#Gender

Mar 21, 20185 min read

Writing Horror While Trying to Avoid Stereotypes

It’s not as easy as it sounds. While tropes, clichés and stereotypes might be easy to spot in others work, they can become embedded in...

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Oct 10, 20175 min read

Zombie Punks Fuck Off - six days of October Frights, day one

Happy Halloween brain-eaters. Z Nation season 4 is alive and kicking and The Walking Dead will start again very soon. Add to these...

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Apr 14, 20176 min read

Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, short story

Scott stands beneath the shower rose. Clouds of steam rise from the angry jet of water. The steam billows and expands, filling the small...

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Feb 26, 20175 min read

Slut Shaming & the Serial Killer

There is a time-honoured tradition in horror that youngsters who have sex will be the first to die and the last person standing will be...

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Feb 25, 20172 min read

Mr Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt, a book review

Mr Splitfoot is a gorgeous and rich fantasy story set in contemporary America but managing a very old-world feel. It was listed in Barnes...

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Feb 23, 20176 min read

A Day at the Races, short story

A while ago my writers' group was set a task to write an historic event through the eyes of a by-stander. This was my humble attempt. A...

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Mar 13, 20162 min read

Lilith's Brood, Octavia E Butler - a review

I thought for a long while that I didn't like sci-fi. I now realise that I just don't like white-male-centric sci-fi. I love this book...

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Feb 8, 20161 min read

Banshee Books

Banshee Books is a growing support network for feminist and queer writers of all genres - http://carmillavoiez.wix.com/bansheebooks...

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Carmilla Voiez