Souls Along The Meridian author Bill Congreve will be appearing at Infinitas Bookshop in Parramatta on Saturday, 27th November to sign copies of his book. He’ll also be signing copies of the fifth annual Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, of which he is the editor.

Come along and join in the fun:

Infinitas Bookshop
Shop 22 Civic Arcade, 48-50 George St
Parramatta, Australia

From 11am. Tell your friends!

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There’s nothing like a reader review, especially a good one. This is a 4 star review from a Goodreads user:

An exceptional collection of dark fiction. Its only real weakness is the amount of territory the selected stories cover–but that was the point of the collection in the first place, and it answers very well. So… well, that doesn’t sound like much of a weakness, does it?

Personal favorites for me were “Nepenthe” by Felicity Dowker and “Cargo” by Aaron Polson–both of which felt very short and packed a punch, but in completely different ways. Modern fairy tale and honest post-apoc respectively. There were one or two that I wasn’t sure about when I started reading them, but really hooked me hard by the end, too: “Surveying the Land” by BD Wilson and “Blood on Green” come to mind in that category.

There’s not a sleeper in the book, though–I could think of something great to say about each of them, from pretty prose to brilliant execution to cool concepts. It’s just more of a something for everyone kind of antho. Sci-fi to fantasy to just plain weird.

Haven’t got your copy yet? Rectify that here!

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Bill Congreve’s awesome short story collection, Souls Along The Meridian, has been reviewed in episode 25 of the Terra Incognito Speculative Fiction podcast. There’s also a short story, read by Simon Petrie, which precedes the review.

Check it out now.

Or you can read a trascript of the review right here.

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