The Book Plank

 Dangerous Games by Jonathan Oliver (ed.) In a world ruled by chance, one rash decision could bring down the house, one roll of the dice could bring untold wealth, or the end of everything.   The players have gathered around the table, each to tell their story—often dark, always compelling. Within you will find tales of the players and the played, lives governed by games deadly, weird, or downright bizarre.  In this anthology of the weird and the macabre, multi-award-winning editor Jonathan Oliver brings together a diverse collection of voices from some of today’s finest writers, to create an original and fresh collection that’s unlike anything you’ve read before.  1.     Big Man, Chuck Wendig    2.     The Yellow Door , Silvia Moreno-Garcia   3.     Die , Lavie Tidhar 4.     Chrysalises , Benjanun Sriduangkaew 5.     South Mounta...

Once Upon a Time in Hell by Guy Adams, Heavens Gate Trilogy #2 A weird western, a gun-toting, cigarrillo-chewing fantasy built from hangman's rope and spent bullets. The west has never been wilder. A Steampunk-Western-Fantasy from Guy Adams. "Heaven? Hell? There's no difference. Angels, demons, we're all a bit of both. This could be the most wondrous place you ever experience or so terrifying it makes you pray for death. Not that death would help you of course, there's no escape from here" Wormwood has appeared and for twenty four hours the gateway to the afterlife is wide open. But just because a door is open doesn't mean you should step through it; Those who have travelled to reach the town are realising that the challenges they've already faced were nothing compared to what lies ahead. The afterlife has an agenda of its own and with scheming on both sides of reality, the revelations to come may change the world forever. Last year...

Author interview with Lou Morgan At the end of 2012 I got introduced to Blood and Feathers the debut of Lou Morgan. From the moment that I started reading I just knew that Blood and Feathers would be an amazing book and Lou Morgan didn't proof me wrong. Blood and Feathers was a powerful debut with lost of cool idea's that came to full fruition. Earlier this year the sequel to Blood and Feathers, Rebellion was published and with finally getting around to reading it, I am again very excited and a bit sad as well, because I now again have to wait till book three! If you want to read a powerful Urban Fantasy from a star on the rise chockfull of cool stuff, make sure you ask these books. Soon! Author bio: Lou Morgan lives in the south of England with her family. She studied medieval literature at UCL but much prefers making things up. Her first short story was published in 2008 by the British Fantasy Society, and since then her stories have appeared in anthologies from So...

Author interview with Tony Ballantyne When Solaris sent their catalogue my attention immediately dropped on the book Dream London , yes I have to admit the cover got me on the first go but reading the synopsis it promised even more. SOlaris has published some rave titles in the last years that really stood out above the mainstream books, and Dream London is right up that alley, its a refreshing new take on urban fantasy, don't let yourself be put of by the weirdness that accompanies this story, it all for the better! Author Bio : Tony Ballantyne is the author of Dream London, the Penrose series and the Recursion series. He has also written many short stories. Tony grew up in County Durham in the North East of England. He studied Maths at Manchester University before moving to London where he taught Maths and IT. His first SF sale was “The Sixth VNM”  which appeared in Interzone 138.  Since then he has had short stories appear in magazines and anthologies ...