Returning the Screw By P.V. Tims After Henry James Have you got a match? My name is Quint. And no, growing up with a name that sounds... Continue reading
The Global Crime Novel: Worldwide Corruption and Chiseling In a 1931 Warner Brothers made the film Blonde Crazy, in the pre-Code period where expression was raunchier and... Continue reading
Michael Eaude reviews The Precinct with the Golden Arm, by Dennis Broe, Pathmark Press 2020 This noir novel is the third of a trilogy set in Los Angeles in... Continue reading
The shortlist for the annual International Dublin Literary Award for 2023 was published in late March. Among the six books on the list is a book by... Continue reading
The Invaders: Alien Beings From a Dying Planet. Their Destination: The Earth. Their Mission: To Make It Their World. It began with a landing of a craft... Continue reading
“Siblings” by German Democratic Republic writer Brigitte Reiman has just been published in English translation by Penguin, in its series of classic international literature. It comes sixty... Continue reading
Liberties by Peter Bennett does what E.M. Forster, in his Aspects of the Novel (1927), says a novel must invariably do: ‘The novel – oh dear yes... Continue reading
Fran Lock introduces a ‘Gypsy Futurist’ science fiction story called ‘Enlightenment For All!’, available to download as a pdf below. Image above courtesy of Jack Varnell Realistic... Continue reading
Some snowmen had topknots. Some wore football scarves and skull caps. Some had veils over their faces. One had fairy wings. They all began to sing…… Snowfall, friendship... Continue reading
When is the last time you read an exciting story about the working class engaged in determined and successful struggle? This is just what Charles Andrews sets... Continue reading