To be updated throughout the year, with links to any essays and reviews about the books on our list. ***Last added to 25/1/2023*** — To recap, I’ve drawn up our new Book Club list for 2023 . There are twelve books in said list (below), one for every month. …

January Prompt for 2023 — “In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people, we are indeed very fortunate.” — Gene Roddenberry, shown…

Short fiction with monthly prompt — When was the last time I saw a star, twinkling like a gemstone nestled within the dark velvet cloth of a rich midnight blue sky? Many years had passed by since I found myself upon this strange world alone, looking out at the sky, so different to the one I…

Announcing another change in ownership for the Counter Arts publication — “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower It may not come as a huge surprise to those who write and read at Counter Arts regularly, but since being made the publication’s owner around six months ago, Will Hull…

(v). We meet at last — She had found a place to spend the nights. At the base of a tall, strong tree the bark cracked open to reveal a conveniently hollowed out space, just big enough to curl her small, lithe body into. The tree would protect her from the cold, wind and rain. …

A Counter Arts Book Club review — WINNER OF The Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella, AND The British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novella I Loved This Story!!! That’s the short and sweet version anyway, I loved this story. Read not long after publication in 2019, I still remember this book so vividly and…

A poem or three — I. Have mercy on me, Let me rest, let me be, Stop the relentless, Endless cycle, Of illness and of care, I’m required to provide, When I’m here, on my knees, Like a supplicant, in prayer, Begging, for a brief, Glorious, sleep. II. Let me be the one, for a…