Joel McKay’s collection of short stories It Came From the Trees is an interestingmixture of horror, action and monster adventure tales. A sinister airline threatens …
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Book review: What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher
What Moves the Dead is a novella by T Kingfisher, a re-imagining of the Gothicclassic The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan …
Book review: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher
A Sorceress Comes to Call is another brilliant novel from T Kingfisher that explores the human consequences of fairy tale ideas that we take for granted. …
Book review: The Briar Book of the Dead by A. G. Slatter
The Briar Book of the Dead is a novel of witches, family legacies and terrible secretsby Australian author AG Slatter. Slatter has an incredible talent …
Book review: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
A thrilling dark YA urban fantasy about three young women and their demons. The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland continues her trademark style of female-led YA …
Book review: The Wrong Girl & Other Warnings by Angela Slatter
The Wrong Girl & Other Warnings is a darkly subversive collection of stories fromthe queen of twisted fairy tales, Angela Slatter. These stories explore themes …
Book review: The Other Side of Never, edited by Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane
The Other Side of Never anthology is a mixed bag of dark tales. The Other Side of Never, edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane, …
Book review: Forestfall by Lyndall Clipstone
A lush and aesthetic YA Gothic fantasy. Warning: contains spoilers for the first book in this duology, Lakesedge Forestfall is Lyndall Clipstone’s haunting, high-drama conclusion …
Book review: The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter
A lush dark fairy tale set in Slatter’s Sourdough world. The Path of Thorns begins with the arrival of our heroine, Asher Todd, at the …
Book review: Gallant by V. E. Schwab
Gallant (2022) by V.E. Schwab is a gothic YA novel about Olivia Prior, an orphan who has grown up at Merilance girls’ school. Olivia is …