by Stories from the Archive | May 6, 2022 | Short story
by Isabel Grant (c1870-1952) A “pre-millennial” horror story by Isabel Grant, published in 1909. A “new-chum” Scottish nurse working in a mental asylum keeps her cool when a patient suffering from religious mania threatens to wreak destruction....
by Claire Holderness | Jan 6, 2021 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
Well, the year is over and it’s time for a new one, hopefully, a better one for most of us. In 2020 there were 135 books reviewed in the Speculative Fiction category which is half the amount reviewed in 2019. I don’t know if this is because there were...
by Claire Holderness | Jun 3, 2020 | Round-ups
This month has the highest number of reviews linked to the database this month which is fabulous, we had 19 books reviewed. Some of these are repeats of past books that we haven’t seen in awhile and a couple of new ones. Reading Matters reviewed The Animals in...
by Claire Holderness | Dec 4, 2019 | Round-ups
One more month and this year is done and dusted, we had a good amount of books reviewed during November, some new and some older. We had a total of 30 books reviewed this month which is quite wonderful for this category. Emily at A Keyboard and an open mind reviewed...
by Claire Holderness | Oct 2, 2019 | Round-ups
Another month down, we’ve entered the last quarter which is going to fly by. We had 16 books reviewed during September, which is fabulous, many of these ones I haven’t seen before. First up Rebecca Bowyer @Story addict reviewed Eve of Eridu by Alanah...