Bethany W. Pope – Page 4 – Sabotage

Saboteur Awards Short Stories

Don’t Try This At Home by Angela Readman

May 24, 2015May 26, 2015 dj4twinx And Other Stories, Angela Readman, Bethany W. Pope, Don't Try This At Home

– Reviewed by Bethany W Pope – Angela Readman’s Don’t Try This At Home is a darkly surreal collection of short stories

Pamphlets Poetry

Difficult Fruit by Lauren K. Alleyne

May 15, 2015May 14, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Difficult Fruit, Lauren K. Alleyne, Peepal Tree Press

– Reviewed by Bethany W Pope – Lauren K. Alleyne’s first collection, Difficult Fruit, is appropriately named. There is sweetness here, richness, but

Collection Poetry

The Knowledge by Robert Peake

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Nine Arches Press, Robert Peake, The Knowledge

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – Robert Peake’s The Knowledge (Nine Arches Press) is a subtle, tender collection whose

Fictionvale 2: I Call My Spaceship Trigger

Fictionvale Magazine #2: I Call My Spaceship Trigger

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015 dj4twinx Aaron Michael Ritchey, Andrew Knighton, Anita Learned, Bethany W. Pope, Bogi Takács, Dark Tower, David Ballard, Fictionvale, Firefly, James L Steel, Jason Allard, Jenna Barton, Lucy A Snyder, Mary Lou Klecha, Michael Faber, Mitch Richmond, Phillip K Dick, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, The Man in the High Castle, Venessa Giunta

-Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope– Fictionvale, edited by Venessa Giunta and Jenna Barton, is a bi-monthly short-story journal that focuses

Collection Poetry

Luxury of the Dispossessed by Dan Duggan

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Dan Duggan, Luxury of the Dispossessed

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – If a book of poetry leaves you totally unchanged – if you think ‘that’s

Among Animals Ashland Creek Press

Among Animals (ed. John Yunker)

February 16, 2015February 14, 2015 dj4twinx Among Animals, Ashland Creek Press, Bethany W. Pope, C. S. Malerich, Jean Ryan, John Yunker

-Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope– Ashland Creek Press’ Among Animals: The Lives of Animals and Humans in Contemporary Short Fiction

Collection Poetry

The Dog Runs On by Merie Kirby

January 8, 2015 Editor Bethany W. Pope, Finishing Line Press, Helen ivory, Merie Kirby

-Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope– Merie Kirby’s first collection, The Dog Runs On, is a fascinating discourse that centres around

Seasonal/End of year

Spoken Word Round-Up 2014

December 31, 2014December 30, 2014 websterpoet 300 to 1, A Cappella Zoo, Against Rape, Around the World in 8 Mistakes, Be Kind To Yourself, Bethany W. Pope, Can't Care, Crap Time Lord, Dan Simpson, High Noon Over Camelot, Horatio and Me, Inky Fingers, James Webster, Kate Tempest, Lettie McKie, Liars' League, Lucy Ayrton, Mab Jones, Other Voices: Spoken Word Cabaret, Paula Varjack, Quiltbag Cabaret, Richard Marsh, Richard Tyrone Jones, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, The Anti-Slam, The Mechanisms, The Splitting of the Mermaid, Tim Clare, We are Enemies, Welcome to Night Vale, Wingman

– by James Webster – It feels like we’ve had a cracking year for Spoken Word in 2014, with the

Pamphlets Poetry

The Nightwork by Peter Kenny

December 8, 2014 Editor Bethany W. Pope, Peter Kenny, Telltale Press

-Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope– Mythology always provides a rich seam for writers to draw from, especially when they uncover

Collection Poetry

Undisturbed Circles by Bethany W. Pope

December 1, 2014December 7, 2014 Editor Bethany W. Pope, Lapwing Press, Sotades, Steve Nash

-Reviewed by Steve Nash– Many moons ago, in the days of togas and popular bucolic mime, an Alexandrian poet named