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REVIEW: Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 by James Tynion IV (W) and Martin Simmonds (A)

Mother of God.  Mother of God.  Reading Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 is like mainlining your illicit drug of choice straight into your temporal lobe.  And then doing it again, and again, and yet again,...

An Interview with Mariely Lares

Mariely Lares is a Mexican-American debut autor who has swept us away with her novel Sun of Blood and Ruin. A historical fantasy set in a post-conquest Mexico, full of strong characters, mythology and...

REVIEW: The Traitor by Anthony Ryan

The Traitor completes Anthony Ryan’s (Blood Song, Red River Seven, Raven’s Shadow ) excellent The Covenant of Steel trilogy. Set in a medieval inspired fantasy world full of battle and religious fervour, The Traitor...

Rising Stars of Grimdark SFF 2023

Over the last couple of years, a range of authors have really come to the fore for our review team with their focus on creating grim stories in dark worlds told by morally grey...

Cover for The Traitor by Anthony Ryan

The SFF books we can’t wait to read in 2023

I don’t know about you, but it fucking finally feels like the world is starting to tilt back towards normality. And part of that normal is seeing people at Cons again, books being signed by...