Category: Goat Leader
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All the Devils are Here – by Paul Finch
The midnight cathedral filled with fireThe leather-clad monstrosity that kills with a spiked maceThe unholy pact between man and demon Cynical London cop, Dora “Mac” McDougal, of the Metropolitan Police’s elite Organised Crime Command, has a strike-rate that is second-to-none, mainly because of her cavalier approach to rules and regulations. However, when Mac discovers the…
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Urgent Help Needed – Thanks Storm Bert, You Asshole
Extremely dark bleatings, my lovely tribe. Unfortunately, this isn’t a book review or a fun, frothy article. Last night, Storm Bert wrought absolute havoc in South Wales, particularly in Cwmtillery. The biblical deluge hammering down loosened a coal tip, causing a landslide with disastrous consequences for the residents of Upper Gwastod Terrace, Lower Gwastod Terrace,…
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They Shut Me Up – by Tracy Fahey
Life is tough. And then there’s The Change… A woman, ignored and invisible, starts to discover her voice. But who―or what―is speaking though her? Part body-horror, part feminist fiction, They Shut Me Up poses the question: how can we retell historic female narratives? Dark bleatings, my gorgeous tribe. A novella today, and one I’m happy to talk…
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Damnation: The Gothic Game – Board Game
Dark bleatings, my damned tribe! If you follow me on YouTube, you might have seen my recent creator interview with Frazer Lee (author of Damnation: The Gothic Game) and Kris Rees (creator of Damnation, the game Frazer’s book is a novelisation of). If you missed it, you can catch up with it HERE. Anyway, what…
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Bishop – by Candace Nola
Dark bleatings, my amorphous tribe! I’ve had werewolves on the brain recently, which got me thinking “what other were-creatures are there?” Naturally, the first book I picked up in the ‘weird were’ genre was Candace Nola’s Bishop, which has been recommend to me oh, I dunno, about a thousand times over the last year. “Caught…
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So Thirsty – by Rachel Harrison
Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn’t need a reminder she’s getting older, or that she’s feeling indifferent about her own life. Her husband surprises her with a birthday-weekend getaway―not with him, but with Sloane’s longtime best friend, troublemaker extraordinaire Naomi. Sloane anticipates a weekend of wine tastings and cozy robes and strategic avoidance…
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You Like it Darker – by Stephen King
‘You like it darker? Fine, so do I’, writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life – both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and…
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Uneasy Beginnings – by Simon Kurt Unsworth and Benjamin Kurt Unsworth
Dark bleatings, my shadowy tribe! Today I’m reviewing Uneasy Beginnings, which is the 21st offering in the Black Shuck Books Shadows series. Each Shadows book is self-contained, normally written as a single collection by one author, and always themed (the author picks the theme). This one is different in that it’s co-authored by father and…
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Guy Fawkes: Demon Hunter
A Diabolical Plot – by Benjamin Langley It’s time for Guy Fawkes to face his destiny. Seeking allies to help combat England’s demons, Guy Fawkes fights all over Europe with friends old and new until an encounter with the King of Spain sends him into Africa to interrupt England’s supply of gunpowder. But in Morocco,…
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Coldbrook – by Tim Lebbon
THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT HAS CHANGED FOREVERTHE REASON IS COLDBROOK The facility lay deep in Appalachian Mountains, a secret laboratory called Coldbrook. Its scientists had achieved the impossible: a gateway to a new world. Theirs was to be the greatest discovery in the history of mankind, but they had no idea what they…
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