Speculative fiction is filled with clichéd, over-used and predictable concepts - what we call tropes. I've inverting some, turned them on their heads, to provide inspiration!

Simon Kewin's The Eye Collectors is the first in his Witchfinder General series and is not to be missed! This is Raymond Chandler for the twenty-first century, with morally grey characters and bleak settings. Add to that dangerous magic and you have a story which keeps you guessing and is a thrilling ride. A truly noir detective thriller.

William Shakespeare did not write the plays that carry his name. He couldn't have done. A simple boy from the Shires, with a basic education and who never left England - how could he have written such lyrical, thought-provoking material? My article presents facts which dispute the traditional perceptions and proves the real author of literature's greatest works.