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Shadows On The Hillside: Weird Landscapes edited by Storm Constantine (book review).
Landscapes are capable of inspiring all kinds of emotions, from joy through awe to fear. It may depend on time of day, season…
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December 2021
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Rockman: The Dark Rider (book 3 of 3) by Mark Pickvet (book review)
‘Rockman: The Dark Rider’ is a direct sequel to ‘Rockman: The Battle’ in Mark Pickvet’s post-apocalypse fantasy series. The ‘Rockman’ books were published…
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Rockman: The Battle (book 2 of 3) by Mark Pickvet (book review).
‘Rockman’ subtitled ‘The Battle’ is a direct sequel to ‘Rockman The Beginning and’ is a post-apocalypse fantasy series by Mark Pickvet. The ‘Rockman’…
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The King’s Daughter (fantasy movie: trailer).
The King’s Daughter is a new fantasy film starring Pierce Brosnan, Kaya Scodelario, Benjamin Walker, Rachel Griffiths, and narrated by Julie Andrews about…
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (fantasy movie trailer).
In new fantasy movie Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) is aware that Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen), a…
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Where The Monsters Are by Mike Morgan (book review).
The Age of Asmodeus started when a magician of that name reset the magical energy state of local reality, just for fun, and…
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A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding book 1) by Freya Marske (book review).
Sir Robert Blyth, the not all that rich baronet of Thornley Hill, a former mediocre Oxford scholar and now an ambivalent civil servant,…
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The Dybbuk (1937) by Mark R. Leeper (a film retrospective).
Paydirt! ‘The Dybbuk’, a Yiddish film made in Poland in 1938 turns out to be a little-known gem. The film lacks a lot…
November 2021
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Burning Brightly: 50 Years Of Novacon edited by Ian Whates (book review).
From 1979 onwards, every Novacon SF Convention featured a free special with a short story donated by that year’s guest of honour. This…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2021, Volume 141 #758 (magazine review).
One of the things that MF&SF does well is inclusivity. The authors represented in this volume originate from all across the globe. Amongst…
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Encanto (a fantasy film review by Mark Kermode).
The fantasy film Encanto is reviewed by Mark Kermode. Mirabel must come to grips with the fact that she is the only one…
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A Terrible Fall Of Angels (A Zaniel Havelock novel) by Laurel K. Hamilton (book review).
Angels are real. Guardian angels watch our backs and try to guide us to the safer paths. The higher orders sing amid the…