Seven spellbinding books that shaped modern ‘Western’ magic Corpus Hermeticum (1st-3rd centuries CE), Anon These mysterious ‘wisdom texts’, written in Greek and attributed to an ancient Egyptian sage Hermes Trismegistus, could claim to be foundational to both Western magic and science! Their huge influence followed their rediscovery and translation during the Italian renaissance, and the […]
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The Killer’s Shadow – Author Q&A with John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
The Killer’s Shadow – Author Q&A with John Douglas and Mark Olshaker The Strand Magazine proudly presents this exclusive interview with John Douglas and Mark Olshaker. AFG: Tell us about your latest book. The Killer’s Shadow is about the hunt for Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist serial killer who roamed the country with the […]
WHAT PUTS THE THRILL INTO DOMESTIC FICTION?
WHAT PUTS THE THRILL INTO DOMESTIC FICTION? by Nicola Marsh Writing across several genres—women’s fiction, romance and domestic thrillers—can be challenging and a question I’m often asked is ‘what is a domestic thriller?’ For me, it’s women’s fiction with a killer twist…or many. Domestic thrillers are also labelled as domestic suspense, domestic noir and psychological […]