Unlike most of fandom, which prefers to keep its characters and franchises locked in their specific Universes and mythology, I am a rabid enthusiast of crossover events and firmly believe that mash-ups and throwing wildly…
Dark Horse and Charles Wood Publishing AB are excited to terrify more readers with The Dark North! Originally crowdfunded for publication in 2016, this illustrated prose-art book fusion features five unique tales ranging from Norse…
I am, I will freely admit, a hopeless devotee of first contact fiction and the post-realisation and interaction scenarios that make up the majority of the plots that are part of its tried, tested and…
Hekla’s Children wasn’t a book I fancied reviewing. When it arrived with a couple of others, I quickly scanned its blurb and equally quickly relegated it to the bottom of the pile. Not a big fan…
Beatrice, Patience, Elmo and Lucas are not normal kids and Dorsal Finn is not a normal town. The Newshounds, as the kids call themselves, have solved mysteries before ever hearing of the Cryptic Crypt but…
Triggs first novel chronicles the teenage experiences of a young Milwaukee boy George Dachs as he navigates his way through the age-old search for self-identity, love and the need to find a peer group. Dachs…
Last year Dark Regions Press ran an Indiegogo campaign to help fund the creation of three books. One of those was The Children of Gla\’aki. To tell the truth, I have never read anything written…
There’s a knack to writing tie-in novels – and I’ve written a few – that has little to do with how well you can write and everything to do with how well you can listen….
Relics comes festooned with an array of pull quotes along the lines of ‘magical, perilous drama’ and ‘darkly beautiful glimpse into another world’, but, while entertaining enough, it left me a little unmoved, I’m afraid. There’s…
Michael Avon Oeming (Aleister & Adolf) never prepared for any way to make a living other than drawing. Now, after years of refining his craft and developing a truly unique style, he has earned a…
I\’m always open to read authors I\’ve heard about when going through lists of books that are coming out. It\’s how I heard about writers such as John Langan, William Meikle, and Brett J. Talley…
From its humble beginnings on handmade cards playtested by a bunch of college buddies to its current place in the history of gaming, Generation Decks reveals the complete history of trading card game Magic: The…
