Book review: HALO: The Fall of Reach – Eric Nylund

  As a MASSIVE fan of the HALO franchise, it’s perhaps surprising that it has taken me this long to get into the books. Maybe it’s because I’m not a huge sci-fi reader. Regardless, I decided to take the leap into space and join the Master Chief and his team of Spartan badasses on their mission…

Book review: Tales From The Realm: Volume One – Anthology

  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,…

Book review: The Sea Was A Fair Master – Calvin Demmer

  Calvin Demmer’s debut collection features 23 stories in which the author leaves no stone unturned. Demmer runs the gamut of genre fiction and in doing so gives us a varied, often stunning journey through his imagination. Flash fiction is something that either works for you or it doesn’t. Unlike a recent drabble anthology I…

Book review: The Void (Alex Hunter 7) – Greig Beck

  When I first showed the cover of the new Alex Hunter novel to my 8-year-old son, he nearly pissed his pants with excitement. I told him in my best movie voice “One day, son, all of this will be yours.” as I held my Kindle in front of his face. I often do this,…

It Happened in a Flash by Calvin Demmer

It Happened in a Flash By Calvin Demmer   When I started to submit my fiction to different markets, I was focused on the short story length, anything between 2,000 to 5,000 words to be more precise. I didn’t even really know what flash fiction was at that stage. I’d read the term on some…

Book review: Orotund – B. P. Gregory

  Without trying to give too much away, I will say that Orotund: collected short stories volume II starts with a bang. The first story, Strangers, had me wondering where B. P. Gregory was going with it all. A young girl seemingly lost looking for a library finally finds what she is looking for. But all is…

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…

Book extract: Android Love, Human Skin by Richard Godwin

    Today I have an excerpt from the latest novel by Richard Godwin called Android Love, Human Skin. I always enjoy posting excerpts as I fell it’s a great way to whet the appetite and alert people to new voices within the wonderful world of fiction. I hope you enjoy!   EXCERPTS FROM ANDROID…

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…

Book review: A Knife, A fork, A Bottle, & A Cork – SC Hayden

  SC Hayden’s novella will certainly appeal to dystopian fiction fans. I’m thinking Hayden watched a few movies including Logan’s Run, The Running Man and The Hunger Games before writing this, as the story has some similar ideas and themes. That’s not to say this is merely fan fiction. On the contrary, I really enjoyed…