Favourite Short Fiction of 2016

Best Short Fiction of 2016

It’s somehow March 2017 already—time, as They Might Be Giants so accurately said, is marching on (and now I’m even older). But I just can’t quite let 2016 go until I’ve rounded up my most favourite short fiction published in it. So what follows is my favourite short fiction from 2016, with a link to the reviews […]

October Short Fiction Reviews

October Short Fiction

What the fuck. No, seriously: what the fuck. 2016 really keeps outdoing itself. (Or should I say that the racist shitbabies of the world really keep outdoing themselves in their protracted, spoilt, attention-seeking tantrum that fucked the UK out of the EU and has now anointed President-elect Fuckface von Clownstick? Well fucking done, babies. Not only […]

September’s Short Fiction Reviews

September Short Fiction

It’s truly autumn in my little corner of the UK now. The leaves have turned and fallen, the conkers have past, and I’m breaking out my box of scarves. This morning, I was walking through the churchyard behind my flat, crunching through red and gold leaves, when a black cat crossed my path. It was the Hallowe’eniest […]

January’s Short Fiction Reviews

January Short Fiction

Legend has it that Socrates said: ‘the unexamined life isn’t worth living’. Taking this dubious aphorism to heart, as was ever my wont, this past December I decided that the new year would be a good time to finally start logging my reading. I’m going to further break down the demographics of everything I read in another post, for now here’s […]