Nicholas Litchfield

Nicholas Litchfield is the founding editor of the literary magazine Lowestoft Chronicle and the author of the suspense novels When The Actor Inspired Chaos, Bloodshed and Swampjack Virus, and Hessman’s Necklace—a finalist in the 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the 2026 American Fiction Awards. He is the editor of twelve literary anthologies and has contributed introductions to thirty reprints of classic noir and mystery novels, all published by Stark House Press. His stories, essays, and book reviews appear in a wide range of magazines and newspapers, such as BULL, Colorado Review, Daily Press, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Shotgun Honey, The Adroit Journal, The MacGuffin, The Virginian-Pilot, and Washington Square Review. Formerly a book critic for the Lancashire Post, syndicated to twenty-five newspapers across the U.K., he now writes for Publishers Weekly. Learn more at nicholaslitchfield.com.

Children of the Country by Abigail R. Shaffer

Litchfield Reviews Children of the Country by Abigail R. Shaffer for the Colorado Review

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Colorado Review book review by Nicholas Litchfield: True to its billing as an “unflinching debut,” Abigail R. Shaffer’s stylish, provocative Children of the Country is as hard-hitting as many of its cold-blooded, barbarically uncouth male characters who dominate its vast, untamed wooded landscape.

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