“You were too late,” came the symbiotic voice, echoing inside his mind; unheard by any else. “Really, I hadn’t noticed.” The Werewolf Hunter, Feracil, stated as he picked his way carefully through the dense, forest clearing. He’d been tasked with hunting a particularly vicious pack of wolves. The sort that wasn’t afraid to prey on…
Rain hammered down from the heavens. Unbeknown to those gathered within the warm, welcoming tavern. The wet weather had townsfolk and visitors alike huddled together, enjoying the roaring hearth and frothy mugs of ale. Infamous Witch Hunter, Elijah Lynton pushed the door open and took the hat from his head and shook the raindrops from…
Council meetings were usually as dull as tarnished cutlery. This particular meeting was an entire draw full of dreary. The High Bailiff of Serpentis was droning on about the decline in dedications of the flesh and trying to press upon the necromantic order the importance of an alliance between the two differing orders. Even though…
“We’re going to get something to eat from Tomas, boss. Do you want anything?” Gideon looked up from his paperwork, a mountainous pile that he was making very little progress on. “Sure, Sabine. Get me a pie will you?” He asked, scratching the bottom of his nose with the end of his quill as he…
“I’d move away from there before they break it.” Said Thrazo, when another rock hit the window. “Bleak work, this,” Elijah stated as he did as his henchman suggested. The orc just smiled, having heard those words so many times before. He had a knife in his hands and with it, he was picking the…
Title: A Flicker in the DarkAuthor: Stacy WillinghamPublished by: HarperCollinsPublication date: 3rd Feb 2022Genre: Psychological FictionPages: 360Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Blurb/Synopsis Chloe Davis’ father is a serial killer.He was convicted and jailed when she was twelve but the bodies of the girls were never found, seemingly lost in the surrounding Louisiana swamps. The case became notorious and Chloe’s family was destroyed….
Title: The Death of Vivek OjiAuthor: Akwaeke EmeziPublished by: Faber & FaberPublication date: 6th May 2021Genre: Contemporary FictionPages: 256Format: PaperbackSource: Private Collection Buy the Book – Amazon Buy the Book – Kindle Blurb/Synopsis One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son\’s body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his…
A bit before Christmas, I expressed an interest in writing. All within a world that I was creating – Oure. Then lockdown hit the UK and everything became about surviving the winter. Anything other than reading felt like a struggle. Now that longer, warmer days are here I feel able and ready to pick things…