In which I lead you on a convoluted tour through my not-very-impressive Stephen King collection (which is still big enough that I don’t dare to try holding them all on my lap, tempting through it is. There’s a lot of rambling about my old horror reading habits (quite intensive as a teenager and through my…
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Winter Reid’s Dark & Beautiful Fairy Tale Retellings
In which I maybe-possibly get a little fan-girlish over the beautiful fairy tale retellings of Winter Reid. But seriously – they’re wonderfully dark. The female leads are strong without being either fearless or flawless. They’re filled with uneasy magic and bittersweet beauty. And some passages you have to go back and re-read, because they’re…
Nine Parts Bluster – A.Z. Anthony Short Stories
In which I finally get around to talking about Nine Parts Bluster and Other Stories by A.Z. Anthony, which is a very good collection of four not-very-short horror-ish stories which I read, enjoyed, and lost in the depths of my Kindle. And now I’ve remembered them, I need to go see what else he’s got…
Colin Watson: Coffin, Scarcely Used – a traditional mystery
In which I thoroughly enjoy a very traditional mystery by Colin Watson, and only work out after I finish that it was written when my dad was still in his teens. I mean, yes, I realised it was set then, and the language was old-fashioned, but that’s kind of fashionable in some of the modern books…
Ray Bradbury – weirdness in many sizes
In which I show off my patchy Ray Bradbury collection, gush a little over Dandelion Wine (and a lot over Zen in the Art of Writing), and admit I have DNF’d one of his books, despite the fact that I name him as one of my all-time favourite writers. I adore his short story collections…
