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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.”

Age of the Undead: A Zombicide: Black Plague Novel – C.L. Werner – Review

“Age of the Undead is an atmospheric, blood-soaked & action-packed zombie-fest from C.L. Werner that perfectly meshes with the Zombicide: Black Plague setting, and demonstrates why Werner is such a prolific and popular author. His characters are deftly crafted and well-developed, there’s a carefully-developed atmosphere of quiet desperation and short, violent bursts of undead violence that permeates the entire narrative, and Werner manages to expand upon the overarching Zombicide setting while also imbuing it with his own unique take on the setting as a whole, creating something both unique and original.”

Guest Article – The Past is Another Culture – David Flin

“I am absolutely delighted (and honoured) to be able to publish the first ever guest article here on The Scifi and Fantasy Reviewer – the first of what I hope will be many thought-provoking articles focusing on different aspects of writing, editing, publishing and even reviewing the written word. To kick off the series, author and publisher David Flin asks us to consider how authors tackle the past as a subject – and some of the common pitfalls when dealing with the past ‘as a foreign country'”

The Flower Path (A Legend of the Five Rings Novel) – Josh Reynolds – Review

“The Flower Path is nothing less than Josh Reynolds at the height of his considerable talents as an author, an intricate, complex and tightly-plotted murder-mystery perfectly integrated into the Legend of the Five Rings setting, and populated with a richly-imagined cast of characters to create an elegant novel that might well be the best thing that Reynolds has ever written.”