Russian Bite

With Sergei Lukyanenko's TWILIGHT WATCH just out in trade paperback and the adaptation of the second book in the series, DAY WATCH, about to debut on DVD, it's been a good couple of months for werewolves, vampires and light magicians in chilly Moscow.

I've been really impressed with the intelligent stories in this series. Nothing is what it seems, the mysteries are not predictable and there's a lovely exotic feel to them (due to the Moscow backdrop).

It was my great pleasure to be able to interview both Sergei Lukyanenko and the english translator Andrew Bromfield for the UKSFBookNews.net website a short time ago.


You can read the results here: Lukyanenko & Bromfield on the NIGHT WATCH series

I do enjoy a good short

I've long been a short fiction fan (it started when I was travelling huge distances to work and back, when I need an SF/F fix but didn't have the time for a novel length epic) and I've been dipping into that arena again.

I've read Zoran Zivkovic's 12 COLLECTIONS & THE TEASHOP published by PS Publishing and marvelled at the author's clear skill with the short form. Delightful piece of work.

I've made a note to look out for his name in future....