Ultrasound Q & A by Claudia Monpere YOU ARRIVE AT the clinic on a cold night, lampposts flickering against the Vantablack sky. Moon and stars, gutted. You and the other pregnant women lie in ten rows of exam tables…

Great short fiction from Claudia Monpere!
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ICYMI today we're delighted to be featuring The Last Shaman by Livi Michael @livimichael.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link below and enjoy

Did you feel different after it?

No way! What was that like?

Water Under by Linda M. Bayley I’m dancing with Daniel Mitty but I’m watching you. You twirl your new girl around slowly and her laughter slices through the music like a razor blade across skin. The light stro…

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Ray Holt launders money for a Manchester gang. He's also stealing from them – and has convinced himself that makes him the good guy. Darker With the Day by Trevor Mark Thomas: Northern Noir at its sharpest. Coming soon from Salt. 🖤

MicroMonday #52 The Last Shaman by Livi Michael In 1952, after the Chinese Revolution the leaders of the Oroquen agreed to give up their superstitions and religious practices. Over three nights in July a special r…

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Sorry Linda!

So pleased to be published in this great magazine!

Thank you Mike!

'Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty and the well-meaning outsiders who seek to end it.'

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My Bags Are Big by Tibor Fischer review – how to make it in crypto Amusing oddballs populate a wise-cracking wheeler-dealer’s tale of leaving London for Dubai in search of loot and laughs

Huge thanks to Houman Barekat for this terrific review of Tibor Fischer’s new novel, My Bags Are Big, in The Guardian.
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8 new historical novels to read in February A land struck down by gold fever. Plus, the genesis story of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth, sun-drenched spies on an island off Corfu, and twins torn apart by war

8 new historical novels to read in February

Antonia Senior reviews ‘Elizabeth and Ruth’ by Livi Michael in The Times today.

“Michael is superb at forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable questions about poverty.”

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8 new historical novels to read in February White River Crossing by Ian McGuireIt is 1766 and a pedlar arrives at the colonial trading outpost at Hudson Bay with a lump of gold found in a far-flung part of Canada. Gold fever breaks out — and an...

Delighted to be mentioned in this round-up in The Times:
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Thank you!

Congratulations Livi! Looking forward to the launch @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social

thank you!

Elizabeth and Ruth - Historical Novel Society Manchester, 1849: Elizabeth Gaskell, whose novel Mary Barton has brought her both praise and opprobrium, visits a sixteen-year-old Pasley – the only name she is known by – in prison. A talented seamst...

Whoa! First review of Elizabeth and Ruth by Livi Michael —

"Michael’s prose has a vividness one can smell and touch... This novel is both readable and not an ‘easy’ read, and I thoroughly recommend it." — Historical Novel Society

being a cool book shop, we have this one in stock

Have great weekends everyone! Happy reading! #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Publication Day!
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It's a splendid book, Livi!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!