SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: LOOKING GLASS SOUND by Catriona Ward
Catriona Ward is on a nice publishing schedule, especially for a writer whose work plays with darker, horrific themes. Since reading The Last House…
Month: October 2023
NEWS: World Fantasy 2023 Winners announced
The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2022 have been announced during the 2023 World Fantasy Convention, held October 26-29, 2023 at the…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: ALL HALLOWS by Christopher Golden
What could be more appropriate for Halloween than a Horror book set on Halloween night? Bram Stoker award-winning author Christopher Golden uses his considerable…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: CERTAIN DARK THINGS by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Randy reviews his second Silvia Moreno-Garcia novel this month. What did he think of it? Collecting garbage sharpens the senses. It allows us…
THESE BURNING STARS by Bethany Jacobs
From the publisher: Jun Ironway, hacker, con artist, and only occasional thief, has got her hands on a piece of contraband that could set…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: STARLING HOUSE by Alix E. Harrow
Starling House is Alix E. Harrow’s third published full-length novel and the third book she’s published with Tor Books. It is a gothic romance/horror…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: THE LAST TIME I LIED by Riley Sager
The girls could be anywhere. That’s what you realize as you stand in the water, shivering harder. They’re out there. Somewhere. And…
News: Hugo, Astounding and Lodestone Awards 2023 announced
Winners for the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced by Chengdu Worldcon, the 81st…
AN INHERITANCE OF MAGIC by Benedict Jacka
Benedict is perhaps best known for his Alex Verus series of urban fantasy books. Here though he starts a new series. An Inheritance of…
New York Comic Con 2023 Round Up!
NY Comic Con 2023 is in the books and it was an extremely enjoyable busy convention this year. As I’ve been leaning more…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: THE BETWEEN by Tananarive Due
To quote The New York Times no less, Randy’s latest review is of a novel that is “Part horror novel, part detective story and…
New York Comic Con 2023: Delilah S. Dawson Interview
I’ve been reading Delilah S. Dawson’s books for a few years now and I’m always impressed with her ability to maintain excellent writing and…
New York Comic Con 2023 Panel Recap: The Horror, The Horror
The Horror, The Horror moderated by Delilah S. Dawson (https://www.whimsydark.com/) featuring James Kennedy (https://jameskennedy.com/), Meriam Metoui (https://www.meriammetoui.com/), Richard Kadrey (https://www.richardkadrey.me/), and Trang Thanh Tran…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: THE HANDYMAN METHOD: by Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan
In Nick Cutter & Andrew Sullivan’s The Handyman Method (subtitled a Novel of Terror), a young couple (Trent and Rita Saban) and their 10-year-old…
New York Comic Con 2023: Jim Butcher Interview
I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Jim Butcher, and his son James J. Butcher, at New York Comic Con this…
INTO THE UNCANNY by Danny Robins
Here’s a non-fiction book for our Halloween celebrations this month. IF you’re not from the UK I’m not sure how much you know about…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: FAR BELOW AND OTHER WEIRD TALES by Robert Barbour Johnson
Randy’s latest review is of a relatively unknown classic author, recently reprinted and appropriate for Halloween! The shadows crawled like crippled rats around…
Manga: ALPI THE SOUL-SENDER, Volume 1
In a world where divine spirits are the source of all life, Alpi is a Soul Sender – a kind of wandering healer who…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando
Haunted House stories are perhaps the most popular kinds of horror stories, many have been written, many will be written. So, when a new…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2023: WHITE HORSE by Erika T. Wurth
There was something strange, mysterious even, about the White Horse tonight. Normally, it was merely an Indian Bar. My Indian bar. But there was…
