AGAINST GOD
Patrick Senecal is Quebec’s top horror novelist. AGAINST GOD, the first-ever English translation of a Senecal novel, provides a potent glimpse of what we Anglophones have been missing.
AFRAID TO DEATH
Joe Egan is a desperate man on the run from a mysterious blonde woman who is in fact the Angel of Death.
AFTER DARK
At a time when nearly every genre publication promises to “reinvent” the horror genre, it seems downright revolutionary when an author opts to deliver simple old-fashioned scares.
THE ACCURSED
This, the first-ever English translation of the work of France’s Claude Seignolle, is required reading for all true horror fans.
The Many Faces of THE FACE THAT MUST DIE
Ramsey Campbell’s THE FACE THAT MUST DIE is one of the most powerful serial killer novels ever written.
DARK HARVEST
An absolutely stunning short novel that serves up a veritable banquet of up-to-date splatter and old fashioned chills
Ranking the Rankings 1: Horror Fiction
Scary book/story rankings: the web is littered with such lists, and there’s even a whole book of them.
2014: A LOOK BACK IN HORROR
Below you’ll find the latest addition of my annual “Look Back in Horror” overview. Film, Fiction, Tributes.
The Beckoning Fair One
This is the most famous tale written by the late Oliver Onions, and widely considered one of the classic English language ghost stories. Turns out there’s a definite reason THE BECKONING FAIR ONE is so well regarded:
7 Brains
It’s been said the ultimate compliment you can give a horror story is it makes you question its author’s sanity. I’ll confess that was the case with this deeply sick novella, meaning it’s a success.