ReviewScifi
Reality Rift (dark Shepherd book 2) by Fred Gambino (book review).
Many SFCrowsnest readers will, I imagine, be aware of Fred Gambino’s work as a freelance science fiction artist. Starting as an illustrator of…
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December 2025
April 2025
ReviewScifi
The Cure by Eve Smith (book review).
A couple of weekends back I met with a bunch of old friends that I got to know a quarter of a century…
March 2025
ReviewHorror
Steve Nallon’s Ghost Stories by Steve Nallon (book review).
I have been a fan of ghost stories for many years. Something else that I was a fan of in my youth was…
October 2024
ReviewHorror
The Wilding by Ian McDonald (book review).
‘The Wilding’ is a departure for British writer Ian McDonald. While the majority of his novels are science fiction, this latest offering is…
August 2024
ReviewFantasy
Dissonance Of Bird Song by Alexandra Beaumont (book review).
Cornwall is a magical county to visit, and it has generated a huge number of folkloric myths and legends. Alexandra Beaumont has taken…
May 2024
NewsScifi
An Interview with artist/writer Fred Gambino
Interview questions from Patrick Mahon to Fred Gambino, ahead of the launch of his debut novel ‘Dark Shepherd’, which is being published by…
ReviewScifi
Dark Shepherd by Fred Gambino (book review)
I first came across Fred Gambino’s name in 2011 when I found a copy of his art book ‘Ground Zero’ (2001) in a…
December 2023
ReviewScifi
Wormhole by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown (book review).
‘Wormhole’ is an excellent cross-genre novel mixing Science Fiction and crime. It was jointly written by Keith Brooke and Eric Brown and came…
September 2023
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Devil’s Gun by Cat Rambo (book review)
Cat Rambo and, yes, that is their real name, is an award-winning American writer of speculative fiction. I reviewed a short story collection…
July 2023
ReviewHorror
Terror Tales Of The Home Counties edited by Paul Finch (book review)
It’s a while since I’ve read an anthology of horror and ghost stories. So when I heard about ‘Terror Tales Of The Home…
June 2023
ReviewFantasy
Visions Of Ruins (NP Novella #9) by Mark West (book review).
‘Visions Of Ruin’ by Mark West is the ninth release in the ‘NP Novella’ series from Ian Whates’ NewCon Press. Although I didn’t…
March 2023
ReviewFantasy
Perdido: A Fragment From A Work In Progress by Peter Strawb (book review).
I’m fascinated by unfinished works of fiction. I can imagine that many people don’t see the point in reading something that hasn’t been…