WRECKS AND RUINS: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a complex new novel by Eric D. Goodman
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THE HOUSE WITH TWO LETTER-BOXES: Emma Storr reviews a collection of well-drawn short stories by Janet Swinney
P – Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reviews a classic dystopia by D Rudd-Mitchell in which the individual is faced with a seemingly all-powerful Party
BALLET FOR MURDERERS: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a poetry and prose collection by Richard Wayne Horton
Book Review – The Life in Us: Paul McDonald reviews an absorbing and touching novel by John Lucas
EVERY SEVENTH WAVE : Rachael Smart considers Tom Vowler’s tense novel set in the grim world of human trafficking
SPINNING TO MARS: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a collection of flash fiction by Meg Pokrass
YOU’RE PRETTY GAY: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a short story collection by Drew Pisarra
THE ONCE AND FUTURE MOON : Louise Warren investigates an anthology of speculative fiction compiled and edited by Allen Ashley
C.J. Cooke, also known as Carolyn Jess-Cooke, is formidable in her achievements. An award-winning poet, novelist, academic and mother of four, her latest work is a text-book example for her creative writing students of how to write a tense page-turner that presses all the right buttons.
Book review – THE PRISONER’S WIFE: this remarkable novel by Maggie Brookes is based on a true story and tells of an almost incredible deception successfully carried out during World War Two
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
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, year 2022 • Tags: books, fiction, James Roderick Burns