Dona Fox, Women in Horror, blog hop
Claustrophobic, disturbing, and creepy. A lost girl is kidnapped and held for years by a dangerous man. Her doll takes the brunt of his...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 11, 20192 min read
Us - movie review
Well I wasn't expecting that! Jordan Peele's "Us" is a superb, violent and frightening film that is highly intelligent, in the tradition...
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carmillavoiez
Mar 11, 20195 min read
Psychonaut Release Day
Psychonaut is the second book in Carmilla Voiez’s Starblood series. It’s a relaunch of the novel by American indie Vamptasy Publishing....
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carmillavoiez
Mar 5, 20193 min read
The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay – a review
“Your dads won’t want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world.” Briefly, a family of city-dwellers...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 28, 20191 min read
Cat on a Beach
It isn't only dogs who like going for walkies. Today my cat decided to follow me and my friend to the beach and play in the sand. He met...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 28, 20194 min read
The Formative Power of Brevity – Border - Reading as a Writer
I recently watched a film called Border based on a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist. The film made me buy the short story collection,...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 28, 20191 min read
Another Beautiful Nightmare - reviews - Blood Moon
This is my favourite story in the anthology so far. Marlow’s prose is beautiful and sensual. We experience the suffering of Libby, our...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 28, 20191 min read
Another Beautiful Nightmare - reviews - Aqua Vita
Aqua Vita by A Giacomi is a delightful piece of vampire lore. And though the style should be jarring, it has an elegant rhythm. I cannot...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 27, 20191 min read
Another Beautiful Nightmare - reviews - A Mother's Instinct
This anthology came out at the start of February and I am reviewing each of the short stories in turn (excluding my own of course). A...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 27, 20192 min read
Conflict Equals Plot
As many of you know I am writing the fourth book in the Starblood series: Ribbons. I have a release date looming, although if necessary...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 26, 20193 min read
Ode to a Nightingale, John Keats - read by Benedict Cumberbatch
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Skagboys, Irvine Welsh - a review
Twenty years after the release of Trainspotting in 1993, Irvine Welsh wrote a prequel “Skagboys”. We are introduced to the main...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Another Beautiful Nightmare - reviews, A Bloody Beginning
The second story in the anthology is "A Bloody Beginning" by Laurencia Hoffman. It's a companion short featuring Melina, a vampire whose...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Excerpt from Psychonaut, by Carmilla Voiez
Star visualises the sun. She concentrates on its golden rays and lets it grow inside her. Her body tingles and warms. The sun shines...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 19, 20191 min read
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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carmillavoiez
Feb 15, 20197 min read
Psychonaut Cover Reveal
March 12, 2019 is the release date for the new Vamptasy relaunch of my novel Psychonaut. I could not be more excited. Of all my books...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 14, 20196 min read
Take Heart. Bloody Valentines
The source of human emotion and particularly love was considered to be the heart for many cultures including the ancient Egyptians and...
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carmillavoiez
Feb 13, 20193 min read
The Secret Lives of Melissa Powell - work in progress
Melissa was a celebrity long before Wanda started working at Witchwood. Her name had graced the front pages of national newspapers. She’d...
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carmillavoiez
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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carmillavoiez
Feb 11, 20192 min read
Ribbons, progress and excerpt
This week I am busy editing Ribbons. At 70k it's shorter than the others and I keep hoping to find a thread (or ribbon) that I can tug on...
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