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From our very own crime-writer Jane Jones. The fascination with what frightens us starts young. When I was a little girl, my grandmother found some pictures I’d drawn which did not call forth the usual fond praise. The images showed a black-hatted figure cutting up naked children with a knife and fork. She was so…
Here t’is! Sunday’s full programme. Tickets £5 on the door. Southbank Club Bedminster, BS3 1DB 6.30 – 8.30 pm Come and support our brave readers. (Note to brave readers: we can’t wait!)
Stardate: October 24th …. Out of this world – or just plain blinding. You’ll have to excuse the cliches while we say a massive thanks to everyone who made last night’s Twilight Zone an absolutely stunning experience. Most of all to our amazing writers who each brought a unique and contribution to the SF/spec-fic genre every…
from Jenni O’Connor What an evening. What a week. What a year. As anyone who has been following this blog will know, the road to publication of Unchained was long and fairly tortuous, but – happily – culminated in a fantastic, packed-out launch event which made it all worthwhile. But behind the scenes, many of…
Today’s post is by Jean Burnett. As well as writing historical novels, Jean has a penchant for the gothic. Her short story for Unchained is ‘The Judge’s Chair’ which takes place in the famous Bristol Room of the Central Library. Thought for the day – “A clever woman is like a long tailed sheep. She’ll fetch no better…
Help. Autumn is nearly upon as and you’re wondering what happened to midsummer. For us it all came down to a rather warm evening at Southbank Club and a great line-up of readers who entertained us with tales of doomed love, doomed window-cleaning, febrile festivals and disturbingly real trouser snakes. Amongst all the general insanity we…