Mage of Fools

Mage of Fools Author: Eugen Bacon Published: 15 March 2022 Publisher: Meerkat Press Reviewer: Justin Hickey   Stories help us redraw the maps of who we are. Read Kindred, by…

Where the Wild Ladies Are

Where the Wild Ladies Are Author: Aoko Matsuda Translator: Polly Barton Published: 20 October 2020 (first published 8 December 2016) Publisher: Soft Skull Press Reviewer: Luke Frostick   “While we…

Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons

Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons Author: Keith Rosson Translator: Polly Barton Publication date: 23 February 2021 Publisher: Meerkat Press Reviewer: Kris Ashton   Thanks to the Metallica documentary Some Kind…

Black Moon

Black Moon: Graphic Speculative Flash Fiction Author: Eugen Bacon Illustrator: Elena Betti Publication date: 1 December 2020 Publisher: IFWG Publishing International Reviewer: Kris Ashton   While the literary establishment has…

Threading the Labyrinth

Threading the Labyrinth Author: Tiffani Angus Publication date: 13 April 2020 Publisher: Unsung Stories Reviewer: Laura Cesile   “I know nothing about gardens.” These are the words Toni Hammond thinks…

Icons Are People, Too

Icons Are People, Too Author: Scott Erickson Publication date: 7 September 2019 Publisher: Azaria Press Reviewer: D C White   Four American icons walk into a bar. Thing is they…

Claiming T-Mo

Claiming T-Mo Author: Eugen Bacon Publication date: 11 June 2019 Publisher: Meerkat Press Reviewer: Tim Conder   Claiming T-Mo, Eugen Bacon’s first full-length novel, explores the nature of identity and…

Collision

Collision  Author: J S Breukelaar Publication Date: February 2019 Publisher: Meerkat Press Reviewer: Kris Ashton   Speculative fiction is a broad marquee sheltering sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and almost innumerable sub-genres…