by Sarah Tinsley | Jan 13, 2023 | Reviews
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were benevolent forces around us, helping us cope with difficult times? In The Plankton Collector by Cath Barton, a mysterious ‘everyman’ visits a family to help them come to terms with grief and loss. Barton takes...
by Sarah Tinsley | Nov 25, 2022 | Reviews
From the moment you enter the world of The Regeneration of Stella Yin, a novella-in-flash by Kristen Loesch, you are in an immersive and dark place. From instructions on how to make a shrine, to an interview about AI, to a welcome letter to a remote island project,...
by Sarah Tinsley | Nov 11, 2022 | Reviews
I’m always enthusiastic about any writing that celebrates women. In Jesi Bender’s poetry collection Dangerous Women, she categorises her subjects by the perceived ‘danger’ they pose to society, through their freedom, their status or their...
by Sarah Tinsley | Oct 27, 2022 | Reviews
There’s something special about finding a writer who is passionate about the same things you are and brings them into their books. Susan Elliot-Wright’s novel The Flight Of Cornelia Blackwood is a tense and gripping thriller. But at its heart, it’s...
by Sarah Tinsley | Oct 14, 2022 | Reviews
Sometimes stories just capture the wonderful essence of what it means to be human. Of where we find our place in the world, of how we relate to the journeys we’ve been on, and how all of that gets muddled and confused along the way. Still Lives by Reshma Ruia is...
by Sarah Tinsley | Oct 1, 2022 | Reviews
The great thing about hosting this site is all the amazing books that appear on my radar. Keely O’Shaughnessy’s powerful flash fiction collection Baby is a Thing Best Whispered contains rare, startling stories that really jolt you. Featuring many...
