Book review: Spungunion – John Boden

  John Boden is yet another writer I wish more people were aware of. Whilst his output is infrequent, the quality of the writing is never in doubt and so it continues with his latest story, Spungunion. Spungunion is a fantastic, weird novella, one I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent in this place rife with…

Interview: The Grim Reader talks to Mercedes Murdock Yardley

  Mercedes M. Yardley is a whimsical dark fantasist who wears stilettos, red lipstick, and poisonous flowers in her hair.  She is the author of many diverse works, including Beautiful Sorrows, the Stabby Award-winning Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Pretty Little Dead Girls: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy, Detritus in Love, and the BONE…

Book review: Detritus in Love – Mercedes M. Yardley & John Boden

I am fan of both of these writers works. They both have a unique take on fiction, reveling in that kind of dreamy prose that allows for a great reading experience. The two writers that are quite similar, yet also quite different, join forces for this short novella ‘Detritus in Love’. When authors co-write stories,…

Book review: Jedi Summer: with The Magnetic Kid – John Boden

It seems as if the 1980s are everybody’s favorite thing again. The recent success of television show ‘Stranger Things’ has rekindled a love for a time that I personally look back on with a great fondness. The 80s to me were all about trips to the video store with friends, trying to push the clerk…