*WARNING: CONTAINS MANY, MANY SPOILERS* Clive Barker’s Cabal. Stephen King’s Revival. The Buffy episode The Gift. Fuck Lovecraft; these...

Supernatural 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...

I’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)...

*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,...

*WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS* This is an absolutely remarkable collection of stories. As I worked through each story in turn, I found...

Hailey Piper loves language. This much is clear even from the opening pages of An Invitation To Darkness. It’s an almost-period piece,...

I 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...

I 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...

Did 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...

I 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...

Haunting and horrific in just about equal measure, To Be Devoured is short enough to be read in a single sitting, and compelling enough...

First, to be clear: I absolutely loved this story. The body horror and physical deterioration is beautifully executed - the teeth; oh,...