Category: horror
Book review: The Hunger
I recently devoured (pun intended) Alma Katsu’s The Hunger, which is a fictional account of the Donner wagon party trying to reach California from Illinois in 1846. For those unfamiliar with the... Read More
My top 5 horror novels
Horror novels are a mixed bunch, and while I tend to enjoy the majority of the ones I read, sometimes you come across that one book that makes you sleep with the lights on. That book that forces you t... Read More
On the worst of villains
There is an interesting post up at ejfrostuk‘s blog, on the implacable villain. If you are interested in the workings of villains and how to write them, I recommend you go read it, as there are ... Read More
This is Halloween
Happy Halloween, everybody! All Hallows’ Eve, the night of all saints, martyrs and deceased believers, a mishmash of religious and pagan tradition, placed at the end of the harvest season when g... Read More
World War Z (the film)
I reviewed the Max Brooks bestselling zombie horror in September last year, and made the following remark about the film: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Max Brooks) was the zombie boo... Read More
Alexii Muftoll’s In The Tall Grass
I came across Alexii Muftoll’s short horror animation film In The Tall Grass when I was writing the review for Stephen King and Joe Hill’s novella of the same name. The animation is an atm... Read More
Review: In the Tall Grass
In the Tall Grass is a short novella published as a two-parter in Esquire, later released as an ebook. It is a collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill, both of which know how to spin a scary t... Read More