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Jenny Barber

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The 2025 Roundup Post!

Slightly belated due to a lingering lurgy (not! covid!) that has just! not! ended! (Honestly it’s been going since Xmas and still there. I call shenanigans! Shenanigans I tell you!)

Annnnyhooo! Domestically 2025 was rubbish (fuckity bye 2025, you shall not be missed!) Repairs! Major repairs! Half the house breaking down and needing replacements. Sometimes twice for the same thing! And illnesses, oy

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Average rating: 4.09 · 126 ratings · 36 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic by Jan Edwards (Goodreads Author) (editor), Jenny Barber (Goodreads Author) (editor), Anne Nicholls (contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders by Jan Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenny Barber (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kari Sperring (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piracy (Fox Pockets Anthology #1) by Adele Wearing (Editor), Kit Marlowe (Contributor), Den Patrick (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors by Peter Coleborn (Editor), Jan Edwards (Editor), Ramsey Campbell 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wicked Women by Jan Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenny Barber (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.R. Aston 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shapeshifters (Fox Pockets Anthology #2) by Adele Wearing (Editor), Jenny Barber (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Margrét Helgadóttir (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things in the Dark (Fox Pockets Anthology #6) by Adele Wearing (Editor), Chloë Yates (Goodreads Author), Danie Ware (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 by Jan Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenny Barber (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carl Barker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fox Spirit Book of Love by C.A. Yates (Editor), James Bennett (Goodreads Author), Charlotte Bond 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twisted Boulevard: Tales of Urban Fantasy by Angela Charmaine Craig (Goodreads Author) (Editor), O.J. Cade, Paul L. Bates (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries 5

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