Review: Tracie McBride’s Ghosts Can Bleed

Ghosts Can Bleed is an eclectic collection of short stories and poems, in fantasy, horror and sf genres, by New Zealander, Tracie McBride. The titular story is about a chap called Maurice, who believes he is dead and is trying to convince his wife of this fact but all is not as it seems. The […]

Sweet Talk – Writing Good Dialogue Part 2

Knowing the why and what of dialogue is all good and well, but just as important is the how of weaving it into your narrative. Whether we like it or not, writers are influenced by what we watch or listen to, just as much as what we read. I know I am. Snappy dialogue from […]

Book Announcement and Review: The Prometheus Saga

Jade Kerrion has announced her first release of 2015: East of the Sun, a short story from The Prometheus Saga. Readers and fans who have enjoyed Earth-Sim will almost certainly enjoy East of the Sun and the other short stories in The Prometheus Saga. Like tributaries of a river, branching through vast lands, the stories […]