I have never thought of crime writing as suiting the short story format; I’ve always thought of it as being like a good wine requiring time to develop subtlety and depth. Turns out, that’s a load of old cobblers. Good crime writers can produce short stories that are every bit as…
Review The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman’s accidental novel. Unplanned, it was originally to be a short story for his wife, Amanda, with, he says, the ‘’fantastic’’ that identifies much of his previous work dialled down and more of what she liked . . . ‘’me,…