I would like to thank Angry Robot for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Angry Robot Published - Out Now Price - £9.99 paperback £6.70 ebook In 1983, artist Tony Mathias began work on a new installation – a collage of visuals and sounds, exploring the history of the abandoned RAF base on Warden Fell. Tony was a gentle soul, a devoted family man. But after visiting the site to tape-record the sounds there, he killed his wife and children, set...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank NewCon Press for an advance copy on this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - NewCon Press Published - Out Now Price - £13.99 paperback £4.99 ebook Now resident in the UK, Ana Sun has lived in various parts of the world, having spent her childhood in Malaysian Borneo and grown up on islands. Ana Sun is fast making a name for herself, her unique voice instilling solarpunk with fresh vitality. Inspired by her passion for nature, water, and comm...| Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo! it’s been a very busy week but for the best of reasons I had to get everything at work ready for a week off! A few little adventures and prints planned than the small matter or World Fantasy in Brighton from Thursday. Me and a few hundred people near a dealer’s room what could possibly go wrong?! Reading wise I’m in that interesting zone where I want to finish a few more horror stories prior to Halloween but am also sensing a desire to get back to SF and fantasy very soon. The ...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thanks the author for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Published - Out Now Price - £1.79 ebook Seven fantastic fantasy tales to enthrall and entertain you. Dragons, witches, prophecies, sorcerers and more… At a café in the sky, a fugitive angel finds new friends. A reclusive man has to care for newly hatched dragons. A witch builds a tempting gingerbread house, but where are the children? An archive assistant goes on the run when ...| Runalong The Shelves
Publisher – Dead Ink Books Published – 30th October Price – £20 hardback £5.99 ebook A house is more than just a place to lay your head at night. Sometimes, the walls remember. Wouldst thou taste of dread most delectable? The season is come… Dead Ink’s own season. Unquiet Guests awaits thee, clad in green as the forest at midnight, its edges steeped in blood. Within, ten cunning souls do conjure their visions of the haunted house, each tale a door that should ne’er be opened. Wo...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank NewCon Press for an advance copy of this collection in exchnage for a fair and honest review Publisher – NewCon Press Published – Out Now Price – £13.99 paperback £4.99 ebook Rose Biggin is a writer and performer based in London and lectures in Creative Writing at Birkbeck (University of London). Rose has long been delighting readers ‘in the know’ with beautifully crafted stories, tales that often play around with myth or classic literary concepts, using them...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Head of Zeus for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a far and honest review Publisher – Head of Zeus Published – Out Now Price – £16.99 hardback £5.03 ebook City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring 'Perfection' and 'Correctness' to an imperfect world. But before these ruthless Tyrant Philosophers send in their legions, they despatch Outreach - the rain before the storm. Outreach is that part of the Pal machine responsible f...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Orbit Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Orbit – Run For It Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £3.99 ebook I see something out there, in the woods. It does not have a face. They call it the King's Breakfast. One bite and you can understand the full scope of the universe; one bite and you can commune with forgotten gods beyond human comprehension. And it only grows deep in the Pamogo forest, wher...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Flame Tree Books and Random Things Tours for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Flame Tree Press Published - Out Now Price - £20 hardback £4.95 ebook Careful what you search for, you may just find it. With grotesque glimpses of the disappeared, the past is alive and well. After winning an old casefile at auction outlining the disappearance of a hunting party back in the nineties, Kory and his pregnant wife invite their fr...| Runalong The Shelves
Helloooo! And catch up continues with an look at the September podcasts that Pseudopod provided and I had lots of interesting reactions First up was PseudoPod, episode 992, Chattering Spines by Mike Wyant Jr. Narrated by Dave Robison, hosted by Alasdair Stuart - this plunges us into an apocalypse and we as the reader have to slowly work out what’s going on. A really smart piece of storytelling where our wonderful main character given real grit and a sense of a working class man trying to ke...| Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo! Welcome to the weekend! Honestly been a bit of an up and down week - we are a little busy in the house and that’s both seem fast and long - Friday took ages. Reading happened but not quite as fast as I’d hoped - one more week of work left I can do it and let’s not talk about the dentist and likely filling I need replacing next week! Wombling along is where I share reviews and other online articles I enjoyed over the week. I can’t review or know about every book but I love fin...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Black Crow Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Black Crow Published – Out Now Price – £19.99 hardback £4.99 ebook It's the winter of 1975, and Duane Minor, back home in Portland, Oregon after a tour in Vietnam, is struggling to quell his anger and keep his drinking in check, keep his young marriage intact, and keep the nightmares away. Things get even more complicated when his thirteen-year-old niece, Julia...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Titan Books for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Published – out now Price – £11.99 hardback £6.89 ebook When Everly’s husband and young daughter die in a car crash she finds out nothing is quite what she thought… Secrets, lies and grief collide in this funny, tragic, intimate and utterly compelling horror novella. Writer Everly Bainbridge's life is left in ruins when her husband takes their child to t...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank the author and IFWG Publishing for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – IFWG Publishing Published – Out Now Price – £10.94 paperback £3.96 ebook A beach that wipes people from memory. Aliens that just want to help human| Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo! September was a bit busier at weekends than I’d planned so I’ll be using October to catch up on some planned short fiction for August and September. First up let’s talk about the podcast Pseudopod’s August delicacies and much fun was hard and by fun I mean creepiness. Tis the season! I loved episode 987, - Reflections on Bloody Mary, by Catherine MacLeod. Narrated by Christiana Ellis, and hosted by Kat Day - this story has a great character telling us her life story. She is t...| Runalong The Shelves
Helloooo! Hope you survived stormy weekend and whatever the week blew at you. It’s been a quiet week and things are going ok and sometimes that’s just nice. I can see soon a week off, World Fantasy Con in Brighton and a few days without an early alarm in my future plus a pile of great looking reads. I’ll call that a win this week. For new readers Wombling Along is where I share reviews that caught my eye and a few other things. Think of this as the blog’s weekend supplement to tick in...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Head of Zeus for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Head of Zeus Published – Out Now Price – £20 hardback £6.02 ebook Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? - Edgar Allan Poe At 14, Julia Z became infamous as the "orphan hacker," a teenage prodigy who broke the law and captivated a nation. Now, years later, she's trying to leave that life behind, hiding in the quiet suburbs of Boston. But her fragile...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Arcadia for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and valid review Publisher – Arcadia Published – Out Now Price – £20 hardback £9.99 ebook Decades from now, two women sit beside a campfire and reflect on their life stories. Activist Lucy's earliest memories are of living with her grandparents during the 2020 pandemic and discovering her grandmother's love of birds. Filmmaker Hester was born on the day of the Chornobyl explosion and visits the si...| Runalong The Shelves
Publisher – PS Publishing Published – Out Now Price – £18 hardback £2.99 ebook What is the greatest trick of all—survival or disappearance? How far would you go to find out? In the heyday of Atlantic City, a man determined to rise above his circumstances and make a name for himself in a world hostile to people like him, finds his calling in the art of illusion. In the present day, two friends pretend to be interested buyers to gain access to the house where a famous magician on...| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank the author for a copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Cemetery Dance Published - Out Now Price – £15.04 paperback £3.70 ebook From hauntingsand oblivion to monsters, murder, and anthropomorphism, A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters, by award-winning author Eric J. Guignard, explores the literary off and macabre that reside in the vast shadows of our existence. A good short story collection – what am I look...| Runalong The Shelves
Hellooooo! Hope you had a good week and did not slightly overdo it checking a very very long word document for factual errors….ahem let’s just say this will be a lazy weekend with no deadlines (with books)! If you’re new this is the Blog’s attempt at a weekend supplement where you can with a cupp| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Titan for an advance copy of this anthology in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £6.99 eBook British Fantasy and Bram Stoker-nominated author Gemma Amor brings together a unique line-up of 14 authors| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Titan for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher- Titan Published – 6/9 Price – £17.99 hardback £5.59 Kindle eBook Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation t| Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank the author and PS Publishing for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Absinthe Books Published – available to order via https://pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road-hardcover-by-stark-holborn-6606-p.asp Price – from £1| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank the author for a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Published – Out Now Price – £4.99 ebook A dame walks into a detective’s office and asks him to find a missing girl. A familiar setup. You might have seen it before. Or maybe not. Because th| Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Tor UK and Black Crow PR for an advance copy of this novel on exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Tor Published - Out Now Price - £16.99 hardback £7.99 Kindle eBook Revolutionary France is no place to be, especially for aristocrat vampires facing the g| Runalong The Shelves
