Month: May 2020

• Novella: Duck and Dive

  I did it! My first piece of fiction available for sale (UK, US, AU, CA), to anyone in the world. I’m pretty excited for you to read it. I’ve included the blurb/description, first chapter, and links to buy below – if you’re so inclined. Please let me know what you think! Buy on Amazon Kindle: UK,…

  G B Ralph

  24 May 2020

  Writing

  Contemporary, Duck and Dive, Fiction, Gay, Humour, Novella, Publishing, Rise and Shine, Romantic Comedy, Writing

• Year’s Best Aotearoa NZ SFF Vol 1

  In this collection, Marie Hodgkinson has brought together 13 fantastic short stories from Kiwi authors, the first in an annual anthology series. I loved the variety of speculative fiction on display here, stories set in worlds both fantastical and familiar – some eerily so. Stories touching on topics that feel particularly close to home in…

  G B Ralph

  9 May 2020

  Reading

  Aotearoa, Fantasy, Fiction, New Zealand, Reading, Science Fiction, SFF, Short Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative

• The Secret Commonwealth

  Philip Pullman’s The Secret Commonwealth is the second volume of the Book of Dust. Lyra Silvertongue has grown up and lost her sense of adventure and imagination, attributes that once defined her. La Belle Sauvage, the first volume of the Book of Dust, followed baby Lyra and young Malcolm. His Dark Materials – the original…

  G B Ralph

  5 May 2020

  Reading

  Book of Dust, Books, Fantasy, His Dark Materials, Oxford, Reading, Young Adult