TC ParkerNov 173 minREVIEW: The Worm And His Kings by Hailey Piper*WARNING: CONTAINS MANY, MANY SPOILERS* Clive Barker’s Cabal. Stephen King’s Revival. The Buffy episode The Gift. Fuck Lovecraft; these a...
TC ParkerNov 31 minNEWS: Short Story 'Cerberus' To Feature in THE INFERNAL CLOCK Anthology!Delighted to share that my short story Cerberus - a gruesome slice of gluttonous horror inspired by the 1962 classic Whatever Happened To...
TC ParkerOct 263 minFLASH FICTION: Mrs Garibaldi & The Helter SkelterMy husband told me not to bother going to see her. Said it wasn’t worth the hassle of a confrontation, that I should let it go. But I was...
TC ParkerOct 233 minREVIEW: Just My Type by Lucy Bexley & Bryce OakleySupernatural romance. I can’t, hand on heart, claim to know a lot about the genre. I’ve read some of the Twilight books; even seen one of...
TC ParkerOct 212 minREVIEW: Sole Survivor by Zachary Ashford*Warning: contains minor spoilers* I’m off work as I write this, and have been actively questing this week for whatever the lockdown equi...
TC ParkerOct 183 minREVIEW: Whispers In The Dark by Laurel HightowerI’ve been lucky enough to read some incredible books this year: some indie, some small press and some Big 5, from writers as new (to me) ...
TC ParkerOct 113 minTop 5 Werewolves in Fiction: A Completely Arbitrary List*WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS* I’m about to start writing a book about werewolves (and circuses, and private detectives, and Norse mytholog...
TC ParkerOct 103 minREVIEW: All That's Fair by SH Cooper*WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS* It took me a long time to finish SH Cooper's All That’s Fair, once I’d started it. Not because it’s a bad bo...
TC ParkerOct 92 minREVIEW: Curfew by Kev Harrison & Night of the Rider by Alyson Faye*WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS* Even a quick glance at some of horror lit’s seminal texts - from Stephen King’s Night Shift and Clive Barker...
TC ParkerOct 54 minDoes Anyone Actually Die In This?: A Horror Writer Reads RomanceLast night, I read a romance novel. This news, I realise, is unlikely to shock anyone to their core. I mention it, though, because I don’...
TC ParkerSep 274 minREVIEW: Worst Laid Plans: An Anthology of Vacation Horror edited by Samantha Kolesnik*WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS* Edited collections are often a bit of a mixed bag, aren’t they? With so many styles and story types at play,...
TC ParkerSep 193 minREVIEW: Little Paranoias by Sonora Taylor*WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS* This is an absolutely remarkable collection of stories. As I worked through each story in turn, I found myse...
TC ParkerSep 181 minREVIEW: An Invitation To Darkness by Hailey PiperHailey Piper loves language. This much is clear even from the opening pages of An Invitation To Darkness. It’s an almost-period piece, h...
TC ParkerSep 171 minREVIEW: Juniper by Ross JefferyI remember watching Bruce La Bruce’s Otto at the cinema when it came out, and thinking, just as the zombie sex kicked in: gosh, this is a...
TC ParkerSep 172 minREVIEW: Devolution by Max BrooksI wanted to like this book - I really, really did. The deck was stacked in its favour, before I got going. I loved World War Z; enjoy a b...
TC ParkerSep 171 minREVIEW: The House On Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick BurkeDid you like Stephen King’s 1408? Of course you did - it’s a masterpiece. The House On Abigail Lane is, for me, the spiritual successor t...
TC ParkerSep 171 minREVIEW: Without Condition by Sonora TaylorI ploughed through this book in a handful of hours - I couldn’t put it down. I’d heard a previous reviewer compare the story and the main...
TC ParkerSep 171 minREVIEW: To Be Devoured by Sara TantlingerHaunting and horrific in just about equal measure, To Be Devoured is short enough to be read in a single sitting, and compelling enough t...
TC ParkerSep 171 minREVIEW: Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick BurkeFirst, to be clear: I absolutely loved this story. The body horror and physical deterioration is beautifully executed - the teeth; oh, G...
TC ParkerAug 243 minThoughts On Dialogue, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love Grice’s MaximsTonight I found myself, for day job-related reasons, revisiting Gricean Maxims - that is, the conversational ‘rules' of discursive co-ope...
