The Hotel by Daisy Johnson — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – Jonathan Cape Published – Out Now Price – £14.99 paperback £7.99 Kindle eBook A place of myths, rumours and secrets, The Hotel looms over the dark Fens, tall and grey in its Gothic splendour. Built on cursed land, a history of violent death suffuses its very foundations –yet
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The Green Man's War by Juliet E McKenna — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Wizard’s Tower Press for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review &am
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The Quarter Century Project - Galveston by Sean Stewart — Runalong The Shelves
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So November 2026 is a milestone birthday for me and over the next two years I’m looking at winners of the British Fantasy Society Best Novel, The Clarke Award, the British Science Fiction Best Novel and the World fantasy Best Novel from 2000 to 2026. What will work for me, what does not and do I thi
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Interviewing Jeremy Szal — Runalong The Shelves
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Helllooo! I recently reviewed Broken Stars by Jeremy Szal ( https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/11/3/broken-stars-by-jeremy-szal )a dazzling set of SF and even fanatsy tales in short story form. I’ve been a fan of Jeremy’s work for many years now since I read their SF novel Stormblo
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Fire Heart by Joyce Chng — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank the author and Snowy Wings Publishing for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Published - Snowy Wings Publishing Published - 12/11 Price - £14.99 paperback £3.84 Kindle ebook Wehia t’Doniyat, the eldest daughter of a knifesmith’s hold
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Blood by Sarah Pinborough — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Gollancz for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Gollancz Published - Out Now Price - £9.99 paperback £4.99 Kindle eBook Imagine a promise broken long ago, a vengeful father, a vicious curse and a mountain ruled by
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Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Titan for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £7.99 Kindle ebook Bata, an 11-year-old girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night to find herself standing sentinel
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – Jonathan Cape Published – Out Now Price – £14.99 hardback £7.99 Kindle eBook Life on our planet as you’ve never seen it before: in this spellbinding and uplifting novel six astronauts rotate in the International Space Station. They are there to do vital work, but slowly they b
on Apr 30
The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank the author for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Westland Books Published – Out Now Price – Currently only available in India via https://www.amazon.in/Sentence-Gautam-Bhatia/dp/9360451525 What if you’ve been frozen i
on Nov 8
Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Viking Books and Random Things Tours for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Penguin Published - Out Now Price - £22 hardback £11.99 Kindle ebook It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wrec
on Nov 4
Broken Stars by Jeremy Szal — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank the author for a copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Published - Out Now Price - £18.99 paperback via https://jeremyszal.com/shop/ and £3.99 Kindle ebook Broken Stars combines previously published short stories and novelettes with ne
on Nov 3
Interviewing Kate Macdonald — Runalong The Shelves
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Hellooo! How do you like to booktempt people into reading The Shetland Witch? I’m not very good at it! I can write quite good marketing pitches to lure strangers in, but doing it face to face brings on stage fright and imposter syndrome at the same time. So from this safe distan
on Nov 3
Interviewing AC Wise — Runalong The Shelves
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Helloo! I recently had two excellent and very different reading experiences thanks to one author. There was the stunning horror novella Grackle which explores one of America’s most haunted towns and what happens to the two women investigating it, and then a science fiction/murder mystery with add
on Nov 2
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Rachel Quin and 4th Estate for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – 4th estate Published – Out Now Price – £18.99 hardback £12.99 Kindle ebook TOP SECRET: A clear and present threat exists. Open-ended. Existential. Conf
on Nov 2
Magic by Sarah Pinborough — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Gollancz for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Gollancz Published - 31/10 Price - £9.99 paperback £2.99 Kindle eBook Imagine a tower wreathed in legend, a powerful witch, a foolhardy king, an imprisoned girl, and
on Oct 31
The Shetland Witch: Or, Atropos Wants Her Shears Back by Kate Macdonald — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher - The Peachfield Press Published - Out now Price - £12.99 paperback £3.99 Kindle eBook Hazel is an archaeologist, working in Unst, on the most northerly coast of the Shetland Isles. She’s digging on Ishabel’s land. Ishabel is a retired professor of botany, and one of the remainin
on Oct 30
The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Tor Dot Com for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – TorDotCom Published – 29/10 Price - £17.99 hardback £8.99 Kindle ebook A tale of honor, dragons, and a love that endures beyond death Come for the journey through t
on Oct 29
Fight Like A Girl - Volume 2 edited by Roz Clarke and Joanne Hall — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Wizard’s Tower Press for an advance copy of this collection Published - Wizard’s Tower Press Published - ebook at Bristolcon this weekend - rest of the world 21/11 Price - £17 paperback £4.99 Kindle eBook The first volume of Fight Like A Girl was produced in respon
on Oct 26
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher - 4th Estate Published - Out Now Price - £9.99 paperback £3.99 Kindle ebook It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border, on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown – navigating new
on Oct 23
No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Undertow Publications for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Undertow Publications Published - Out now Price - £19.52 paperback £6.51 Kindle eBook Here there be gods and monsters - forged from flesh and stone and
on Oct 21
A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher - Tordorcom Published - out now Price - £17.99 hardback £8.99 Kindle eBook An eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world, for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Death of Jane Lawrence. In 17th-century London, unnatural babies are being born, wi
on Oct 21
TBR Challenges, Halloween Treats and Moving Coffee Shops — Runalong The Shelves
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Helloooo! In the spirit of the season here are three tricks or treats for you! 1 - The TBR Challenge and update! A little late for which I apologise but we have been a busy home with illness, a great Fantasycon and following work catch-ups. A week off in a week will do wonders and I suspect t
on Oct 20
Interviewing Aman J Bedi — Runalong The Shelves
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Helloooo! I recently reviewed the frenetic and action packed Kavithri by Aman J Bedi a really good story, where a young woman at the bottom of a society that refuses to allow her to progress embarks upon becoming a fighter and bodyguard to the precious mages that protect it. It has magic,
on Oct 19
Ghost Apparent by Jelena Dunato — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – Ghost Orchid Press Published – Out now Price – £9.99 paperback £2.99 Kindle eBook Betrayed, deposed and presumed dead. When her father is killed in a bloody coup and her uncle seizes the city, Orsiana pleads for help with the only power still willing to listen, unaware th
on Oct 19
Stay In the Light by AM Shine — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Ad Astra and Head of Zeus for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Head of Zeus Published – Out Now Price – £20 hardback £5.03 Kindle eBook YOU MAY HAVE ESCAPED... BUT YOU'LL NEVER BE FREE. After her terrifying exp
on Oct 19
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher - Tordotcom Published - Out Now Price - £18.99 hardback £8.99 Kindle eBook The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time in almost three years, to be met with both joy and sorrow. Their mentor, Cleric Thien, has died, and rests among the arc
on Oct 19
Starling House by Alix E Harrow — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – Tor Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £0.99p currently ebook Opal is a lot of things – orphan, high-school dropout, full-time cynic. Most of all, she’s determined to find a better life for her younger brother. One that gets them both out of Eden, a town renowned for ba
on Oct 18
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Titan Books for a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Published – Out Now Price – £19.99 hardback £7.97 Kindle ebook The monster at the heart of a cult 90s cursed horror film tells his shocking and bloody secret history. Slo
on Oct 18
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – 4th Estate Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £2.99 Kindle eBook Following the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in ‘Annihilation’, the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head of the government agency responsible for th
on Oct 18
Fantasycon - 2024 Chester — Runalong The Shelves
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Dates – 11/10-13/10 Location – The Queen At Chester Hotel In fantasy coming back to where you started suggests the end of a journey and you’ll spot how you’ve changed and how your home has changed. Back in 2018 I attended my first ever Fantasycon at The Queen In Chester. This blog was just 18 m
on Oct 17
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – Tordotcom Published – out now Price – £16.99 hardback £8.99 Kindle eBook " Mothers fly away like migrating birds. This is why farmers have daughters." A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and r
on Oct 17
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher - Titan Published - Out Now Price - £11.99 hardback £6.02 Kindle eBook A young woman, committed to an asylum, undergoes a bizarre treatment that unlocks a vast well of power in this cosmic horror novella, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher. Veronica Brinkley has been commit
on Oct 10
The British Fantasy Awards - Best Fantasy Nominees — Runalong The Shelves
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The last category I looked at for the British Fantasy Awards is the nominees for the Best Fantasy novel. When I do these round-ups I tend to review around a list and then come to conclusions and this year that is going to be a bit different. In any short list my preferences come out and I try to wo
on Oct 9
Come Sing For The Harrowing: Stories by Dan Coxon — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank the author and Weird Little Worlds for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Weird Little Worlds Published – 10/10 Price – £11.89 paperback £4.46 Kindle eBook The newest collection from award-winning writer, Dan Coxon, Co
on Oct 8
Out of the Drowning Deep by AC Wise — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher - Titan Published - Out Now Price - £11.99 hardback £6.99 Kindle ebook Scribe IV is an obsolete automaton, peacefully whiling away his years on the Bastion, a secluded monastery in an abandoned corner of the galaxy. But when the 
on Oct 7
The Company of the Wolf by David Wragg — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank HarperVoyager for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - HarperVoyager Published - Out Now Price - £16.99 hardback £8.99 Kindle ebook Seeking a better life, Ree and Javani have travelled west into the mountains, and left
on Oct 6
Interviewing RJ Barker — Runalong The Shelves
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Helloooo! I recently reviewed the great Warlords of Wyrdwood by RJ Barker the second volume of the Forsaken trilogy. It was a pleasure to invite RJ back to the blog to talk about this really unusual series and fascinating world. Hello Womble! How do you like to booktempt p
on Oct 5
The British Fantasy Awards - Best Horror Nominees — Runalong The Shelves
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Helloooo! This week I’m looking at the BFS Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award) nominees with winner to be announced at Fantasycon next week. We have a big mix of types of horrors in this group. This week we have A House With Good Bones by T Kingfisher – fits wi
on Oct 5
Interviewing James Bennett — Runalong The Shelves
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Helloo! I recently reviewed and loved the great horror and fantasy collection Preaching to the Perverted by James Bennett a brilliant and varied collection of tales with a key focus on gay characters being in focus from youth all the way to old age. It was a pleasure to invite James to the
on Oct 5
Holmes and Moriarty by Gareth Rubin — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Simon and Schuster and Anne from Random Things Tours for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Simon and Schuster Published - Out Now Price - £18.99 hardback £11.99 Kindle eBook A new Sherlock Holmes novel, endorsed by
on Oct 4
One Life Left by David Green — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher - Eerie River Publishing Published - Out Now Price - £11.01 paperback £1.51 Kindle ebook Nick Holleran’s life in Hell is about to get a whole lot worse. Failing to learn from his previous escapades, Haven’s one and only Paranormal Detective stumbles through life, and makes
on Oct 3
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – 4th Estate Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £2.99 Kindle eBook Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscap
on Oct 2
Interviewing Allen Stroud — Runalong The Shelves
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Hellooo! I recently reviewed the great Vigilance by Allen Stroud which is a fine continuation of the excellent Fractal series. A science fiction space opera that explores our nearish future, delivers great characters and a lot of tension and action. It was a pleasure to welcome Allen back t
on Oct 2
A Tiding of Magpies by Pete W Sutton — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank the author for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Grimbold Books Published – Out Now Price - £3.99 Kindle eBook These deliciously dark tales are themed on the counting magpies songs. Twenty-five tales, ranging f
on Oct 1
Coup de Grace by Sofia Arjam — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank Titan Books for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Published – 1st October Price – £10.99 hardback £8.99 Kindle eBook Vicken has a plan: throw himself into the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal and end it all
on Sep 30
Runalong The Short Shelves - Weird Horror #9 — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher - Undertow Publications Price - $16 via https://undertowpublications.com/shop/weird-horror-9 Hellooo! On the cusp of the spooky season arriving for this trip to the short shelves it is a trip to the horror shelf and this time with a an appropriately weirder twist. Reality and l
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Looking at the British Fantasy Awards - Best Novella Nominees — Runalong The Shelves
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Hellooo! Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be giving some thoughts on the British Fantasy Society awards being announced in a couple of weeks. I’ll be focusing on Novella, best horror and Best Novel which tend to align most to my reading. I love an interesting shortlist as I’ve discussed recently
on Sep 28
Kavithri by Aman J Bedi — Runalong The Shelves
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I would like to thank the author for a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Gollancz Published – out now Price – £22 hardback £6.99 Kindle ebook Meet Kavithri. Outcast. Underdog. Survivor. Kavi is a Taemu. Her people, once feared berserkers and the s
on Sep 27
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – Tordotcom Published – Out Now Price – £18.99 hardback £9.99 Kindle ebook Ester’s family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her father’s painful silence and a single, overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took h
on Sep 26
The Darkness In The Pines by David Green — Runalong The Shelves
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Publisher – Eerie River Publishing Published – out now Price – 78p kindle ebook £7.96 paperback Before ‘The Devil Walks In Blood’ and ‘One Life Left’, Nick Holleran, Haven’s one and only Paranormal Detective, finds himself drawn into a dangerous game destined to change his second life comp
on Sep 25