L’Amber by Tanith Lee (book review).
What is truth? Fiction, by its nature, is a series of untruths perpetrated by the author since none of the events in a…
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What is truth? Fiction, by its nature, is a series of untruths perpetrated by the author since none of the events in a…
‘Blood 20: Tales Of Vampire Horror’ is a collection of vampire stories written by Tanith Lee. Having heard of her but never read…
When the term ‘prolific’ is used to describe a writer, the implication often is that the resulting work will be the kind of…
One of the problems with choosing from the plethora of books on offer is which one. Should it be something a friend with…
Ghost stories have been around since humans sat around fires in the winter and were haunted by the shadows cast by the flickering…
Over the past few years we have lost a lot of genre writers such as Iain Banks, Graham Joyce and Joel Lane. Now…
There can be few authors who have published well over ninety books and still be able to come up with fresh ideas. Many…
Buildings have frequently had a distinctive part to play in fiction. The way a house is positioned, designed or furnished can greatly influence…
Some periods in history have style. Admittedly, beneath the veneer of any civilisation there is an underbelly of depravity. Tanith Lee is a…
There are some novels where the human characters seem less important than the place in which the story is set. This can be…