ReviewScifi
Rowany de Vere And A Fair Degree Of Frost by Chaz Benchley (book review).
Rowany de Vere is a secret agent working for the Colonial Service in the British Empire’s Mars colony. ‘It was the second Christmas…
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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
June 2025
May 2025
ReviewFantasy
The Hamlet by Joanna Corrance (book review).
‘The Hamlet’ is another book in ‘NP Novella set 2’, distinguished from ‘NP Novella set 1’ by their smaller size, so Newcon Press…
ReviewBooks
How To Write A Short Story, Get Published & Make Money: Short Story Writing Advice With Examples by Christopher Fielden (book review)
Books on how to write probably sell better than fiction. Everyone is familiar with the multimillionaire success stories of Stephen King, JK Rowling,…
ReviewFantasy
The Creator by Aliya Whiteley (book review).
NewCon Press has a new line of novellas in a little book A5 format. Note the dimensions above which translate to 7 x…
ReviewScifi
Unknown Worlds: Tales From Beyond edited by Stanley Schmidt (book review).
In 1939, John W. Campbell, Jr., editor of ‘Astounding Science Fiction’, launched a new magazine called ‘Unknown Worlds’ for fantasy stories without any…
April 2025
ReviewBooks
Century 21: Classic Comic Strips From The Worlds Of Gerry Anderson Volume 2 (graphic novel review).
These ‘Century 21: Classic Comic Strips’ volumes collect reprints from the famous ‘TV Century 21’ British comic, later just ‘TV21 that first came…
March 2025
ReviewScifi
Century 21: Classic Comic Strips From The Worlds of Gerry Anderson Volume 1 compiled by Chris Bentley (graphic novel review).
These ‘Century 21: Classic Comic Strips’ volumes collect reprints from the famous ‘TV Century 21’ British comic (later just ‘TV21’) that first came…
ReviewFantasy
The Green Man’s Heir by Juliet E. McKenna (book review).
Thriftily, I picked up many of Juliet E. McKenna’s Green Man books while they were on special offer over the last few years and…
ReviewComics
DC: Superman, selected and introduced by Jenette Khan (graphic novel review).
The ‘DC: Superman’ collection comes with a scale replica copy of Superman #1 (1939), although not seen with an advance download. There’s an…
February 2025
ReviewScifi
The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2024 edited by Hugh Howey and John Joseph Adams (book review).
‘The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy’ anthology has been running since 2015. The series editor, John Joseph Adams, selects a large number…
ReviewHorror
Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II edited by Henry Herz (book review).
‘Combat Monsters’ is an anthology of World War II stories in which creatures from myth and legend play a part in that conflict,…
January 2025
ReviewScifi
Open Mic Night At The Nexus by Ian Brazee-Cannon (book review).
‘Open Mic Night At The Nexus’ is a collection of short stories from a single author, Ian Brazee-Cannon. Here are a few stories…