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As ever, there’s tons more books we couldn’t fit in. Almost-human wolves and a living ship made of bones are among the delights of Laird Hunt’s dark fairytale in THE HOUSE IN THE DARK OF THE WOODS (out now, One). Alison Littlewood’s MISTLETOE (out no

Writing Magazine

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FableCroft Publishing is an Australian independent press of speculative fiction. The editorial team has been ‘so tipped upside down and shaken in ways we could barely have imagined, except perhaps in the post-apocalyptic and dystopic worlds of story.

The Paris Review

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From the cover of issue no. 136 (Fall 1995) of The Paris Review. It has been said, erroneously, that poets are cat people, novelists dog people. In fact, lots of novelists are into cats. Hilary Mantel included a photo of her cat in her Art of Fiction

Writing Magazine

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The shortlist has been announced for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020, set up by Helen Lederer last year, for humorous work by women writers ‘Judging and managing the prize in lockdown was interesting - but we got there!’ said Helen. ‘The 2020 ti

Woman & Home

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Writing about relationships, bestselling novelist Sarah Morgan now has more than 80 contemporary romance novels to her name. Her latest, Family for Beginners (£7.99, HQ), focuses on second chances. Ideas often come to me at inconvenient moments. Fo

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RELEASED 30 JUNE 299 pages | Hardback/ebook Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia Publisher Del Rey There are shades of Daphne du Maurier in this twisty little gothic novel, which pits a young woman against the horrors of a crumbling ancestral home. Our heroin

NPR

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We asked you to tell us about your favorite horror novels and short stories, and you gave us more than 6,500 titles. Now, meet the expert judges who'll take those parts and create a beautiful monster.

Literary Hub

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Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray first appeared on June 20th, 1890, in the July issue of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, to major controversy and no small amount of hostility. According to Nicholas Frankel, editor of an annotated edition of th

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Leiber’s father (also Fritz) was a successful actor, most notably playing Franz Lizst in Universal’s Phantom Of The Opera (1943). The book was expanded from The Pale Brown Thing, first published in the Jan/Feb 1977 editions of Fantasy And Science Fic

The Millions

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David Miller’s That Glimpse of Truth was a constant companion this year. It is a collection of 100 stories that Miller believes are amongst the finest ever written. While there are a number of writers whose work I wish Miller had included, each story

Woman & Home

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In Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, dramatic events mark the relationship between governess Jane and gruff Edward Rochester. They do marry, but only after facing a series of challenges that include a hidden wife locked in an attic, a devastating fire i

Denver Life Magazine

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In Downtown Denver’s Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, a striking, emerald chair stands on five legs. However, what looks like a quirky take on a standard furniture piece boasts a rich history. After discovering the authorless chair, the Kirk

Writer's Digest

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The best beginnings toss readers into the whirlwind that is going to be your story right as the action begins, giving them no choice but to read further. The best endings stick with readers for years after they’ve closed the book. WD editors got toge

Writing Magazine

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Set aside any notions that the countryside is a place of rest and retreat in the novels of Andrew Michael Hurley. The author’s take on folk horror turns the British countryside into disquieting landscapes – harsh places where malevolent forces are bu

The Big Issue

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Just as if you’re sad, you should listen to melancholy music, so in lockdown it can be a good idea to read stories of isolation and unhappiness. Autobiographical tales tell of Kavan’s poor relationship with her parents and husband, and her attraction

Literary Hub

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This year, SP Books is publishing the original manuscript of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, originally submitted for publication in Lippincott’s Magazine in 1890. Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde’s grandson, worked closely with the publishers

Photo Review

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‘I became a chronically truant juvenile delinquent at a very early age,’ says Greg Semu. Fortunately, an understanding art teacher noticed how excited this sometime-student became when he was given a camera. ‘They gave us black and white film and tau

Writing Magazine

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DL Russell Books specialises in horror and erotic anthologies. Editor in chief DL Russell seeks good stories with clever twists and genuine scary plots for The Big Man Selling Calendars And Other Terrifying People horror anthology. He wants tales abo

Art New Zealand

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On 25 July 1890, James McLauchlan Nairn (1859–1904), a visiting ‘member of the Glasgow Art Club’, delivered his first lecture in New Zealand to the students of the Dunedin School of Art. This took place only six months after a health condition had fo

India Today

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₹577 (Kindle); 368 pages Hailed by critics as “the first great millennial novelist”, Sally Rooney is set to build on the success of Normal People with a new novel in September. Her characters, we hear, will again be young and Irish. They will again w

Writing Magazine

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The Farnham Flash Fiction competition is open to submissions of stories of less than 500 words. First prize is £75 with a runners-up prize of £25 and £25 for a Best Flash Fiction featuring Farnham. The entry fee is £5 per entry and the closing date i

Literary Hub

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Every year, we ask The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Finalists to reminisce about the first book they fell in love with. This year, we asked Finalists to reflect not just on the first story that stole their heart, but the story that seeded cur

Woman & Home

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✢ Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 and 2010) The ups, downs, ins and outs of the Bellamy family and staff. ✢ The Barchester Chronicles (1982) An epic power struggle in a small English town. ✢ Jane Eyre (1983) Before he was James Bond, Timothy Dalton donned

Literary Hub

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One of the great things about writing (and reading) is that it allows me to briefly become someone who, in real life, I will never be. I’m not a painter or a photographer, but I am fascinated by those people because they have a superpower that will f

Writing Magazine

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The Wigtown Poetry Prize is open for entries The international Scottish poetry competition, which was refreshed and rebranded in 2019, welcomes entries from poets from anywhere in the world. There are prizes in various categories: • The Wigtown Prize

New Zealand Listener

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As a lifelong reader, I find it a big ask to make a list of books important to me. The “short” list inevitably devolves into pages. As a result, no such list is ever anything but a snapshot of my reading journey. Today’s snapshot begins with THE TIME

Writing Magazine

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US small press Silver Shamrock Publishing is open for submission of unagented original horror and dark fiction novels and novellas. Editor Ken McKinley is interested in seeing ‘unique spins on classic horror tropes’, ranging from ghost stories and ha

Writing Magazine

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Publishing commercial fiction, London based Joffe Books invites submissions from writers around the world and encourages, ‘authors of colour, LGTB+ authors and differently abled authors from diverse backgrounds to make their voices heard’. The ‘favou

Writing Magazine

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The Wigtown Poetry Prize has £1,500 and £500 prizes, with £500 and £200 in categories for entries in Scots and Scottish Gaelic, for poems up to forty lines, as well as special prizes of mentoring, for the Dumfries and Galloway Fresh Voice Award, and