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On reading: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

December 9, 2020November 30, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Earthlings · Ginny Tapley Takemori · japanese fiction · on reading · Sayaka MurataLeave a comment

Unusual and unnerving, this book is something more than what its cover suggests.

Chicken Bones at The Molotov Cocktail

December 4, 2020December 3, 2020 Categories: Thoughts · WritingTags: #vss365 · book review · chicken bones · flash fiction · publication · short story · Stephanie Ellis · The Five Turns of the Wheel · the molotov cocktail · vss365 · writing newsLeave a comment

My flash fiction piece Chicken Bones has been published over at the wickedly cool The Molotov Cocktail.

On reading: The Five Turns of the Wheel by Stephanie Ellis

December 2, 2020November 28, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Folk horror · horror · horror books · on reading · Stephanie Ellis · The Five Turns of the WheelLeave a comment

Ellis turns her hands to folk horror, drenching it in fire and blood. Enter the countryside at your own risk.

Spooky season and magic food robots

September 22, 2020September 19, 2020 Categories: ThoughtsTags: autumn · chilli · mexican gothic · recipe · slow cooker vegetarian chilli recipe · spooky season · the exorcist · the haunting of hill house · the shining · vegetarian chilliLeave a comment

Autumn is the best time of year – time for blankets, spooky stories and hot chilli straight from the slow cooker

On reading: Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

September 17, 2020September 16, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: Agustina Bazterrica · dystopia · horror · horror books · horror fiction · on reading · tender is the flesh · translated fiction · vegetarianLeave a comment

Bazterrica created a clinical, brutal, horrific dystopia that made me mentally and physically squirm.

On reading: The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk

September 10, 2020August 30, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Chuck Palahniuk · horror · horror fiction · on reading · the invention of soundLeave a comment

Palahniuk’s back with a dark, satirical commentary on the entertainment business and the machine that grinds the sheen

On reading: The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier

September 3, 2020July 31, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: blood · book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · Chris Panatier · dystopian fiction · horror fiction · on reading · The PhlebotomistLeave a comment

Panatier paints a refreshing, original dystopia that’s going to get your blood pumping (sorry).

On reading: Afterland by Lauren Beukes

August 27, 2020July 31, 2020 Categories: Book Reviews · BooksTags: Afterland · book blogging · book recommendation · book review · Book Reviews · dystopian · dystopian fiction · lauren beukes · on reading · science fictionLeave a comment

Lauren Beukes is back with her latest novel Afterland – a post-pandemic masterclass in pacing, with characters you’re going to want to hang out with, go for beers with, cry with.

Breakfast with Bobby at the Arcanist

August 23, 2020 Categories: Thoughts · WritingTags: breakfast with bobby · flash fiction · horror flash fiction · horror story · publication · short story · the arcanist2 Comments

My horror flash fiction Breakfast with Bobby has been published over at the brilliant The Arcanist

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tamara writes mainly dark, surreal tales with a touch of science fiction. Her novel Grind Spark was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award 2014.

She has been published in various places including The Arcanist, The Alarmist Magazine, New Scientist Culture Lab, 365 Tomorrows, The FlashDogs Volumes 1 and 2, and Flash Fiction Magazine.

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