In our book Basic Witches: How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, And Raise Hell With Your Coven (Quirk) we talk about taking inspiration from the historical and cultural idea of the witch: a woman who, whether or not she has magical powers, possesses an uncanny ability to fly in the face of expectations. The witch
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Ren Warom’s SF debut no Escapology was one of the most gripping and inventive cyberpunk novels in recent memory. The world she created, with Slip Haunt Shock Pao being forced into a deadly and potentially catastrophic heist and coming up against mob bosses, assassins and insane AIs, was both grounded and blisteringly creative, showing a
Time travel purists should probably steer clear of Rowan Coleman’s latest. Though its heroine, Luna Sinclair, is a quantum physicist, it’s not science that helps her step through the fourth dimension. Nope, it’s the power of love. After a lifetime of struggling with depression, Luna’s mother recently killed herself. But she left a video for
David Gemmell is one of the fantasy genre’s true legends, and we’re excited to hear that 33 of his books will be released as audios for the first time. Orion Audio and Hachette Audio have joined forces to acquire the world audio rights to Gemmell’s entire work, including the Drenai series, the Rigante series and the Troy
Tightrope walker Hoshiko is a star. Graceful and beautiful, she’s the main attraction of the glittering Cirque, her daring antics captivating audiences everywhere. She’s also a prisoner, forced to perform to a crowd that wants nothing more than to see her fall to her death. In Hayley Barker’s dystopian YA novel, Britain has torn itself
Bags of Holding…in SPAAACE! When I first realized I had to deal with starship layouts in the hexarchate, I had two choices. I could either sit down (probably with my long-suffering husband) and make a loving diagram of a ship and its layout, and refer to it assiduously every time I had someone go from
I grew up reading The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift Jr, Nancy Drew, and The Hardy Boys. These mysteries were packaged by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and specifically targeted kids. Like many of my contemporaries, I liked reading these books because they were about kids like me solving fantastic mysteries. I fell in love with the characters,
Illustration by Grahame Baker-Smith from The Folio Society edition of The World of The Worlds by H.G. Wells The Folio Society’s edition of HG Wells’ classic The War Of The Worlds is available now and we have a couple of Grahame Baker-Smith’s incredible illustrations for you. Illustration by Grahame Baker-Smith from The Folio Society edition of The World of The Worlds by
A house swap goes horribly wrong in this latest chiller from SL Grey (aka excellent South African authors Sarah Lotz and Louis Greenberg). Having explored shopping malls and underground bunkers, the duo are back with a tale of grief, insanity and the dangers of taking a chance on unrated Air BNB users. Literature professor Mark