Tales From The Realm: Volume One is a collection of stories taken from the first few issues of Aphotic Realm Magazine. Aphotic Realm is said to be home to the strange and sinister and there are certainly a few strange and sinister stories hiding within… Aphotic Realm is a themed magazine featuring fiction, non-fiction,…
Tag: Fantasy
Book review: Drabbledark – An Anthology of Dark Drabbles.
My previous experience with drabbles left me a little underwhelmed. The book I read certainly wasn’t a bad book, but it didn’t set my pulse racing either. Drabbledark is my second attempt and I had a little more success with this anthology. With the stories only being 100 words in length, you’re going to get…
Book review: The Wish Mechanics – Daniel Braum
I loved the previous collection of stories called The Night Marchers from author Daniel Braum. Braum has a real knack for writing engrossing and deep stories that defy genre categorisation. His previous collection whisked me away to exotic locations where music played a central role and his characters encountered both magic and darkness. Music…
Interview: Today I welcome a fellow Adrian to the blog. Please welcome A. A. Medina!
TGR: Where did your love of reading and writing come from? I can’t really say I know the source, but I can say that I have always been intrigued by characters. As early as I can remember, I would create an ongoing narrative for my action figures and toys. They’d have relationships, beef…
The Grim Reader awards: My books of 2017
I love a good list, especially one that highlights some of the years best books. Many bloggers do this and I’m always interested to see what books they include. My list features books I read this year, not necessarily books published this year. I’m not going to waffle too much here, instead I’ll get straight…
Guest post: Christopher Charman talks novel writing and talking animals!
I hadn’t really given a lot of thought to what goes into making a novel until about halfway into my time in San Francisco State University’s MFA Creative Writing program. In the fall of 2010, I had the good fortune to take a class on novel writing from Dodie Bellamy (The Letters of Mina…
Magazine review: Grimdark Magazine Issue #12
A break from my usual horror reads came in the shape of Grimdark Magazine Issue #12. As usual the zine features various short stories from renowned writers in the Grimdark genre along with book reviews and a couple of interviews. Kicking off with a story from Luke Scull, author of the Grim Company books, A Ring…
Guest post: Robert J. Duperre talks SOULTAKER (Knights Eternal)
Today I have a guest post from Robert J. Duperre. His latest book, Soultaker (Knights Eternal) has recently been released through Ragnarok Publications and the cover art alone screams ‘READ ME!’ In this post, Robert talks about the books creation and how patience is one of the greatest virtues a writer can hold. Thank you…
Book review: River Of Teeth – Sarah Gailey
I’ve been intrigued by this release ever since I heard about it earlier this year. River of Teeth is a western, but with hippos instead of horses. Newcomer, Sarah Gailey takes the idea of hippo-farming to address meat shortages in the United States and adds a tale of revenge. Winslow Houndstooth (seriously, that’s his name!)…
Book review: Tower of the Forgotten – Mitchell Hogan
It’s TBR Tuesday once again, where I pick a random book from my Kindle, read it and review it. Today, it’s the turn of Mitchell Hogan (no relation to Hulk) and his prequel novella, Tower of the Forgotten. Now, I don’t read much in the way of fantasy, especially what I describe as high fantasy,…
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