David Cavanagh – My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry For The Prize: The Creation Records Story (2000, new edition 2023) A Review by Jonathan Thornton “But the original meaning of indie was something quite different. It described a culture of independence that was almost a form of protest: a means of … David Cavanagh – My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry For The PrizeRead more
ClearMind: A Horror Movie Review
ClearMind, A Horror Movie Review by Brandon ThomasA comedic thriller about virtual reality therapy gone wrong.Now Streaming on Amazon https://amzn.to/3RUea5V With Clear Mind, director Rebecca Eskreis and writer Seanea Kofoed craft a darkly comedic tale of revenge while also poking fun at new-age therapy. After losing her daughter in a freak … ClearMind: A Horror Movie ReviewRead more
Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue by James Tyler Toothman, an Excerpt
Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue by James Tyler Toothman Well, it’s a big round copper pot with a fire under it, and there’s a pipe that curls round and round like this, and runs into a little bucket. —Opie Taylor Clockmaker, West Virginia, in nineteen hundred and seventy- one, was … Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue by James Tyler Toothman, an ExcerptRead more
Destroy All Neighbors: Horror Movie Review
Destroy All Neighbors A Horror Movie Review by Hope Madden A struggling rock musician finds himself in a living nightmare when he accidentally kills the neighbor from hell. Director: Josh Forbes A film for anyone who squeezes creative passions into the hours outside other responsibilities, refuses the label “hobby” and still … Destroy All Neighbors: Horror Movie ReviewRead more
The Derelict Experience
though the film is tough, harsh, and unflinching, it does also have an undeniable beating heart, a conscience, a soul. That doesn’t make the darkness easier to deal with – in fact, it’s part of what makes much of it so hard to watch Derelict – a Response I so … The Derelict ExperienceRead more
Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue, James Tyler Toothman
Could you tell the readers a little bit about yourself? A little about me… well, I am fond of fine literature, nineties gangster rap, cannabis and tobacco mixed together, women with southern accents, psychedelic mushrooms, and Dr Hook. The most beautiful thing I’ve ever laid eyes on is the ceiling … Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue, James Tyler ToothmanRead more
The Ravening Deep by Tim Pratt, Book Review
The Ravening Deep by Tim Pratt Aconyte Books; 330 Pages; Available Now A Horror Book Review by Damascus Mincemeyer The fictional worlds created by Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) have had an immeasurable influence on modern horror. An isolated, introverted, impoverished pulp writer, in death The Gentleman of Old Providence has … The Ravening Deep by Tim Pratt, Book ReviewRead more
Knight Errant Press Presents Andrion and The Child of Hamelin Events
Knight Errant Press presents Andrion and The Child of Hamelin two live events in Scotland one in Glasgow and one in Edinburgh this month to celebrate the launch of two books from two great authors. Check out the full details below Queer antiquity: exploring Andrion by Alex Penland with Suki … Knight Errant Press Presents Andrion and The Child of Hamelin EventsRead more
Derelict, My Life In Horror
My Life In Horror: Derelict For the audience, there is breathless horror, a sense of spiritual decay that deepens as the film progresses, and more and more of its intertwining plots become apparent. But also a troubling sense of uncertainty by its conclusion: Mainstream cinema has a problem with emotion. For a … Derelict, My Life In HorrorRead more
Shadow of the Hidden by Kev Harrison Cover Reveal
Shadow of the Hidden by Kev Harrison “It’s Seb’s last day working in Turkey, but his friend Oz has been cursed. Superstition turns to terror as the effects of the ancient malediction spill over and the lives of Oz and his family hang in the balance. Can Seb find the … Shadow of the Hidden by Kev Harrison Cover RevealRead more
Lord of Misrule, Is it A Worthy Homage to Folk Horror Classics?
Lord of Misrule (2023) Written by Tom de Ville Directed by William Brent Bell Review by: Mark Walker A desperate search for the young daughter of the town’s new minister. Rebecca (Tuppence Middleton) is a small English village’s new (ish) minister. While she preaches the Gospel from the pulpit, the … Lord of Misrule, Is it A Worthy Homage to Folk Horror Classics?Read more
The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste
The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste is a ghost story and a damn entertaining one at that. From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood friends who miraculously survive the night everyone in their suburban hometown turned into ghosts–perfect for fans of Yellowjackets. Book … The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn KisteRead more
Bloodsworn by Tej Turner
Tej Turner is not afraid to write violent and well-paced action scenes that are gory, and for a change shows that character deaths have an impact on both individuals and the group dynamics. Bloodsworn by Tej Turner, review by Fantasy Book Nerd. “Everyone from Jalard knew what a bloodoath was. … Bloodsworn by Tej TurnerRead more
The Angels of L19 by Jonathan Walker
‘The Angels of L19’ is undoubtedly one of the literary highlights of 2021 The beautifully written The Angels of L19 takes us back to Liverpool 1984, building a fascinating story around a small community of Evangelical Christians who all attend the same local church, go on the same camps and whose lives … The Angels of L19 by Jonathan WalkerRead more
The Angels of L19: Reimagining Religious Belief in Novel Form
My novel The Angels of L19 is a work of weird fiction set in an evangelical church in Liverpool in 1984 – a world I grew up in. Historically, the English novel has often presented religious belief and religious experience in negative ways: either as insincere, a pretext for self-righteousness; or as … The Angels of L19: Reimagining Religious Belief in Novel FormRead more