Me, Guts, and Breather Betty
I found Chuck Palahniuk’s Haunted in a second hand book shop. Of course I’d heard of him long before THAT, ever since watching Edward Norton fight his id in David Fincher’s Fight Club. And I had [...]
Southcart Valentine’s Day Massacre
Scott and Amy Carter did it again, hosting another fun day at Southcart Bookshop with food, drink and plenty of authors reading tales of love and romance gone wrong.These events are a regular [...]
Free Short Story
Everyone loves the idea of something for nothing, right? But everyone is suspicious, too. I mean, come on, if it’s free there’s got to be a catch. Because no one gives away stuff. [...]
Southcart Scarefest
In an age when bookshops are on the decline, having been swept up by the combined might of supermarket juggernauts, WHSmith and book superstores, (no, I’m not using the Amazon word, because [...]
Stories For Halloween
It seems everyone (well, almost everyone) loves a good, scary story at Halloween. There is something delicious about being able to snuggle up with a scary book, or switch on the television and [...]
Gristle and Bone, by Duncan Ralston
Looking at the cover and title of Duncan Ralston’s Gristle & Bone, a collection of short and novella-length stories from Booktrope’s new Forsaken imprint, you’d be correct in assuming that [...]