Another Beautiful Nightmare - reviews, Mercury Falling
Mercury Falling is the first short story in the collection and so it makes sense that it's the first I will review. Over the next few...
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Feb 12, 20191 min read
Buzzsaw and Writer Imperfect
I've been exhausted all day after a late night chat on Writer Imperfect. It was worth it though and you can watch the results here. It's...
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Feb 2, 20192 min read
Exquisite Corpse, Poppy Z Brite - a review
This book is hardcore in terms of violence and lust. The only comparable books I have read, ones as graphic and disturbing with vivid...
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carmillavoiez
Jan 26, 20191 min read
The Night Brother, Rosie Garland - a review
Sometimes you are lucky enough to read exactly the right book at the right time. This was the case with "The Night Brother" and me. It...
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carmillavoiez
Jan 23, 20195 min read
Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici – a review
Anyone who knows me knows I have an interest in both magic and women’s rights, making me the ideal audience for this historical analysis...
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carmillavoiez
Jan 20, 20192 min read
The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor Lavalle – a review
I think Victor Lavalle sums up perfectly the intent of this novella in its dedication - “For H.P. Lovecraft, with all my conflicted...
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carmillavoiez
Jan 8, 20193 min read
The Weird, Various, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer - a review
The most unique aspect of this book is the breadth and length of the collection. At 750,000 words it’s about the length of ten novels and...
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carmillavoiez
Nov 7, 20184 min read
Zombie Punks Fuck Off, background and book review
Rejection is part of the collective experience for writers, but that doesn’t make it easier to handle. Being accepted into an anthology...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 24, 20183 min read
Stonemouth, Iain Banks - a review
Disclaimer – I love Iain Banks. I love his spare use of vividly evocative description. Wasp Factory is one of my favourite reads of all...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 19, 20182 min read
The Book of the Damned, Tanith Lee – a review
The three stories in this book are set in the town of Paradys (Paradis) in Northern France over a time period that spans from the Middle...
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carmillavoiez
Sep 22, 20182 min read
Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti - a review
If you are intrigued with the strange and dark worlds of Lovecraft, but cannot stomach the overt racism and misogyny the you might want...
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carmillavoiez
Aug 27, 20181 min read
Vastarien, Vol 1 - Issue 1, Grimscribe Press - a review
Wow! Just wow! This is a collection of short stories and academic essays inspired by the writings of Thomas Ligotti and pessimistic...
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carmillavoiez
Aug 26, 20182 min read
The Ruins, by Simon Smith - a review
“The Ruins” is the story of a group of Europeans who arrive in a hostile alien environment where the rules are very different and...
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carmillavoiez
Aug 8, 20181 min read
The Changeling, Victor Lavalle - a review
I have been really lucky this year and have read some wonderful books, but this book is my favourite so far. I came across it while...
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carmillavoiez
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Banquet for the Damned, Adam Nevill - a review
There are two aspects of Adam Nevill’s stories that I love, and “Banquet for the Damned” has both – his preoccupation with the occult...
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carmillavoiez
Jul 19, 20182 min read
Writers Beware the Dreaded Info Dump
As you would expect from a collection of short stories from the author of “Ring”, “Dark Water” by Koji Suzuki is a creepy read. Seven...
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carmillavoiez
Jul 1, 20181 min read
The Elementals, Michael McDowell - a review
I’m ashamed to admit that this was the first book by Michael McDowell that I’ve read. I asked friends and followers on Facebook to make...
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carmillavoiez
Jun 18, 20182 min read
Vixen, Rosie Garland - a review
This is the second book by Rosie Garland that I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed both. They would be best described as dark fairy...
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carmillavoiez
Jun 11, 20182 min read
Sula, Toni Morrison - a review
The forward to this novel was fascinating in its own right. Toni Morrison describes how black fiction is unfairly judged on the basis of...
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carmillavoiez
May 30, 20182 min read
Circe, Madeline Miller - a review
I was given the hardback version of this book as a birthday present. It is beautiful to behold, shining like copper and looking like a...
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