I’m fairly sure I got Forgotten Lore as a freebie from Rhonda Parrish’s website or mailing list last year (although it seems to have been 22 on my Goodreads list!). I’ve been looking forward to reading it. Forgotten Lore Blanket
Book Review | Water: Sirens, Selkies and Sea Monsters
Water: Selkies, Sirens and Sea Monsters is the last of four anthologies edited by Rhonda Parrish in the Elemental Anthologies series. My story was shortlisted for the Earth one, so I wanted to read more… Water: Selkies, Sirens and Sea
Book Review | Marple: Twelve New Stories
Twelve New Stories involving Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple? Purists will be up in arms. Me, I’m delighted my favourite crime authors took part. Thank you,NetGalley and the publishers, HarperCollinsUK, for a chance to read this book. It came out on
Book Review | Untethered
Untethered is a recent anthology from Rhonda Parrish. She is prolific with these, and every author should check out her website to see if their writing might have suited past calls, and what the current call for submission is (Women
Book Tour, Giveaway and Recipe! Festive Mayhem 2
Festive Mayhem is on tour, and I’ve joined up. Thank you to the authors and Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for all the information – and the recipe! As you can see, the festive season books are already pouring out.
Book Review | Among the Stars @KristineRusch
Among the Stars is a space opera theme anthology from Fiction River. There aren’t many stories in this anthology, compared with say, Rhonda Parrish‘s or Third Flatiron, or even the IWSG, so it’s a quick read of quick reads. This
Book Reviews | Flash Fiction collections by Rebecca M. Douglass
Rebecca Douglass is no stranger to this blog, and readers here will likely have visited The Ninja Librarian to read the flash fiction on Rebecca’s blog too. We both got the idea of flash fiction collections at the same time,
Christmas Book Review | Murder Under the Christmas Tree
Murder Under the Christmas Tree was one of those titles I couldn’t resist on what turned out to be my last trip to Waterstone’s in Norwich. It occurs to me that crime stories are quite a favourite for author specials
Book Blast | Voyagers: The Third Ghost #IWSG
I’m delighted to announce a third ghost: IT’S OUT TOMORROW… Voyagers: The Third Ghost An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology Journey into the past… Will the third ghost be found before fires take more lives? Can everyone be warned before
#IWSG April | How Are Things In Your World? #staysafe
How are things in your world, Insecure Writers? I hope you are safe and well, and keeping yourself to yourself in order to neither catch nor spread this virus. Thank you once again to our founder, Alex J Cavanaugh (whose
Double Book Review | Scifi Anthology special
Two anthologies for you today, to help me catch up on my reviews. I like reading anthologies when I’m busy, because of the easy put-down, pick-up nature of the book. The downside is I find it almost impossible to remember
#IWSG – Welcome to July, no, August, insecure writers!
Welcome to July. No. I was all set to write my July IWSG post but I couldn’t access my website. Then things got worse. If you’re interested you can read more here. Welcome to August. A thousand things I thought
Book Review | Galileo’s Theme Park
Galileo’s Theme Park is an anthology, part of Third Flatiron’s series. They call for submissions about three times a year. You can see future calls, as well as past publications at their website here. Galileo’s Theme Park ed Juliana Rew
Galileo’s Theme Park | Beach Reads #Giveaway Hop
An ultimate Beach Reads book – Galileo’s Theme Park – is my prize for all you international giveaway hoppers out there. The Beach Reads Giveaway Hop is brought to you courtesy of Valerie at Stuck in Books, so when you’ve
FridayFlash #Fi50 Fiction | The End is in the Beginning
The End is in the Beginning is this month’s fiction in fifty words prompt. Fi50, or fiction in fifty words, is the ultimate in flash fiction. Get the whole story into fifty words, and make sure your reader’s imagination fills