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Death of a Unicorn: Mark Kermode’s fantasy movie review (video).
Mark Kermode goes for a gallop with a unicorn in the odd new fantasy film, Death of a Unicorn. Watch his review, above.…
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Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys book 3) by Seanan McGuire (book review).
There are several authors, mainly in the SF field, who have tried to put their stories and novels into a timeline in an…
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Snow White: Mark Kermode’s fantasy movie review (video).
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, drops by to review the recent live action remake of the Snow White animated classic. Watch…
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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…
February 2025
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Road To Ruin (Magebike Courier Volume 1) by Hana Lee (book review).
For many readers, the term fantasy evokes the Tolkien-esque vision of swords and magic and probably alien races such as elves, dwarves, and…
January 2025
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The Runes Of Engagement by Dave Klecha & Tobias S. Buckell (book review).
There can be very few readers who are unaware of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy, “Lord of the Rings,” or of the rage of…
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That Which Stands Outside by Mark Morris (book review).
There is a tradition of horror novels isolating a community or group of people and having nasty things happen to them, often involving…
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Relight My Fire (Stranger Times book 4) by C.K. McDonnell (book review).
Humour is a strange creature. Not everyone finds the same things funny. This is particularly true in fiction. Some readers may find a…
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The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang (translated by Slin Jung) (book review).
Serin is unhappy. Everything she does feels wrong and out of place. Her family’s financial situation has worsened since her father’s death. Her…
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In the Lost Lands (fantasy film: trailer).
When George R. R. Martin writes a short story, you know it’s going to be bleak, brutal, and utterly fascinating—just the kind of…
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On Spec Magazine #130 Vol. 34 No. 4 (magazine review).
‘On Spec’ is a Canadian magazine of speculative fiction. Diane L. Walton’s opening editorial discusses how difficult it is to keep ‘On Spec’…
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Mischief In The Wood by Tina Rath (book review).
Older readers will have grown up with fairy and folkloric stories, and many writers indulge themselves with rewriting them, sometimes to great acclaim.…