Author: Corinne Pollard

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How to Write a Sonnet

How to Write a Sonnet

 

Does the word ‘Sonnet’ make you flashback to your school days? Does the mere mention make your eyes water as you yawn while your mind wanders to escape? 

 

I was the same. I thought, ‘it’s too difficult’ and ‘I can’t write Shakespeare, so there’s no chance of a sonnet.’ You can imagine my horror when my poetry professor started her module with, you guessed it, sonnets! But she broke it down for me, and from practising and practising, I grew used to the ways of the sonnet. 

 

Rather than bore you with the details of the sonnet’s history and have an in-depth (yawn) look at the main four types (Petrarchan, Shakespearean, Spenserian, and Miltonic; for those who want to look them up), we’ll be focusing on making the sonnet relevant and unique to you.

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Epeolatry Book Review: The Night Visitor by Alyson Faye

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Title: The Night Visitor
Author: Alyson Faye
Genre: Occult Horror
Publisher: Demain Publishing
Release Date: 31st March, 2023

Synopsis: In the long hot summer of 1976 there is something ancient, and hungry stirring in the woods surrounding the peaceful town of Brintwood.

First the pets begin to go missing, then the daytime streets are emptier and Amy knows her best mate, Robin, is no longer himself.

She is forced to go on the run, find new allies and face the horror hunting her; a monster created by a madman’s long ago evil acts.

The night visitor and his army are on the move…

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Epeolatry Book Review: Neverest by T. L. Bodine

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Title: Neverest
Author: T. L. Bodine
Genre: Ghost/Horror
Publisher: Ghost Orchid Press
Release Date: 25th April, 2023

Synopsis: One year ago, Sean Miller—journalist and mountain climbing enthusiast—reached the summit of Mount Everest and was never seen again. Unable to move on without knowing the truth of what happened, his widow Carrie insists on an expedition to search for Sean’s body so it can be properly laid to rest. Tom, Sean’s best friend and former climbing partner, agrees to serve as expedition guide and promises to keep Carrie safe on the mountain, despite their complicated relationship history.

Guided by a travel journal left behind by her husband, Carrie ventures into the frozen, open-air graveyard of the world’s tallest peak. But as Sean’s diary and Carrie’s experiences reveal, climbing the mountain is more than a test of endurance; it’s a battle of wills with an ancient and hostile force protecting the mountain—and the dead do not rest easy at the summit.

NEVEREST is a survival thriller with a hint of the supernatural that will appeal to fans of Ally Wilkes’ All the White Spaces and Amy McCulloch’s Breathless.

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WIHM 2023: An Interview With A.R. James At The UK Ghost Story Festival 2023!

2023 was my first year attending the UK Ghost Story Festival in Derby, which began Thursday 16th, Feb and ended Sunday 19th, Feb. The festival is one of a kind in Britain, so unsurprisingly it gathered an enthusiastic crowd with its packed programme of 33 speakers. Amongst them was A.R. James, who I was lucky to be introduced to (thanks, Lauren!). 

 

A.R. James is a queer, bisexual actor-writer of unsettling entrances and exits in many fiction forms such as flash, screen-plays, and scripts; co-founder of Sonnet Sisters, Six Lips Theatre, and The Podvangelist. Her existing works include Unknown (Stairwell Books), Little Irritants (Analog Submission Press), and 100 Friggin’ Poems.

 

If you couldn’t attend the UK Ghost Story Festival this year, then you are in luck, for I caught up with A.R. James to discuss and reminisce about the festival. 

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WiHM 2023: An Interview With T.L. Bodine about Neverest And More!

An Interview With T.L. Bodine

T.L. Bodine is the author of River of Souls, The Hound (the wattpad exclusive), The House of Lazarus and many other horror tales. She’s interested in the uncanny, and the way people interact with real problems. Her latest work, Neverest, crossed my path as a read that I just had to review for Horror Tree. It is a survival thriller with escalating dread as a widow follows her deceased husband’s footsteps up the treacherous Mount Everest. Neverest is T.L. Bodine’s first publication with Ghost Orchid Press and will be published in April 2023. After reviewing Neverest, I got in touch with Bodine (and thankfully she agreed) so I could ask some burning questions, but don’t worry, there’ll be no spoilers!

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Epeolatry Book Review: The Horror Collection: Sapphire Edition Edited by Natasha Sinclair

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Title: The Horror Collection: Sapphire Edition
Author: Natasha Sinclair
Publisher: KJK Publishing
Genre: Horror
Release Date: 14th, December, 2022
Synopsis: The bloodthirsty master of terror, Kevin J. Kennedy, once again brings insatiable horror readers a tremendous variety of original fiction from some of the best in the business.

Thirteen is unlucky for some — KJK Publishing has put together a memorable Horror feast for the mammoth thirteenth book in this series. It’s perhaps our favourite number!

From rising indie talent to authors who have been in the industry for decades. Your appetite is guaranteed a veritable smorgasbord of styles and subgenres to feed the pallet. Join us between the pages of this bestselling horror series for the thirteenth time.

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Epeolatry Book Review: The Bond: Elemental Book One by Xavier Axelson

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Title: The Bond
Author: Xavier Axelson
Publisher:  JMS Books, LLC
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Release Date: 1st, October, 2022

Synopsis: Four men are about to discover things are definitely not what they seem … including themselves.

Declan Makavoy, small town farmer and single father, finds out it isn’t just his thumb that’s green. Ivan Soresceau, a local reporter, who always plays with fire in life and love, is about to discover what it means to be burned. Chester Silberglocke, the ailing but sage chiropractor, finds his death is only the beginning of an atmospheric afterlife. And Vinny Pirelli, the local swimming champ, may make waves in the pool but has no idea he is the last piece in a dangerous and life-changing puzzle.

Seduction and unearthly occurrences are only the beginning in what proves to be a race against time as Declan, Ivan, Chester, and Vinny are pitted against a dark force and face unthinkable horrors as they rely on their friendship to destroy an evil beyond imagination.

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Epeolatry Book Review: Lilith Rising by Stephanie Ellis & Shane Douglas Keene

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Alien: Inferno's Fall

Title: Lilith Rising
Author: Stephanie Ellis & Shane Douglas Keene
Publisher:  Independent
Genre: Dark Poetry
Release Date: 14th October, 2022

Synopsis: Like evolution itself, nothing about the story in these pages was born of a plan. It’s a collection of “What ifs.” The authors didn’t discuss the story in advance, they simply performed it.

The penultimate premise?

What if the biblical progenitors of humanity were bent on its eventual destruction?

The answer is here between these covers, in the form of a heavy-metal armageddon meltdown fueled by rage, passion, firepower, and hellfire. This is epic poetry like you’ve never read before—irreverent, gruesome, horrifying, heartrending. It will make you think, and it will clarify the meaning of the phrase:

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

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