Nick Cave: Mercy on Me – Reinhard Kleist (SelfMadeHero)
There are places that no man or woman should ever venture, or stray into, and sitting somewhere in the top ten of those places is the psyche of Nick Cave. Beloved the world over for…
There are places that no man or woman should ever venture, or stray into, and sitting somewhere in the top ten of those places is the psyche of Nick Cave. Beloved the world over for…
Nothing is ever black and white, not even in the Star Wars Universe and sometimes, as it does in Phasma, the line between the light and the dark becomes more than a little blurred. With…
All too often the term ‘legend’ is used without thought which cheapens and reduces it to nothing more than a quick and easy way to describe the innocuous actions of people whose fifteen minutes of…
The third installment in California hardcore journeyman Dan O’Mahony’s chronicle of life and experiences, this time reflecting on the demise of his marriage, the death of his mother, middle age, lost love and life on…
Like your classic mythology with a Doctor Who twist? Then you’re going to love this collection of well-known myths, rewritten with a distinctly Whovian flavour. Greek mythology fans are going to be particular chuffed, as…
Nigel Kneale got the name ‘Quatermass’ from a family of fruit merchants he found in the telephone book. I did not know that. I wonder if their fruit was oddly-shaped? I wonder if it was intelligent? I wonder…
I know what you’re thinking. A multi-Doctor story featuring all twelve incarnations, several companions AND Petronella Osgood? Why, this is the sort of gold-plated fanwank usually reserved for important anniversaries! And top title too. ‘Paper…
Anyone growing up on a council estate in Cardiff in the 90’s, would find the subject matter Dan Robinson has tackled in his first novel, all too familiar. Harsh lessons-yes. Tough decisions-of course, but there’s…
When writing my own books, not reviewing those written by others, I try to bring home what it says on the tin – unpretentious entertainment. Well, okay, it doesn’t actually say unpretentious entertainment, and between you and…
Themed short story collections are everywhere, aren’t they? Traditional publishers’ shelf space, both physical and digital, squeezed in a pincer movement from burgeoning small press titles and the rise of charity compilations more professional and…
When I originally came up with the faction powers for the hexarchate, my thought was that yes, everything was magic, but I wasn\’t diverging very far from real life. Wait a second, you say. The…
Halloween 2016 was a little different to previous Halloween’s. Yes there were pumpkins, trick or treaters, and gardens dressed in tacky mass produced faux horror props. But there was also the scary clown phenomenon that…