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Oct 18, 2024 | 
barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Kay Chronister
B&N Reads, Fiction, Interviews, We Recommend Share Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter Lush and eerie, gorgeous and gothic, The Bog Wife is a disconcerting tale of complex family mythologies, crippling poverty and a cranberry bog with a vengeance.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Kay Chronister
There are stories embedded so deeply in family lore that no one thinks to question whether they’re true — or more importantly, whether they’re harmful. Kay Chronister’s The Bog Wife centers on such a tale, its slow burn mirroring the quiet, extended decay of the Appalachian marshland in which it’s set. When family patriarch Charles Haddesley is dying, his five children make plans to bury him alive in their West Virginia cranberry bog.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Kay Chronister
Few things can be as powerful as our reverence for land. To whom does land belong, how and why, is often a sacred value that people are willing to enact violence to defend.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
britishfantasysociety.org | Kay Chronister
Book ReviewMelody BowlesUntil We Shatter is described as an ‘epic, addictive and romantic heist fantasy’. The marketing description also compares it to A Darker Shades of Magic and Six of Crows. As a massive fan of both titles, I expected great things. Unfortunately, the book was underdelivered for me. Although it has heists like Six of Crows and a magical world like Darker Shades, I felt that the plot, characters and prose lack the maturity of its comp titles.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
britishfantasysociety.org | Kay Chronister
Book ReviewChristine DownieBefore Terry Pratchett became Terry Pratchett to his millions of adoring fans, he was a young journalist and columnist who wrote humorous short stories and sketches for local newspapers. This book is a painstakingly researched anthology by Pratchett detectives who have hunted down and captured these passages of prose that were roaming wild and unfettered.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
britishfantasysociety.org | Kay Chronister
Mental Health & A Writing Career: Being a creator can be stressful, especially if it’s not your only job. How do you keep your mental health in check while slogging away at the writing desk? How do you handle lone working and negative reviews? And where do you turn when you need help? Join moderator Lauren McMenemy and panellists V. Castro, Kirby Ezekiel, and Lucy A. McLaren to answer these questions. Find out more about our panel below. V. Castro (she/her): V.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
britishfantasysociety.org | Kay Chronister
Book ReviewIan HunterWell, you couldn’t get a book with a more apt title, so expect a lot of desert and a lot of creatures in Kay Chronister’s first novel, which tells of Magdala and her father, Xavier, who are trying to reach the Holy City of Las Vegas so she can be cured of a disability – her club foot. The Holy City of Las Vegas? I hear you ask.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
britishfantasysociety.org | Kay Chronister
Last year we dedicated the entire month of October to our horror members, but our celebration of all things dark had to be truncated this year thanks to a later-held Fantasycon. That doesn’t mean, though, that we haven’t been thinking about you, children of the dark. And if you ask me, the darkness pervades throughout the year, not just at Spooky Season…So I asked our members to ponder the eternal question: is horror a genre or a mood?
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
britishfantasysociety.org | Kay Chronister
Our talented interviewee is Dave Jeffery and will be interviewed by BFS Chair, Shona Kinsella. Dave Jeffery (he/him): Dave Jeffery is the author of 18 novels, two collections, and numerous short stories. His Necropolis Rising series and yeti adventure Frostbite have both featured on the Amazon #1 bestseller list. Other work includes the critically acclaimed Beatrice Beecham supernatural mystery series for young adults, and the A Quiet Apocalypse series.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
britishfantasysociety.org | Kay Chronister
Grief, sex and violence are a part of the human experience, for good or for ill. As a writer, how do you take care of yourself while writing characters and scenes exploring these themes? What can you do to ensure you’re handling these topics respectfully on the page? Join moderator PS Livingstone and panellists Gretchen Felker-Martin, Virginia McClain, and Scott J. Moses for an in-depth discussion.
