In a Nutshell: The quality of stories in this, the final volume of the four-book Ox-Tales series, is of a high enough standard to ensure that the collection as a whole remains consistently good across the board. In fact there are a couple of stories … [Read more...]
Afterthoughts: Ox-Tales Fire
September 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In a Nutshell: Although identical in its layout and variety of stories, this third book in the series of four Ox-Tales volumes turns out to be the best of them all so far. Ideally all four volumes should be read as a unified set of course, but if … [Read more...]
Afterthoughts: Ox-Tales Earth
July 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
In a Nutshell: An eclectic ensemble of original short stories and extracts which has a little something for everyone. No story is particularly bad, but such is the mix that readers will most likely enjoy some stories better than others. Well worth a … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: Elemental Ox-Tales
June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Elemental Ox-Tales, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. I made an announcement earlier today about the new Ox-Tales collection coming out this week in support of Oxfam, so I thought I'd keep the ball rolling with a more 'arty' shot of the … [Read more...]
Cover Love: Ox-Tales collection from Profile Books
June 30, 2009 By 13 Comments
While it’s always nice drooling over any of the books in a Cover Love feature, it’s especially nice when the books featured have been published with a worthy cause in mind. And that’s exactly what the delicious looking four-book collection in … [Read more...]