Reality is broken, Lincoln walks, and Mayhem Sam is heading home. Mayhem Sam Vol. II | … Mayhem Sam Vol. II Cover Reveal: Hell Comes Home to Sweet PineRead more
Horror Features
Horror features, essays and retrospectives from Ginger Nuts of Horror. We dig into genre history, pay tribute to the people who shaped horror, reveal new book covers and ask why certain stories still get under our skin.
Vanitas Press: A Gothic Bookshop Opens Its Doors on Hallowe’en
Vanitas Press, a new independent gothic bookshop and publishing imprint founded by Vicki Donald, opens on Hallowe’en with a shop devoted entirely to gothic literature. Ginger Nuts of Horror readers can claim free Royal Mail Tracked 48 delivery on a first order over £10 with the code GNOHFREE48, running until the end of November.
Michal Polgár: The Last One Turns Off the Light
Slovak cosmic horror writer Michal Polgár goes back to Handlová, the coal town where he grew up, and to Dušičky, the November days Slovakia gives to its dead. From the miners’ memorials to an eighth-century grave he worked on as an archaeologist, he traces the roots of Mornec, book two of the Quiet Ends series.
Horror Review Clichés Decoded: The Horror Reviewer’s Dictionary
Horror review clichés get translated into plain English in this Halloween week dictionary from Ginger Nuts of Horror. From slow burn horror and elevated horror to the final girl, folk horror and the jump scare, every entry explains what reviewers actually mean. It also asks why horror book reviews and film reviews talk in code at all.
Dani Soncasie Is Stuck in a Horror Franchise
Hide well, trust nobody and keep something heavy within reach. Dani Soncasie Is Stuck in a … Dani Soncasie Is Stuck in a Horror FranchiseRead more
I Was A Teenage Bisexual: Polis Loizou’s Monster Mash Hits the Road
Polis Loizou is back on the road with I Was A Teenage Bisexual, a one-person horror show that turns the old myths about bisexual people into a creature feature. Part vintage horror satire and part teen flick, this piece of queer horror theatre heads to Nottingham, Sale and Wolverhampton after a week in London.
Sally-Anne Martyn on Folk Horror, The Wicker Man and The Witch Elm
The Witch Elm author Sally-Anne Martyn traces her folk horror roots to a Derbyshire village of corn dollies, well dressings and gala weeks. She revisits The Wicker Man, the Nine Ladies stone circle and a Bakewell witch trial, and explains why Peak District folklore runs through everything she writes.
