I have been reading as voraciously as ever during 2024 and completed 100 books on my Goodreads challenge by mid-December! Most things I read were great, which I managed due to my cunning secret – if I’m not enjoying a book, I stop reading it. So many books, so little time, so I decided a…
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Review: They Watch from Below by Katya de Becerra
Katya de Becerra does a fine line in YA horror, her novels full of young people haunted by sinister events. So often they are grappling with what should be the ordinary trials of family, growing up and finding their place, but these are inevitably intertwined with the weight of secrets, family history and arcane forces….
Read moreAward Nomination: This Fresh Hell
I am absolutely delighted to see that This Fresh Hell has been nominated for a Ditmar Award under the Best Collection category! Congratulations to my fellow editor Katya de Becerra and to all the writers – A.J. Vrana, Annie McCann, C. Vonzale Lewis, Candace Robinson, Chuck McKenzie, Claire L. Smith, Claire Low, Clare E. Rhoden,…
Read more“After I Found Her” Award Nomination
It’s so exciting that a third story from This Fresh Hell has been nominated for an award! Joining Eugen Bacon and Clare Rhoden’s story “Paperweight” being longlisted for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards under Best Short Fiction, and Chuck McKenzie’s “The Dark Man, By Referral”, shortlisted in the 2023 Aurealis Awards!, we have Claire…
Read more“The Dark man, By Referral” Award Nomination
Hot on the heels of Eugen Bacon and Clare Rhoden’s story “Paperweight” being longlisted for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards under Best Short Fiction, we have Chuck McKenzie’s “The Dark Man, By Referral”, also from This Fresh Hell, shortlisted in the 2023 Aurealis Awards! Congratulations on your nomination, Chuck, and thank you…
Read more“Paperweight” Award Nomination!
It’s very exciting to see that “Paperweight” by Eugen Bacon and Clare Rhoden, which appeared in This Fresh Hell, has been longlisted for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards under Best Short Fiction. Congratulations to Eugen and Clare for the nomination – and for writing such an intriguing, fresh story for Katya and…
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