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M.R. Cosby
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24.01.2022 Little Visible Delight is a compelling collection of dark fiction edited by S.P. Miskowski and Kate Jonez. It includes tales by such luminaries as James Everington, Lynda E. Rucker, Steve Duffy, and the aforesaid editors themselves. If you'd like to read my review, it's on the blog now. http://strangerdesigns.blogspot.com.au//review-little-visi
24.01.2022 Review of Marshland, Dreams and Nightmares on the Edge of London, by Gareth E. Rees; on my blog. http://t.co/NVMKBkAS9Z
23.01.2022 In a Season of Dead Weather is a superb collection of dark fiction by Mark Fuller Dillon, a Canadian author who deserves to be much better known. Have a look at the blog to see my review; http://bit.ly/1nIasFf
23.01.2022 Farewell Elizabeth Jane Howard; my small tribute, on the blog. http://bit.ly/1hqjIj4
23.01.2022 New on the blog; my review of Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types, by Johnny Mains. http://bit.ly/1iaaS4h
22.01.2022 The school reunion had been a disappointment from the start. I was at a loose end, having made the long drive up from the west country earlier in the week. I was staying on the outskirts of the town in which I grew up. The very outskirts, in fact, in the very cheapest kind of hotel, on a main road near the motorway. I had my rather lowly standing in the firm to thank for that.
21.01.2022 The official launch of DYING EMBERS, my debut collection of short stories, will be held on Saturday June 28th, 4pm, at Gleebooks, in Glebe in Sydney. This is a double Satalyte Publishing launch, with Andrew J McKiernan's LAST YEAR, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG also being officially released. More details soon, but make sure you keep that afternoon free! By the way, if you can't make it, you can always pop into the Supanova Pop Culture Expo (Sydney, June 13-15) where I will be at the Satalyte Publishing table. Book signing will ensue!
19.01.2022 James Everington's top five reads of the year, on Luca Veste's blog. http://lucaveste.com//james-everingtons-top-5-reads-of-20/
19.01.2022 I dared not open the door, lest whatever was inside should escape. As I looked on dumbfounded, the noise decreased, and the swirling seemed to escape somehow from near the loading bay doors. Presumably the insects, if that's what they were, had found a way back to the wild. A solid shape loomed, making me step back in alarm. The doors burst open. Clearly Mr Pritchard had not expected to see me.
18.01.2022 Ill At Ease 2 is a superb collection of seven tales of urban unease, from Mark West, Stephen Bacon, Neil Williams and others. Read my review, new on the blog; http://bit.ly/1eijR5U
18.01.2022 Find out some more of my favourite books of 2013; new on the blog http://bit.ly/JwcdYE
18.01.2022 New on my blog; I've reviewed the excellent short story collection The Master of the House, by John Gaskin, from Tartarus Press. http://strangerdesigns.blogspot.com.au//review-master-of-h
17.01.2022 New blog post; Dying Embers, full details. http://strangerdesigns.blogspot.com.au//dying-embers-full-
17.01.2022 At last! Dying Embers has a publication date. I have posted the details on my blog; http://strangerdesigns.blogspot.com.au//publication-date-f
16.01.2022 Fascinating essay about The Stains by Robert Aickman from a couple of years back; http://mumpsimus.blogspot.com.au//the-stains-by-robert-aic
16.01.2022 I shuddered, recalling the slabbed edges of the hole, like teeth. My mind had created a monster in the next terrace. http://t.co/5ypiezUXpg
15.01.2022 Shivering now in the cooler temperature, Pendleton noticed that while gate 70 looked entirely normal, gate 71 seemed to be a temporary affair. A large, torn piece of cardboard with ‘71’ hand-written in red had been taped to the wall next to a set of shutters. It all looked rather incongruous, more suited to cleaning staff than paying passengers.
09.01.2022 We've finished final edits for Dying Embers, and I'm looking through the pdf. The layout is spot-on, I'm very pleased! Many thanks to Stephen Ormsby from Satalyte Publishing for putting up with my pedantic nature! Only 11 days to go...
06.01.2022 Especially for Women in Horror month, I have listed some of my favourite short stories by female writers over the last year. Here is the list, plus a few reviews, on my blog; http://bit.ly/1hgPzjQ
03.01.2022 Find out where, how and why I write; My Writing Process, on the blog. http://bit.ly/1fBlkjr
01.01.2022 The first review of my debut collection of strange stories Dying Embers, published by Satalyte Publishing, has appeared over on the Amazon UK site; "In these tales lie time-bombs, ticking away, marking temporal space between the caustic effects of events past, and the slow, fateful reconnections of victims and malefactors. M.R. Cosby establishes through beguiling prose a sense of approaching atonement for a sin undeclared or unconsciously committed, and in some way address th...e ubiquitous injustices that plague our everyday lives." http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dying-Embers-M-R-Cosb//ref=sr_1_1
