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Posted on January 9, 2019January 9, 2019

Review of “Kafkaesque” edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly, SF Site, 2012

I previously blogged a shorter piece, adapted from this review, on Kafka and alternate history. Here is a full review of what was an enjoyable book to read, : “Kafkaesque”…

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Posted on January 3, 2019

Review of “Tom Harris”, Stefan Themerson, Nthposition/SF Site 2011

This review originally reviewed on the now defunct nthposition.com, and with a few tweaks re appeared on  SF Site  which is still online but not active. Re-reading this review, I recall enjoying…

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Posted on December 3, 2018

Review of “The Raw Shark Texts”, Steven Hall

A book from way back in 2007 which I initially reviewed for Nthposition and then a slightly different form on SF Site. A relatively grumpy review. From his Wikipedia page,…

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Posted on July 26, 2018

The Waxwing Slain – short story from Nthposition.com, 2004

  This was the first story I had published on the now defunct nthposition.com. It owes a little too much to a certain J G Ballard story, but re-reading it…

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Posted on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018

Non-Binary Review call for submissions on Dante’s Inferno (deadline 24th Oct 2018)

More info here: NonBinary Review is a quarterly digital literary journal that joins poetry, fiction, essays, and art around each issue’s theme. We invite  authors to explore each theme in…

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Posted on July 4, 2018July 4, 2018

From “The Book of Silences” Introduction to Volume 1

The Book of Silences, Volumes 1 – 23343 From the introduction to Volume 1 … the editors have found the task of compiling all the silences of recorded history a…

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Posted on July 4, 2018

From “The Transfinite Codex”

The Transfinite Codex From the Introduction The Infinite Annex is an annex of this library which consists entirely of infinite stories. The annex, via the use of an innovative filing…

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Posted on July 4, 2018

From “A Practical Guide to Time Travel” by Brendan McConnell

From “A Practical Guide to Time Travel” by Brendan McConnell, page 132 … What they don’t tell you about time travel is the emotional dislocation. I suppose my voyage, undertaken…

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