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2d ago
Witches are at the heart of fantasy and folk-horror. Cursed objects, particularly cursed books, are a popular item featured in horror novels and stories. Take a cursed book about witches and you have C.J. Cooke’s The Book of Witching. A mother must fight for her daughter’s life in this fierce and haunting tale of witchcraft ..read more
SFFWorld » Book Reviews
4d ago
From the publisher: “From the acclaimed author of Anno Dracula, the perfect gift for those who love the dark fantastic imaginations of Neil Gaiman and T. Kingfisher, this is a nightmarish tale of a haunted Christmas set deep in the British countryside not too long ago. Cosy traditions are made twisted and terrifying as a ..read more
SFFWorld » Book Reviews
1w ago
Dark Academia is a movement/subset of fantasy where the setting is often universities and other places of learning and education. While the “label” has emerged only recently (roughly the last decade, the mid 2010s), stories featuring students and magic tinged with darkness are not necessarily new. But it is a popular subset of the genre ..read more
SFFWorld » Book Reviews
1w ago
Let’s start this review with a riddle: When is an author’s character not an author’s character? Taking the point aside that an author’s character becomes something else when the reader reads it, I believe that generally it’s often when the book/film/story is adapted into something else. The relevance of that here? Well, this book uses ..read more
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2w ago
THE WOOD AT MIDWINTER by Susanna Clarke It may be a shock for some to realise that it is 20 years since Susanna’s magnum opus, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell was published – it was to me. For those who don’t know, Strange & Norrell was a densely yet meanderingly plotted novel of over 900 ..read more
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3w ago
Genoveva Dimova’s The Witch’s Compendium of Monsters continues in Monstrous Nights, the second book (second half?) of the story begun in Foul Days. Kosara, the whose bold actions in Foul Days must contend with the fallout from what she did. What is that, you may ask? In Foul Days Kosara found herself stripped of her ..read more
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3w ago
Although author John Connolly is perhaps best known for his Charlie Parker detective novels (currently 21 books and counting), but over the past twenty years or so he has also been quietly producing creepy short stories as a sideline. His collections Nocturnes (2004) and Night Music (2015) have highlighted this element of his work. His ..read more
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1M ago
Good things must come to an end, and it seems Kevin Hearne is bringing not just the Ink & Sigil series to an end, but the world of The Iron Druid to an end. Candle & Crow brings the story of Al MacBharrais to a close, a story that began in Ink & Sigil and ..read more
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1M ago
And the last review for Halloween 2024! Here’s my review of a book for Halloween that deals with classics. In the small hardback format, suitable for fitting in a pocket, with gold gilt edges and a little ribbon for a bookmark, this is a lovely little edition that you could read in an October evening ..read more
SFFWorld » Book Reviews
1M ago
And on the last day of October we finish our usual Halloween Countdown with not just one but two reviews today! First up, Randy’s review of a pulp classic: [Thunstone’s] fingers touched the brass knob, and it was icy cold. He paused a moment, even then, to ponder the connection between thoughts of evil and ..read more