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A Midlands Odyssey Nine Arches Press

Collection Short Stories

A Midlands Odyssey (ed. Polly Stoker, Elisabeth Charis & Jonathan Davidson)

January 21, 2015July 25, 2015 dj4twinx A Midlands Odyssey, Dragan Todrovic, Elisabeth Charis, Homer, Iliad, Jonathan Davidson, Kit De Waal, Lindsey Davis, Natalie Haynes, Nine Arches Press, Odysseus, Paul McDonald, Polly Stoker, Richard T. Watson, Yasmin Ali

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– As a fan of the Classics in general, and a Midlander, I had a feeling

Seasonal/End of year

Fiction Round-Up 2014

December 23, 2014December 20, 2014 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Bare Fiction, Cuba in Splinters, David Rose, Feeding the Doves, Fiona Moore, Gay Propaganda, Heathers, Jenalyn, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Louis XXX, Lysiane Rakotoson, May-Lan Tan, Mermaids, Niagara, Pankhearst, Peirene Press, Posthumous Stories, Rainn, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2014, Shit Happens, Strong Room, The Art of Nottingham, The Dead Lake, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, Things to Make and Break, Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!, Unsettled, Unthank Books, Unthology, Weird Lies, Words and Women: One

-Compiled by Richard T. Watson– It’s time once again to look back at the past twelve months and raise a

Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2014: Fiction

June 5, 2014October 12, 2014 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Bare Fiction, Chasing the King of Hearts, Colin Barrett, David Rose, Drifting Down the Lane, Escape Kit, Follow the Trail of Moths, Hanna Krall, Jenalyn, Johnny Monroe, Jonathan Taylor, Kirsty Logan, Kontakte, Liars' League, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Moon and Mountain, Nikesh Chukla, Nine Arches Press, Philip Boehm, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Posthumous Stories, Richard T. Watson, Rising, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2014, Season of the Needle, Sidekick Books, Steve Nash, The Apple Anthology, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, The Time Machine, Things to Make and Break, Under the Radar, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Weird Lies, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Women and Words One, Young Skins

-In which Richard T. Watson sums up the categories he presented at the 2014 Saboteur Awards- Best Magazine Magazines are

The Dead Lake Hamid Ismailov

Novella Translation

The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov (trans. Andrew Bromfield)

May 20, 2014September 12, 2014 dj4twinx Andrew Bromfield, Hamid Ismailov, Peirene Press, Peter Pan, Richard T. Watson, translation

-By Richard T. Watson– A generation or more grew up in the Cold War shadow of the Bomb, fearing the

The Flood - Superbard

Seasonal/End of year

Fiction Round-Up 2013

December 23, 2013January 5, 2014 dj4twinx Above the Parapet, Alison Lock, Ashley Stokes, Carys Bray, Catherine McNamara, Crystal Clear, Dalkey Archive, Dan Holloway, Evie and Guy, Hannah Stevens, Indigo Dreams Bookshop, Jonathan Taylor, Kontakte, Liars' League, Peirene Press, Pelt and Other Stories, Red Room: New Stories inspired by the Brontes, Richard T. Watson, Roman Books, Saboteur Awards, Superbard, Sweet Home, The Flood, The Syllabus of Errors, Tom Warner, Tom Wingfield, Unthank Books, Unthology, Without Makeup

-Compiled by Richard T. Watson– We have a Christmas tradition of sorts at Sabotage: to post a festive round-up of

Best European Fiction 2014 Dalkey Archives

Anthology Translation

Best European Fiction 2014

December 16, 2013December 22, 2013 dj4twinx Best European Fiction 2013, Best European Fiction 2014, Dalkey Archives, Drago Jančar, Elvis Hadzic, Emily Tode, Eric Chevillard, Herman Melville, Ioan Manascurta, Jens Dittmar, Katya Atanasova, Lena Ruth Stefanovic, Moby Dick, Nina Gabrielyan, Olja Savicevic Ivancevic, Richard T. Watson, sci-fi, Surrealism, Tom McCarthy, translation, Vesna Lemaic, Vladimir Kozlov

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– Perhaps the first question raised by the Dalkey Archives Press‘ newest collection, Best European Fiction

Mr Darwin's Gardener

Novella Translation

Mr Darwin’s Gardener by Kristina Carlson (trans. Emily & Fleur Jeremiah)

October 27, 2013December 22, 2013 dj4twinx Asko Sahlberg, Charles Darwin, Emily Jeremiah, Finland, Fleur Jeremiah, Kristina Carlson, Peirene Press, Richard T. Watson, The Brothers

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– You’ve heard, I’m sure, of Charles Darwin. You might not have heard of Thomas Davies,

Novella Translation

‘Chasing the King of Hearts’ by Hanna Krall (trans. Philip Boehm)

August 22, 2013December 22, 2013 Editor Auschwitz, Chasing the King of Hearts, Hanna Krall, Mauthausen, Peirene Press, Philip Boehm, Polish, Richard T. Watson

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– Everything I’ve heard about the Holocaust leads me think that Auschwitz was the worst –

‘Sweet Home’ by Carys Bray

August 19, 2013 Editor Carys Bray, Richard T. Watson, salt publishing, Sweet Home

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– Few of us can remember our childhoods vividly and clearly, every memory of every day

‘Lovers’ Lies’ (ed. Katy Darby and Cherry Potts)

July 7, 2013 Editor Alison Willis, Arachne Press, Catherine Sharpe, Cherry Potts, Clare Sandling, Darren Lee, Jason Jackson, Jessica Lott, Katy Darby, Liars' League, Mi L Holliday, Michael McLoughlin, Michelle Shine, Nathan Good, Peter Higgins, Rebecca Gould, Richard Smyth, Richard T. Watson, Rob Cox, Rosalind Stopps, Tennyson

-Reviewed by Richard T. Watson– With a colourful, cheerful front cover, somewhat at odds with its ominous, dark-sounding title, Lovers’