I've gotten out of the habit, so here are a few of my recent Vine reviews that may be of interest to readers of this blog:
Steampunk!, a YA anthology of... well, guess: here.
The Demi-Monde: Winter, the first book in a series about a massive VR scenario that jumbles different historical periods: here.
When She Woke: a dystopian variation on The Scarlet Letter: here.
Ed King: a modern retelling of the Oedipus story, the final chapter of which makes for a decent SF novella: here.
The Thorn and The Blossom: an accordion-format curiosity by the great Theodora Goss: here.
The Flame Alphabet: a surreal dystopian novel in which language becomes poisonous: here.
The Games: technothriller with genetically-engineered animal gladiators: here.
The Uninvited Guests: drawing-room comedy with magical elements: here.
As a reminder, I sometimes post on Amazon non-genre reviews that don't appear here. There are also a few lightly-edited or updated versions of posts that originally appeared here and weren't immediately copied there. To see all my Amazon reviews, click here.
I apologize for the lack of content here lately; moving house and dealing with some other personal situations has cut down on my reading time, and various non-genre titles have taken up much of what remains. It'll be at least another three weeks before my schedule opens up much, but in the near future I hope to finish The Century's Best Horror Fiction (only 49 stories to go! Remember you can find my ridiculous brief story-by-story reviews on Twitter) and get back to The Sense of the Past: The Ghostly Stories of Henry James, not to mention the Tartarus Press collections of Arthur Machen I got for Christmas. Before all that, though, and hopefully in the next few days, will be a review of Mark Valentine and John Howard's new joint collection, Secret Europe.
On another topic entirely, I'm thinking that the white-on-black design of this blog is tough to read, and a bit dull to boot. Unfortunately I have absolutely no ideas on what would look better and still fit the tone of the blog. Reader suggestions are welcome.
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