Category: Reviews

Book Review: Cathedral by Dave Jeffery

January 21, 2021
6 mins to read

“An exciting and enthralling new world in horror fiction, from an author who only seems to be growing in confidence and talent with each installment.” Back in 2019, when the real world was slightly less insane than it is now, Dave Jeffery introduced us to a different world, one ravaged by a mutated Meningitis …

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Book Review: The Other Side: A Horror Anthology edited by Daniel Willcocks

January 13, 2021
10 mins to read

“An eclectic mix of storytelling styles and different approaches to deliver a broad mix of tales.” It is a question that has consumed humanity for as long as we have walked upon the Earth; what happens to us when we die? Every civilisation and religion have offered their own possible answer as gospel, whether …

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Book Review: Wyrd and Other Derelictions by Adam Nevill

December 16, 2020
9 mins to read

“Such is Nevill’s command of language and ability to project a crystal-clear image into the reader’s mind that we are truly captivated by the inference of what may have happened in each story, given his terrifying description of the aftermath alone.” He is the author of nine horror novels, three of which have won …

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Book Review: It Will Just be Us by Jo Kaplan

November 18, 2020
8 mins to read

“It’s a book that demands careful attentive reading but also impels the reader forward to each new revelation. The very definition of an unputdownable read.” In recent years, there seems to have grown a division between what some see as old school, classic horror, and a more subtle, arthouse take on the genre. Though these …