Chapel Croft, in rural England, is not her first choice for places to lay low […]
The Nightjar, by Deborah Hewitt
The Nightjar, by Deborah Hewitt, offers an original spin on the “you’re a wizard” genre […]
The Last Garden in England, by Julia Kelly
In Julia Kelly’s novel, The Last Garden in England, the gardens at Highbury House serve […]
The Liar’s Dictionary, by Eley Williams
Word nerds might already be familiar with the term mountweazel. A mountweazel is a fake […]
The Plague Charmer, by Karen Maitland
Trigger warning for brief description of child abuse. When The Plague Charmer, by Karen Maitland, […]
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, by George Orwell
George Comstock is one of the most infuriating characters I’ve ever encountered in fiction (and […]
The Museum of Forgotten Memories, by Anstey Harris
Trigger warning for discussion of suicide. It’s not uncommon for people to travel after a […]
The Candlelit Menagerie, by Caraline Brown
About thirty years after the events of Caraline Brown’s The Candlelit Menagerie, the London Zoo […]
Beowulf, by Bryher
So much of fiction centers on a single protagonist, maybe two, and a relatively small […]