Just over a year and a go I came across the initial publication from a fledgling small press publisher, April Moon Books, called “The Dark Rites of Cthulhu”. This was a really quite delicious themed anthology c...
Stephen Gaskell is an exciting new voice in science fiction. When not writing SF he is a game writer and science tutor. His short fiction has appeared in many places including Writers of the Future XXIII, Clark...
Brad R. Torgersen is making waves in the science fiction community, with recent Hugo Award nominations and comparisons of his writing style to Robert Heinlein. Brad works as a computer technician in the healthc...
Given that one of Albedo One's missions is to notify our readers of the best of new speculative fiction (in those instances when we're not publishing it directly!), we have little choice but to highlight some o...
Brotherhood of Shades, by Dawn Finch
Shades has an attractive mix of characters, older and younger, and is unusually very much an ensemble story rather than focused around just one person. Think Firefly?
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Fungi are not generally considered one of the more terrifying organisms on the planet. If you were to find a small collection of mushrooms in your shower, for instance, you might be revolted, but you would not ...
Cloneworld is a well written humourous science fiction fantasy. It is definitely a book for adults as it contains a great deal of comic book violence, constant swearing and numerous sex scenes, although the wri...
What an excellent read! This book is fast paced and gripping. It is set in a well thought out world with interesting and complex characters in a challenging situation. It is a feast for the imagination - though...
What attracted me to The Dog of the North was the alluring front cover. Categorised as fantasy, what was Darth Vader doing on the top of the front cover and with a sword in his hand rather than a light sabre? T...