Poetry review – IMPASSE FOR JULES MAIGRET: Edmund Prestwich enjoys Sean O’Brien’s atmospheric evocation of mid-twentieth century Paris
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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
Bright and Deadly Things. Review by Barbara Lewis. Lexie Elliott is far from the first to make the point that conventional logic has its limitations. But she stands apart from all the literature majors that have defended their visceral thinking in that she earned authority as an Oxford theoretical physicist and then a City banker before reinventing herself as a best-selling writer.
FLASH FICTION AMERICA : Charles Rammelkamp enthuses over a new anthology edited by James Thomas, Sherrie Flick and John Dufresne
Poetry review – A NIGHTMARE ON HORSEBACK: Charles Rammelkamp admits to a fondness for the flawed protagonist in these poem-stories by Robert Cooperman
Poetry review – TODAY IN THE FOREST: Michael Paul Hogan is fascinated by a fragmentary myth created by Cindy Rinne
THE ANCHORED WORLD: Charles Rammelkamp admires a varied selection of fables composed and compiled by Jasmine Sawers
THE NOVEL AND OTHER INCIDENTS: Charlotte Harker’s collection of short stories is reviewed by Carla Scarano
GOD IN A CAN: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a new collection of flash fiction by Robert Scotellaro
NO ONE HAS ANY INTENTION OF BUILDING A WALL: James Roderick Burns finds considerable power in a slim volume of short stories by Ruth Brandt
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 […]
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