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A Healthy Dose of Horror – Book Review of ‘The Black Land’ by M. J. Wesolowski

Posted on November 2, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

When I first started reading this novella I said how the atmosphere was ‘already thick enough to carve chunks out of with a machete’. Well, it didn’t let up. The Black Land is the debut novella of M. J. Wesolowski … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged beserker, blamenholm, border reivers, castle, England, ghost story, horror, horror fiction, horror novella, legend, lindisfarne, m j Wesolowski, monster, monster story, myth, norse legend, north east, north sea, northumberland, northumbria, novella, reviers, Scotland, The black land, vikings, Wesolowski | 12 Comments

Picture Perfect

Posted on June 4, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

They say a picture paints a thousand words. Ideally, as fiction writers we don’t literally want to be using a thousand words to set a backdrop in our narrative. However, a well-realised setting can go a long way to firing the reader’s imagination. … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing | Tagged backdrop, creative writing, England, fantasy, fantasy writing, fiction, fiction writing, landscape, lyth hill, photography instagram, picture, sci fi, science fiction, science fiction writing, setting, shropshire, the road elsewhere, writing, zero | 3 Comments

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A Healthy Dose of Horror – Book Review of ‘The Black Land’ by M. J. Wesolowski

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