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10 min read 2022-05-09 15:51:11

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Ren Hutchings Talks Under Fortunate Stars

Hello and welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview, where today I’m delighted to be chatting to Ren Hutchings about her debut novel Under

5 min read 2022-05-07 15:40:30

So there I am, idly browsing Twitter, when I see an author happily tweeting some positive reviews of his latest book, delighted to know that readers

7 min read 2022-05-04 15:36:08

Hello and welcome to my Monthly Roundup post for April 2022, which this month is going to be more of a reading roundup than usual…given that I only

5 min read 2022-04-29 15:49:29

Over the years here on Track of Words I’ve written over 1,100 reviews and counting, and for a long time I’ve been meaning to put together a quick

1 min read 2022-04-25 15:26:38

Three Imperial Assassins have to work together to pull off an audacious, fiendishly dangerous mission in Robert Rath’s Warhammer 40,000 novel

2 min read 2022-04-20 15:37:33

Victoria Hayward’s short but razor-sharp story Bone Armour couldn’t be more suited to Grimdark Magazine (it’s available in issue 30) if it

2 min read 2022-04-06 16:08:22

Rosemary Jones’ first contribution to Aconyte Books’ range of Arkham Horror novels, Mask of Silver blends the Golden Age of cinema and sinister

8 min read 2022-04-02 15:47:55

Hello and welcome to my Monthly Roundup post for March 2022, here on Track of Words. As always, this article gives me an opportunity to look back at

3 min read 2022-03-30 15:24:09

A spectacular science fiction debut, Adam Oyebanji’s Braking Day tells a gripping story of a generations-long mission approaching its end, and the

5 min read 2022-03-23 16:52:15

In this fascinating blog post about his monstrously successful Kickstarter, SFF author Brandon Sanderson makes a great point about the importance of

2 min read 2022-03-20 16:50:17

Mixing family drama, social commentary and sinister folklore, Cherie Dimaline’s Empire of Wild is a strange and beautiful novel exploring life,

3 min read 2022-03-16 16:57:13

First published in 2016 before being re-released in 2021 by Jo Fletcher Books (in the UK – Tor Nightfire in the US), Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s

4 min read 2022-03-12 16:55:00

Part murder mystery, part grand political fantasy, Richard Swan’s The Justice of Kings takes an unusual approach to the gritty fantasy genre,

3 min read 2022-03-09 16:45:42

After the incredible, immersive experience that was his 2020 short story anthology Neon Leviathan, T.R. Napper returns with 36 Streets, a full-length

6 min read 2022-03-06 17:31:43

A collection of 13 short stories from 10 different authors, Black Library’s Warhammer 40,000 anthology The Successors looks beyond the usual First