Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary Author: Andy Weir Published: 4 May 2021 Publisher: Ballantine Books Reviewer: Justin Hickey   Andy Weir is a giant dork. He knows it, we know it, and…

Blood Red Sand

Blood Red Sand Author: Damien Larkin Published: 6 July 2021 Publisher: Dancing Lemur Press Reviewer: DC White   Damien Larkin may be familiar to readers of this magazine thanks to…

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…

Arrival Mind

Arrival Mind Arrival Mind Author: Louis B Rosenberg Publication date: 25 October 2020 Publisher: Outland Pictures Publishing Reviewer: Jessica Nelson-Tyers   Arrival Mind, a dark picture book for an adult…

Ivory’s Story

Ivory's Story Author: Eugen Bacon Publication date: 12 August 2020 Publisher: NewCon Press Reviewer: Justin Hickey   Mention dreaming or places of dreams, and many fantasy fans will think of…

Greensmith

Greensmith Author: Aliya Whiteley Publication date: 12 October 2020 Publisher: Unsung Stories Reviewer: Ellie Manning   Aliya Whiteley’s science fiction novel, Greensmith, has a bizarre intergalactic travel plot similar to…

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…

House of Earth and Blood

House of Earth and Blood Author: Sarah J Maas Publication date: 3 March 2020 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Series: Crescent City #1 Reviewer: Brooke Munday   “His eyes flickered. Whatever the…