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August 10, 2014
Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Reggie Oliver’s The Book and the Ring
Leading off this week’s Spectral Book of Horror Stories posts is the superbly talented Mr Reggie Oliver, playwright, author, biographer, actor and director. His Tartarus collection Mrs Midnight won the Dracula Society’s Children of the Night Award, and was a finalist for both the British Fantasy and World Fantasy Awards,
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August 7, 2014
Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Rio Youers’ Outside Heavenly
Rio Youers is the very talented author of Mama Fish, Westlake Soul, End Times, Old Man Scratch and the collection Dark Dreams, Pale Horses. Here he talks about his Spectral Book of Horror Stories take “Outside Heavenly” and taking inspiration from folk like Clive Barker.
1. Can you remember the first
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August 6, 2014
Fearie Tales
And the embarrassment of riches continues! The postie just dropped off this parcel, containing the limited edition of Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome, courtesy of PS Publishing. Yes, I am drooling over.
Bad Women: Medusa
So this morning I’m starting what will be a periodic series called Bad Women. Basically I’ve asked some of my favourite writers and editors to write a paragraph or two on their favourite “bad” women in the fiction universe, be it literature, film, tv, graphic novels, legend, myth, fairy or folk tale,
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August 5, 2014
Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Tom Fletcher’s Slape
Tom Fletcher is the author of the novels The Leaping, The Thing on the Shore, and The Ravenclass (all from the lovely Jo Fletcher Books), as well as a host of short stories, including “Slape” from the Mark Morris edited Spectral Book of Horror Stories. Tom has a chat with
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The Bitterwood Bible: Cover Reveal
I cannot begin to tell you how excited I am about this, but I’ll try: a dog with two tails just about covers it.
I came home tonight from listening to Karin Slaughter talk about Coptown to find that the release date for The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings has been set for
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August 4, 2014
Le Fanu at 200: Dreams of Shadow and Smoke
Swan River Press is publishing a tribute anthology this month, Dreams of Shadow and Smoke: Stories for J.S. Le Fanu, which is available for order here. The delightful Brian J. Showers and Jim Rockhill (editors both) answer a few questions for me about what prompted this anthology and Le Fanu’s
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August 3, 2014
Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Steve Rasnic Tem’s The Night Doctor
As a younger reader (back when dinosaurs walked the earth) I got my first taste of Steve Rasnic Tem’s fiction in the Giant Book of Vampires (edited by Steve Jones). The story was the slowly creeping “Vintage Domestic”, a tale that taps into the horror of the home and all
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July 31, 2014
Spectral Book of Horrors: Gary McMahon’s Dull Fire
The two main things you need to know about Mr Gary McMahon are that he is disgustingly prolific and disgustingly talented in the creeping-you-out department. Just read The Bones of You, Reaping the Dark, and What They Hear in the Dark and then try sleeping. I dare you. Below, Gary
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July 30, 2014
Two by Teodor Reljic
The rather delightful Teodor Reljic writes fiction, co-edits Schlock Magazine, and is also the culture editor and film critic at MaltaToday. His debut novel is Two, a special kind of coming-of-age story, tender, affecting and rather mystical.
1. So, what is the story behind Two? What inspired you to
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