THE SERVANTS AND OTHER STRANGE STORIES: Maria C McCarthy admires this intriguing and varied collection by John O’Donoghue
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NECESSARY DEEDS: Charles Rammelkamp follows the twists and turns in this new novel by Mark Wish
BY TIMOTHY! Michael Bartholomew-Biggs rediscovers and re-examines the Paul Temple stories he enjoyed listening to on the wireless in his younger days
QUICK ADJUSTMENTS: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a new collection of micro-fictions by Robert Scotellaro
Poetry review – HELL AT COCK’S CROW: Charles Rammelkamp savours a rattling good poetic yarn by Robert Cooperman
SCABLANDS AND OTHER STORIES: John Lucas reviews a short story collection by Jonathan Taylor
WALK THE DARKNESS DOWN: Charles Rammelkamp is drawn into the struggles of characters in Daniel Magariel’s bleak but powerful novel Walk the Darkness Down Daniel Magariel Bloomsbury Publishing 2023 ISBN: 978-1-63557-814-0 224 pages $27.99 Toward the end of Daniel Magariel’s poignant novel, Josie, an abused prostitute that Marlene and Les, the estranged protagonists, each tries […]
Poetry review – IMPASSE FOR JULES MAIGRET: Edmund Prestwich enjoys Sean O’Brien’s atmospheric evocation of mid-twentieth century Paris
BRISKET FOR ONE: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a new collection of stories by Iris N. Schwartz
THAT LITTLE THREAD: Merryn Williams reviews a thoughtful novel by John Lucas which explores both intellectual and emotional relationships.
THINGS: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a flash fiction collection by Peter Cherches
TRUTH OR FICTION?: Andrew Keanie discusses Doreen Maitre’s view that a work of fiction can expound philosophical ideas just as effectively as an academic text
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