Compromising the Truth: eighteen stories plus two dozen poems of the weird and wonderful: a touch of science fiction, a titbit of horror, a sprinkling of the strange. From Adrian Cole's introduction: "His stories reflect a clear understanding of the human condition and he imbues his characters with knowing insights. The tales vary from stark, unnerving urban horror, to blackly humorous, almost preposterous fantasy, although even these hugely entertaining yarns are seated in reality.
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[When I was young I yearned for my own / Lady of Shalott THE HOUSE THAT TIME FORGOT]***
(Alchemy Press, 31 October 2018, 233 pages, ebook, copy from @PeterColeborn and voluntarily reviewed)
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I'd never read or heard of the author before so I had no idea what to expect. I enjoyed every story in this collection. The stories are all quite different and are mostly horror or science fiction and sometimes a crazy combination of both. Some stories are funny and others have a more sombre. What impressed me is the range of themes and styles on offer. Fortey can turn his hand to almost anything it seems. I also loved the cover; it's weird but strangely appealed to me. The poems let this impressive collection down just a little. I like poems but tend to dislike genre poems. The poems were well written as well but just not to my taste. I would have preferred a few more stories.
