Category: Articles
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The Best Horror Books I Read in 2025
Dark bleatings, my beautiful tribe. I read a whole bunch of fantastic novellas and novels last year, and now I’m going to tell you what my top 10 in each of those categories are. They’re in no particular order except for my favourites. I’m including links in case you’d like to find the books (I…
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GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: P.T. – the haunting that never was
Ghosts and technology are two things that maybe don’t quite go together – it’s no coincidence that the golden age of the ghost story happened at a time of burgeoning developments rather than the full-blown, ubiquitous world of tech that we live in right now. In the world of supernatural fiction, phones, computers and the…
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‘Rot Land’ is Here!
Welcome to Rot Land — where respectability is a thin coat of paint and the house next door might be eating itself alive.Mad Mary hoards rubbish like relics. Tim communes with invisible authorities. Barra the Soul Scrubber tries to boil his sins away in a pot he can’t climb out of. This is suburbia cracked…
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The Best Horror Anthologies and Collections I Read in 2025
Dark Bleatings, and Happy New Year! I read many books last year, and now I’m listing my favourites in each category for you. In today’s listicle (is that what you call this?!), I’ve got my Top 10 Anthologies and my Top 10 Collections of 2025 for you. These are in no particular order, except for…
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I Read 517 Short Stories Last Year. Here are the Best 25…
Dark bleatings, Happy New Year, yay it’s 2026, and yippee ki yay motherfu**ers. I read 517 short stories across multiple anthologies and collections last year, and that’s not even including stories in anthologies I was somehow involved in (conflict of interest and all that). Nothing makes me happier than reflecting on all the great stuff…
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Oh, What’s This? *GASP* A Brand New Book From The Queen of Filth!
Dark bleatings, beautiful tribe. Dani Brown, undisputed Queen of Filth, has unleashed a new, mind-shattering story into the world, and I’m here to spread the word about it. Like horror? Like bizarro undertones? Then this might be one for your TBR… For those who might be new to the gloriously sick work of Dani Brown,…
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THE UNKNOWN FOUND FOOTAGE MASTERPIECE: Beware of Lynks Disease! A Look Back at ‘This House Has People In It’ – by Alex Davis
In programming a found footage horror festival, I found myself thinking a lot about my favourites in the field. There are plenty of movies of course – the experience of seeing Blair Witch Project in the cinemas always stuck with me, especially given the coverage of the time leaving questions of whether it was real…
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THE GREATEST GHOST STORY ON FILM?A Retrospective on JA Bayona’s The Orphanage – by Alex Davis
As we come into spooky season, and I turn my attention all things ghost story, I find myself thinking about my favourite examples. And often when we’re asked the question ‘what’s your favourite film’, our responses may vary from one time to the next. It might be partly what we’ve seen recently, or what our…
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For Authors Attending World FantasyCon
Dark bleatings, my lovelies. This is just a quick one today for those who’ll be attending the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton this weekend. French Press Publishing (owned by Stephen Kozeniewski and assisted by me, a bleaty little goat – an organised and dedicated one, I assure you) are running a pitching session for authors…
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Get Off my Lawn! – Jump Scares vs. Slow Dread: Stop the Horror Civil War
Gather ‘round. We need to talk. I’m tired of watching the horror community split itself in two like some cursed Ouija board. Jump scares versus slow burns. Quick jolts versus simmering dread. The arguments echo across forums and comment sections like restless spirits — and honestly, I’m over it. Horror isn’t a one-size-fits-all coffin. It’s…
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