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Time to get into the Christmas spirit I suppose

Hope Island by Tim Major (@onasteamer) reviewed by @dvaleris who really wants to talk about that highly original villain but won't ruin it for those who haven't yet read this terrific horror novel.

This page-turner of a slow burn horror novel features one of the most original — and in hindsight, one of the most ubiquitous, after a fashion — villains I’ve ever read. I spent far too much time wrongly guessing what lay behind the bizarre behaviors of the residents of Hope Island, and was dead impressed at the reveal.

The story itself revolves around Nina Scaife, a workaholic television…

“...But being proud is something inside you, isn’t it? It’s not about shouting stuff out to the world, especially when the world doesn’t give two shits about you...”

Snakeskins by Tim Major (@onasteamer) reviewed by @dvaleris who was impressed most of all at the personal growth of the teenage heroine at the heart of this thought-provoking adult sci-fi novel.

One of my favorite things about this book is Caitlin Hext, one of our main characters, whose emotional journey as an insufferable adolescent thrust into dealing with the seemingly impossible causes her to perpetrate reckless acts in order to do good and, eventually, to realize how she used to be and how she’s growing as a person. It’s weird: I read a lot of YA, yet this adult SF novel is by far…

This is a guest post for Silent London by Tim Major, a writer of speculative and weird fiction. His short stories have been selected for Best of British Science Fiction and The Best Horror of the Year. His next novel, Snakeskins, will be published by Titan Books in spring 2019. Find out more at www.cosycatastrophes.com

There are moments when I experience a twinge of surprise that I’ve written a…

New Review: You Don't Below Here by Tim Major @snowbooks #review

Daniel Faint is on the run with a stolen time machine. As the house-sitter of a remote Cumbrian mansion, he hopes to hide and experiment with the machine. But is the Manor being watched by locals, his twin brother or himself from the future? Daniel is terrified about what the future may hold but, as he discovers, there can be no going back. If you were given the opportunity to escape all your…