SFINCS Finalist Interview – E.L. Montague
Next up in my series of author interviews with the finalists of the SFINCS contest, we have E.L. Montague, author of To Catch a Witch, a fast-paced fantasy featuring witch hunters and a good chunk of monstrous action!To Catch a Witch by E.L. Montague Caught in a...
SFINCS Finalist Interview – Nikky Lee
Continuing my series of author interviews with the finalists of the SFINCS contest, I'm now welcoming Nikky Lee, author of Once We Flew, a frontier sci-fi novella with a lot of heart. This is another one I've actually got around to reading and do recommend it!Once We...
SFINCS Finalist Interview – B.S.H. Garcia
Time for the next in my series of author interviews with the finalists of the SFINCS contest! We're now joined by B.S.H. Garcia, author of From the Depths, a fantasy prequel packed with adventure.From the Depths by B.S.H. Garcia The world can sustain the needs of...
SFINCS Finalist Interview – Nicole Willson
Time for the second in my series of author interviews with the finalists of the SFINCS contest! Continuing now with Nicole Willason, author of The Shadow Dancers of Brixton Hill, a carnivalesque historical horror that I thoroughly enjoyed myself.The Shadow Dancers of...
SFINCS Finalist Interview – Jillian Maria
As promised in my introduction to SFINCS here, I'm now kicking off a series of author interviews with the finalists with the contest! Starting, appropriately I think (as you must be curious), with Jillian Maria, author of Curiouser And..., a dark sapphic...
All About SFINCS
You may have heard, but I had the fantastic fortune and honour that my Blood Scouts novella, Oksy, Come Home, was chosen as a finalist in this year's SFINCS competition. SFINCS is a marvellous initiative to highlight indie novellas in the speculative fiction sphere,...
My Top 20 Reads of 2024
We’re into the New Year, so I’m now completely done with list of reviews of every book I read in 2024. According to my list, I got through 126 books this year, which is somewhat down on the previous two years, but it had been my aim to read a bit less, so I kind of...
Thoughts for Finishing the Year, with Free Books
We’re partway into December so I feel it’s a fine enough time to wish you a happy holiday season, and essentially offer my end-of-year updates, as well as a little treat. And we might as well start with that treat.Free/Three Books Off the back of releasing Drown Deep...
Maps of the Rocc: Exploring The Saints Mire
With Drown Deep’s release just around the corner (October 22nd, if you missed it!), today I’m sharing the maps from the Blood Scouts books so far, so I can give you a little detail about the setting. I’ve been geekishly into drawing maps since I was a kid, but these...