Horror author and satirist Justin MacCormack examines UKIP’s latest local gaffe through the lens of dark and dystopian science fiction. In the wake of the Grenfell Tower inferno, I expected there to be a respectful [… read more ]
We present an excerpt from chapter one of Tom Harris’ new novel, The Sweep, a fantasy adventure set in an alternative, steampunk-inspired London. This is a capital divided by wealth and corruption, run by a [… read more ]
We continue our series showcasing the cream of the Portsmouth literary scene with ‘Delta 2418’, a riveting aviation adventure story by Chris Campbell. Delta 2418 was a normal transatlantic flight from Boston, Logan to London, [… read more ]
Portsmouth University senior lecturer Tom Sykes reviews a recent bibliography of the works of HG Wells, who, before he was famous, worked as a draper’s apprentice in Portsmouth in the 1880s. There’s the aroma of a [… read more ]
When the Easter break comes round some people like to holiday in Spain or Italy. Not so Portsmouth-based writer and planetary modeller David Angus. He plumped for Chernobyl and here’s the conclusion of his extraordinary tour [… read more ]
When the Easter break comes round some people like to holiday in Spain or Italy. Not so Portsmouth-based writer and planetary modeller David Angus. He plumped for Chernobyl… Why Chernobyl? Good question. It’s not that easy [… read more ]
The fourth part of J.S. Adams compelling eco-apocalyptic drama, in which climate change brings an iceberg to the south coast and a polar bear to Southsea, encountering some of Portsmouth’s most memorable residents along the [… read more ]
JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse in the second part of his serialised story. Just a typical morning stroll with the family and their dog along Southsea seafront promenade would soon [… read more ]
In the first part of a serialised story, JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse. The first sighting of the icebergs was on February 19th. It would not have been unusual if [… read more ]
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