We’ve all heard it before. “You know (insert best-selling book title) by (insert best-selling author’s name) was rejected twenty times before someone took a gamble on it, and look how that ended up.” This is the mantra for the aspiring… Read More ›
horror fiction
Book Review – The Last Outpost by Rich Hawkins
My first foray into the mind of Rich Hawkins was the genius The Last Plague, in which a group of friends battle the (not exactly) zombie apocalypse. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The vivid descriptions of the beasts, the killings,… Read More ›
Book Review – The Invasion by Brett McBean
Brett McBean’s The Invasion is a horrible, nasty bastard of a novel, and I mean that in the most very positive of ways. It had me squirming and gasping pretty much all the way through as I held the Kindle… Read More ›
Book Review – The Final Reconciliation by Todd Keisling
I’m not really a massive book reviewer, but I’ve recently got through a mighty stack of top notch reads that I feel obliged to share my thoughts about them. A holiday in the sun is a perfect backdrop to read… Read More ›
Every Genre Has Horror to Thank
Everyone enjoys that feeling of being frightened. OK, so I’ve kicked things off there with quite a bold statement. Many of you may strongly disagree with that but if you do, you’re lying. Nah, just kidding, but I bet… Read More ›
Why I Love the Works of HP Lovecraft
I, like many metalheads I’d imagine, was first introduced to HP Lovecraft by The Call of Ktulu and The Thing That Should Not Be by Metallica. Back then I knew nothing of the man, just that he was some bloke… Read More ›
Book Review – The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker
I think it’s important to state before I start this review that I am a big fan of Clive Barker. I saw Hellraiser many years ago and it creeped me out like you wouldn’t believe (or maybe you probably would,… Read More ›
An Abhorrent Art – A Flash Fiction Piece
He strode proudly in his thick heavy trench coat and admired his art. The rain from the blood-stained sky illuminated the piece with deplorable delight. For as far as he could see, the texture, the colour, the geometry, the use… Read More ›
My Best Metal Albums of 2016
So OK, I’m no music journalist and I’m not exactly poetic with my descriptions of music. Putting sounds into words isn’t a skill I possess. And it’s not like I’m even a true muso, with my finger on the musical… Read More ›
