Author: scifiandfantasyreviewer

Guest Article – Wizard Pranks in Wizard School – David Flin

“Today on The Scifi and Fantasy Reviewer I’m once again proud to publish the third in a series of guest articles written by David Flin, who is both author and editor at the superb new publishing house Sergeant Frosty Publications. Today, David takes a look at the world of Harry Potter, and specifically the first book in the series – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. How does it work as a stand-alone story outside of the mega-bestselling series it kicked off, and how does it so effectively write to its target audience?”

Dirt Upon My Skin – Steve Toase – Review

“Dirt Upon My Skin is an absolutely incredible accomplishment, being one of the best collections of British horror that I have ever read in my career as a reviewer of horror fiction; and marks Steve Toase as an up-and-coming master of British Horror. I will follow his career and future works with great interest, and hope that his collaboration with Black Shuck Books will not be his last.”

Guest Article – A Review of Very Little Brain – David Flin

“I’m proud to publish another intriguing and thoughtful article by returning guest author – and editor of the fantastic Sergeant Frosty Publications – David Flin. This time, David has focused on beloved children’s classic Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne – and in doing so, gets to the heart of why Milne’s book remains so popular and so engaging almost a century after it was first published.”

Richter’s War: Case of the Japanese Alien/Richter’s War: Case of the Lady Crow – Daniel P. Douglas – Quick Review

“Richter’s War: Case of the Japanese Alien and Richter’s War: Case of the Lady Crow are two of the best pieces of alternate history/supernatural history short fiction that I’ve read in quite some time. Well-written, action-packed and featuring a protagonist I’d like to see more of in the future, they tickled a part of my brain that rarely gets touched these days[…]I cannot recommend them enough to those interested in supernatural and/or historical fiction”

His Soul’s Still Dancing: A Nicolas Cage Inspired Fiction Anthology – Ex-Parrot Press – Review

“Aided by a superbly-designed piece of monochrome cover art that perfectly illustrates the impossible task of diving into Cage’s chaotic mindset, and a skillful level of editing that is rarely seen in independently-published titles, I can confidently state that His Soul’s Still Dancing is by far the best Weird Fiction anthology that I’ve read and reviewed in my entire time surveying the genre, and a superb debut by Ex-Parrot Press.”

They Never Find The Bodies In Whispering Pines – Sean Malia Thompson – Review

“Taken altogether, They Never Find The Bodies In Whispering Pines is a slow-burning, transgressive and ultimately deeply disconcerting horror novel that succeeds in keeping the reader off-balance and uncertain until its final pages. There’s blood and guts and dead bodies galore in some sections, but they’re interlaced with much more intimate and personal horrors that are just as memorable and terrifying – and it highlights just how talented Thompson is as a writer that he manages to develop both and bring them together into one novel. It’s a superb piece of horror fiction, and I look forward to seeing what Thompson and Nictitating Books come up with in the future.”

Fox Hunt: A Creature Feature Horror – Charles E. P. Murphy – Review

“Fox Hunt: A Creature Feature Horror is a multi-layered novel that has a huge amount to offer the prospective reader. It’s a superb piece of well-written, perfectly paced Creature Feature horror that continues the tradition of Herbert, Smith, Meikle and Baxter and which serves up as much blood, gore and torn-out throats that fans of the subgenre could ever hope for. Yet at the same time, the novel also operates on a far deeper and much more radical level. Fox Hunt is as much about the horrors of the breakdown of social capital and the crimes of rampant, uncontrolled capitalism that has devastated Britain in the 21st Century as it is about murderous foxes; and Murphy delivers a keen-eyed critique of the unsettling state of Britain as it stumbles its way through the second decade of this new century.”

Death System: A Zombicide: Invader Novel – S. A. Sidor- Review

“Death System: A Zombicide: Invader Novel is a fast-paced, action-packed adventure of a novel that perfectly translates Zombicide: Invader boardgame from tabletop to page, and demonstrates S. A. Sidor’s full mastery of the setting and the pulpy, undead-infested nature of the boardgame.”

Secrets & Sacrifices: A Regency Cthulhu Novel (Call of Cthulhu) – Cath Lauria – Review

“Secrets and Sacrifices is not only one of the best Call of Cthulhu novels I’ve read in a very long time, I would go so far as to say it’s a masterful piece of Lovecraftian horror that demonstrates the direction that the genre should be heading. Cath Lauria has composed a story that not only makes full use of the Call of Cthulhu setting, but also stands out as a romance-horror novel that can easily be read without having to have a detailed knowledge of Lovecraft or Cthulhu

Music Review – Valour – Part 1 – Forlorn Hope

“With the release of Valour – Part I Forlorn Hope have readily demonstrated why they are the best British Heavy Metal band around today, and that their future could not be brighter in the genre. I cannot wait to see what Valour – Part II and Part III will reveal – and I’ll be reviewing them as soon as humanly possible!”