A new review of the anthology Celebrations has been posted over at The Fix:

“The Killing Fields” by Kim Lakin-Smith does exactly what its title implies. A whirling dervish of a story set in Shropshire Hills, “reduced to a rabid war zone by gang violence, mafia-owned cartels and vigilantism,” Regan and her sidekick, an eleven-year-old girl eke out a marginal existence in the aftermath of a near-future civil war. It’s fast, brutal, and as nihilistic as anything written since Michael Moorcock introduced Jerry Cornelius
By Colin Harvey

Celebrations can be purchased from Amazon for just £9.99

A new review of the anthology Myth-Understandings featuring Kim's short story "Heart Song" has been posted over at The Fix:

"I’m not familiar with the mythological background of “Heart Song” by Kim Lakin-Smith, but it definitely reads like a fairy tale. A jilted lover, Juho, sits on the edge of an old well, pouring out his heartache (and hurt pride) in music as he plays his kantele. With his eyes closed, he doesn’t see that the girl who joins him climbed out of the well, nor does he apparently have the good sense to realize she’s not just an ordinary peasant girl. Pirho is a pitiful creature, who once accidentally dropped a spindle into the well, and threw herself in after it for fear of her mother’s retaliation. Now she lives in Vanaheim, a limbo world somewhere between life and death, and she has traded her heart to Mother Reija in exchange for the lost spindle. Mother Reija has sent her up to the surface world to bring back the essence of Juho’s music.

This is a harsh world, where a young girl would drown herself rather than face the loss of a spindle. Juho may simply be a product of his environment. Still, if Juho’s arrogance and gratuitous cruelty are indicative of his usual behavior, then it’s no wonder the fair Eeva dumped him. I feel he richly deserved everything that happened to him; in fact he got off easy."
by Jan Clark

Myth-Understandings can be purchased from Amazon for just £9.99

Kim will be at two panels at this year's Eastercon.

Supernatural Romance  
Jo Fletcher, Kim Lakin-Smith, Tanith Lee,  Mark Newton and Paigan Stone.
11:30-12:30 Saturday 22nd March Victoria/Edward Suite.

Religion in Science Fiction
Fatima Ahad, Chaz Brenchley, Kim Lakin-Smith, Tony Lee, Rita Medany.
17:00 Saturday 22nd March Royal Suite

More details see Orbital 2008 (Eastercon) website.

'Alt.Fiction is an annual one-day literature event which takes place in Derby, aiming to bring together UK talent in the fields of science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing. The event typically takes place in late April/early May and the date for 2008 is Saturday 26th April'

Authors appearing at Alt.Fiction 2008:

Sarah Ash
Chaz Brenchley
Eric Brown
Mike Carey
Simon Clark
Pete Crowther
Christian Dunn
Steve Gallagher
Marc Gascoigne
Lee Harris
Stephen Hunt
John Jarrold
Graham Joyce
Kim Lakin-Smith
Tim Lebbon
Brian Lumley
Michael Marshall Smith
Mark Morris
Philip Palmer
Sarah Pinborough
Adam Roberts
Justina Robson
Brian Ruckley
Simon Spurrier
Charlie Stross
Darren Turpin
Conrad Williams