ReviewFantasy
The Blackhart Blades (NP Novella # 12) by David Gullen (book review)
‘The Blackhart Blades’ by David Gullen is that rare and lovely thing, a short fantasy story. It’s set in the usual mediaeval-style world…
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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
August 2023
June 2023
ReviewFantasy
Darkly She Goes by Hubert and Vincent Mallié (graphic novel review).
‘Darkly She Goes’ is a graphic novel written by Hubert, drawn by Vincent Mallié, coloured by Bruno Tatti and translated from the French…
ReviewScifi
Ask For Mercy: volume 1 by Richard Starkings and Abigail J Harding (graphic novel review).
‘Ask For Mercy’ collects the first few stories from an ongoing fantasy series with script and lettering by Richard Starkings and art by…
May 2023
ReviewFantasy
Mother Of Lies (Dodec Books: 2 of 2) by Dave Duncan (book review)
‘Mother Of Lies’ is the sequel to ‘Children Of Chaos’ and the final book in this two book series. Spoilers are inevitable if…
ReviewFantasy
Children Of Chaos (Dodec Books: 1 of 2) by Dave Duncan (book review)
All good fantasy books start with a map and a list of characters, including gods and ‘Children Of Chaos’ is a very good…
ReviewFantasy
The Double-Edged Sword: A Tale Of The Fallen Hero by Ian Whates (book review).
‘The Double-Edged Sword: A Tale Of The Fallen Hero’ is a short novella by Ian Whates in the grand old sword and sorcery…
ReviewFantasy
Spring’s Arcana (The Dead God’s Heart book 1) by Lilith Saintcrow (book review)
‘Spring’s Arcana’ by Lilith Saintcrow is an urban fantasy set on our Earth right now but with a hidden supernatural world lurking out…
April 2023
ReviewScifi
The Chinese Time Machine by Ian Watson (book review)
The new short story collection from Ian Watson is titled ‘The Chinese Time Machine’ and 160 of its 260 pages are taken up…
March 2023
ReviewHorror
Occult Detective Magazine #9 (magazine review).
‘Occult Detective Magazine’ is a quarterly periodical featuring short stories and articles in the genre specified in the title. All fourteen tales herein…
February 2023
ReviewFantasy
The Killing God: The Great God’s War Book Three by Stephen Donaldson (book review).
‘The Killing God’ is the third and final part of ‘The Great God’s War’, an epic fantasy trilogy by Stephen Donaldson. For it…
January 2023
ReviewFantasy
The War Within: The Great God’s War Book Two by Stephen Donaldson (book review).
‘The War Within’ is the sequel to ‘The Seventh Decimate’ and begins twenty years after the events of that book, so there are…
ReviewHorror
A Solemn Curfew And Other Dark Tales by Bev Allen and illustrated by Autumn Barlow and Mutartis Boswell (book review).
‘A Solemn Curfew And Other Dark Tales’ is a collection of weird short fiction by author Bev Allen with a bizarre, unsettling cover…