography of film director Alfred Joseph Hitchcock that narrates his entire life from birth…
ReviewFantasy
Contrarian: A Novel In The Grand Illusion (Book 3 of 3: The Grand Illusion) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review)
‘The Grand Illusion’ series by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. was initiated with ‘Isolate’, continued with ‘Councilor’ and, here, concludes with ‘Contrarian’. There isn’t…