Tuesday, 6 October 2026

"Antarctica" by Claire Keegan (Faber, 1999)

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Stories from Paris Review, etc. Antarctica - She's married with adolescent kids. She's always wondered what an affair would be...
Sunday, 4 October 2026

"Mal Goes to War" by Edward Ashton

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An audio book. Mal (short for Malware?) is a Silico-american, a Free AI. There's a battle between the Humanists (anti-augmentation. Not ...
Tuesday, 29 September 2026

"Moroccan Dreams" by Davina Calbraith (Troubador Publishing, 2025)

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Suzie, working in a London advertising agency, is told at a month's notice to work in Marrakesh for at least a month. She's not gett...
Monday, 28 September 2026

"Crash and burn" by Alison Bruce

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An isolated, abandoned bungalow north of Cambridge is burnt down. 2 bodies are found - one new, and one under the floorboards, decades old. ...
Sunday, 27 September 2026

"Her many faces" by Nicci Cloke (Harvill Secker, 2025)

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An uncorrected proof copy. The "About the Author" section is "[2pp To Come]". There are 2 main time-lines - one starting...
Friday, 25 September 2026

"The extinction of Irena Rey" by Jennifer Croft

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An audio book. It begins with a translator's note, telling us that the translator is a character in the piece which was written in Poli...
Thursday, 24 September 2026

"Mindset Mindrise" by Katie Griffiths (Nine arches press, 2026)

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The 3 pages of notes/acknowledgements point out which poems are "after" others, which poems are mash-ups of legal documents, quote...