The epic wordsmith, small press publisher, editor, reviewer and all-around force of nature Des Lewis turns 78 on 18 January 2026.

5 May 2016 Paul Pinn (1955 - 2016) Photo: Elaine Trevis I didn’t know Paul Pinn that well on a personal level; we met in person once or...

Rider-Waite-Coleman Tarot Card illustrated by Pamela Coleman Smith “The feeding of the Muse, then… seems to me to be the continual...

This article appeared last year in North Wales Magazine.

I like to relax by making art. Drawing watercolour, pen and ink on Stillman & Burn watercolour paper, from a photograph by Feyza Nur...

The 1929 essay written by the English antiquarian Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) which has inspired countless writers for nearly a...

'The only critics worth reading are the critics who practice, and practice well, the art of which they write.' ---T.S. Eliot The New...

Doctor Knife: Review by Desmond Bullen

Dead Keys: Typewritten Tales Of Terror Edited by Richard Polt, Frederic S. Durbin, and Andrew V. McFeaters Loose Dog Press, Cincinnati,...

Photo Courtesy Charlie Foxtrot Vintage Photo Courtesy Suzy Hazelwood at Pexels

So pleased to see you here, on this website, the culmination of 38 years of blood, sweat, and tears - thank you for your interest and I...

As Roger Corman's 'entertainment' films are just as important as his serious ones, and the director Ed Wood Jr is more famous than many...

Photo by Alexander Grigorian on Pexels.com Nail Your Novel by Roz Morris A pro who knows whereof she speaks and when she speaks, ignore...

This piece first appeared on the Charlie Foxtrot Vintage website journal in 2021. ‘Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal...

There. I've done what I try not to. I've supported a ‘must'. ‘You must like solitude or being a writer isn't for you.’ I recently stopped...

I woke up in terror today. The climax of my current novel loomed like tax-day: a police shoot-out set in a hotel in Llanfairfechan. I...