Shock Totem 3

Issue 3 of Shock Totem is now available to purchase from the publisher and from Amazon and it's full of bumper goodness with fiction, reviews and non-fiction from Aaron Polson, John Skipp, Steven Pirie, Mercedes Yardley, Amanda C Davis, Simon Marshall Jones, John Boden, Jeremy Kelly, and others.

And it's bumper indeed at 50% bigger than issues one and two (which included an offering from me).

The cover art by Mikio Murakami is to die for...Literally if you land on the sharp edge of the knife.

The Future is Bright

I wasn't going to post again this year until New Year's Eve, but on the day I surfaced back on the net the following review by Steven Pirie over at The Future Fire went live. I wake at the best times.

This is without doubt a most unusual collection of short stories. It’s nice when a writer finds a unique voice, and Cate Gardner has done just that with Strange Men in Pinstripe Suits. Read the full review here.

The book is now also available to purchase at Amazon UK which is super cool because I'm British.

Far From Sour Reviews

Two wonderful reviews of 'The Sour Aftertaste of Olive Lemon' have appeared on the net this week. The first from Brenton Tomlinson over at his blog Musings of a Aussie Writer. I quote:

If you're new to the Catherine J Gardner brand of fiction, then 'The Sour Aftertaste of Olive Lemon' will leave you in no doubt as to the unique voice, the mastery of the metaphor, and the exquisite use of vivid narrative description....

Full review here.

The second by Steven Pirie for The Future Fire. Again, I quote:

The result is a delightfully off-kilter dark fantasy that's a pleasure to read.

Full review here.

Oh, and be scared, be very, very scared... Tomorrow I unleash the Scary Dancing Apples upon the world.