I  began work on Frankie Styne and the Silver Man in Norwich, in 1990, and it was inspired by both my  interest in  monsters and my living situation at the time: a terraced house, as it is called in England (row housing), with very thin walls.  Most of these houses were built in the late nineteenth … Continue reading Frankie does time travel →

Kathy Page’s guest blog  on realism and the fantastic for fellow author Gail Anderson-Dargatz http://www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.php/blogs/guest-blogs

 The snow has long ago melted (or never really settled) here on the West Coast, and the nights are longer, yet not so warm that you want to stay  out gardening: a perfect time for literary readings. I’m taking Frankie Styne and the Silver Man to some great local libraries and bookstores.  29th March, 7 … Continue reading Spring Readings on the West Coast →

“Page’s imaginative powers are electric. She has the ability to analyze the often nightmarish qualities of the human psyche and as a result, Frankie Styne is a taut examination of the complex emotional ties that bind, the methods we employ to distance ourselves, and our ambiguous powers of imagination. She is at once poignant and … Continue reading Frankie Styne and the Silver Man →

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kathy-page/frankie-styne-and-silver-man/ KIRKUS REVIEW FRANKIE STYNE AND THE SILVER MAN by Kathy Page  A pulp-fiction writer, an unwed mother, and a couple with marital problems live as neighbors in connected town houses and correct course in their contiguous lives. Page (Alphabet, 2014, etc.) builds layers of meaning into her exquisite writing. Her favored themes are here—the stark … Continue reading “Exquisite writing:” a Kirkus starred review of Frankie Styne and the Silver Man →