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GINGERNUTS OF HORROR’S PICKS OF 2015

Ginger Nuts of Horror comes out crunching with their picks of the year. Lost Girl is included. Our patron of Afterdeath flaps his rags and billows upon the ceiling with delight . . . and raises sea levels by another foot.

“Last year Adam Nevill chilled us to the bone with one of the most claustrophobic horror novels of the recent times. This year Adam gave a truly chilling vision of a possible near future.  Lost Girl is a masterpiece of personal horror within a world gone to hell.  It is a brutal unrelenting story that will leave you feeling as bleak as the future of the world written about within its pages.”

http://gingernutsofhorror.com/4/post/...

 

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RESURGENCE OF FOLK HORROR @ HORROR HOMEROOM – THE RITUAL

THE RITUAL gets a nice mention in this interesting article on Folk Horror at Horror Homeroom:

“If you haven’t yet heard of “folk horror,” this post will serve as your introduction to a subgenre that seems to be experiencing something of a renaissance. It’ll also get you ready for the release onto VOD on Friday (November 6) of what promises to be a compelling example of that renaissance—The Hallow, a British-Irish co-production filmed in Ireland, and directed by Corin Hardy. The official trailer includes the tag-line, “Nature has a dark side,” getting at what I think is perhaps the most distinctive characteristic of folk horror: Nature is no longer content to be background. Nature has power, agency, in folk horror. It lives, moves, acts, overpowers, destroys.”

http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/the-res...

 

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MURDER AND MAYHEM REVIEW LOST GIRL

Crackle of loud-hailer static. “Lost Girl holds up an unflinching mirror to our reality, and it’s not a pretty sight. It does, however, also hold out a thin hope for humanity – and after reading this, you’ll probably feel that we need one.”

A very fine review from Murder and Mayhem. We thank them.

https://murdermayhemandmore.wordpress...

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SCIFINOW REVIEW LOST GIRL – 5 STARS!

Forgive yet another blast from the loud-hailer about LOST GIRL, but this is my first 5 review star in Scifinow:

“The book will change you by its end. And once you get there, you won’t regret one moment spent”

Thanks to Charlie Oughton for appreciating the book so much, and to the mag’ for running it.

Full review here: http://www.scifinow.co.uk/reviews/los...

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DEAD LETTERS (ED. CONRAD WILLIAMS) COMING IN 2016 FROM TITAN BOOKS

I’ve written more short stories in 2015 than in any other year to date, and when that virtuoso and author of DUST AND DESIRE, Conrad Williams, asked me to take part in this one (and the gathering of stories was refreshingly unusual), I rose onto my hind legs and barked like a jackal. He brought the weird things up and outta me.

Look at the line-up! Wowsa.

That watch hasn’t stop ticking inside my head, Conrad.

Out from Titan in 2016 …

 

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BOOK RECS: RAWBLOOD AND THE LONEY

Two novels I’ve read recently that make an important contribution of quality horror to modern fiction (and traditional publishing).

Fans of great writing, steep yourselves in RAWBLOOD by Catriona Ward. A lyrical, moving, eerie story, reminding me of M.R. James, Ted Hughes, & Emily Bronte by turns. Even McCarthy. First class. It filled my head for four nights, and will linger there too . . . A definite book of the year for me.

The LONEY by Andrew Michael Hurley. If you haven’t read this yet, it’s another gem. Some finely depicted folk horror rustles therein …

Both stories feature remarkable treatments of regional British landscapes.

 

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RELUCTANTLY FREAKY REVIEW LOST GIRL

I’m bowled over by the reviews LOST GIRL is copping, not least this one from a super bookseller at Waterstones, and an aficionado of the grim – Patty Dohle: “The almost prophetic descriptions of a vast refugee crisis (considering Nevill wrote this book before the current problems hit the papers) was almost spooky in its timeliness . . . As with all of his books, I advise that you read it at your own risk. But at the same time, you will be glad you did. ” Reluctantly Freaky.

Thank you, Patty.

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DARK MUSINGS REVIEW LOST GIRL

“a gripping, terrifying read from an author who never fails to deliver. It’s a book that ably demonstrates that the horrors that arise from human nature itself are just as terrifying as those of a supernatural nature. It’s a novel I highly recommend.” Dark Musings.

My thanks to Anthony Watson of Dark Musings, for this review.

 

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GUEST AUTHOR AT FANTASYCON BY THE SEA, 2016, SCARBOROUGH.

I’m honoured to have been asked to be a guest author at Fantasycon By The Sea, in Scarborough, 2016. I’ve been a BFS member since 2004 and in football terms I think of myself as a home-grown player. I remember my apprehensive first steps into the hotel in Walsall in 2004 and being immediately welcomed by Peter Crowther and Ramsey Campbell, who promptly invited me to dinner. It wasn’t long before I met Conrad Williams, Mark Morris, Tim Lebbon and Gary Fry (who even asked me fo…r a short story). At my first ever Con’ meal, I sat across the table from Joel Lane, another literary hero, and then met Sarah Pinborough in 2005, who was in the room next door to mine in the hotel. Pretty sure Stephen Gallagher was on the other side that year. I’ve never missed a Fantasycon since 2004 and the lasting friendships I have made with many of the other members are very special – in fact, I’d go as far to say, that the BFS gave me an entirely new social life.

Each convention remains a highlight of my year, and is a time to spend with good friends and much of my literary peer group. It’s also a time of exchanging news, discussions about writing, books and publishing, and much camaraderie. As a mobile literary club and annual convention, I highly recommend it to all writers, artists, and publishers involved in the literature of the fantastic.

My thanks to the committee.

See you at the front!

http://fantasyconbythesea.com/guests/

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THE ART OF FEAR WITH JULIE CRISP

The craft of fear mini-feature, with me and Neil Spring, is up and shrieking over at Julie Crisp‘s website.

Two of my tops tips – foreboding and simplicity of diction – are key features I learned from studying Walter de la Mare and M. R. James. My scarecrow hat and abbot’s cowl nod in their direction here (but can you identify the two stories I refer to?).

There’s some sterling advice from Neil.

http://www.juliecrisp.co.uk/blog-1/20...

 

 

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