Mark Kirkbride's Blog, page 11

Nowhere More Haunted than Home: A review of Autumn in the Abyss by John Claude Smith

From the William Burroughs epigraph to the closing story that’ll make you rethink confronting the person knocking the back of your seat in a cinema, this is a collection of distinction, told in a rich, bold style with unifying themes, images and characters. It would be worth the price of admission for the title story alone, about the disappearance of poet Henry Coronado after a public reading turns into an invocation, of evil. The narrator, researching the poet’s life for a possible biography, becomes drawn into the literary mystery. Like him, you’ll be checking over your shoulder as you read.

Thrilled to be interviewed by dark paranormal romance/horror author Cinsearae S. for Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine

https://www.createspace.com/5011454?ref=1147694&utm_id=6026

Satan’s Fan Club review, interview and giveaway from the lovely Girls With Books

http://girlswithbook.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/author-spotlightinterview-mark-kirkbride.html

Delighted to be interviewed by Fiona Mcvie

http://authorsinterviews.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/here-is-my-interview-with-mark-kirkbride/

���Where the Horror Happens���…and some writing too

http://sanitariummagazine.com/sanitarium-magazine-issue-24-is-out/

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“Where the Horror Happens”…and some writing too

http://sanitariummagazine.com/sanitarium-magazine-issue-24-is-out/

 

Honoured to be interviewed by Tricia Drammeh for Authors to Watch

http://www.authorstowatch.com/2014/08/interview-with-mark-kirkbride.html

 

Incredibly generous review for Satan’s Fan Club by the lovely team at Crystal’s Many Reviewers

http://www.crystalsmanyreviewers.com/2014/08/satans-fan-club-by-mark-kirkbride.html?zx=8e19460349633051

 

Highway to Hell: a review of Ceremony of Flies by Kate Jonez

The Hell-hot Nevada desert is brought vividly to life and “Kitty” and Rex are compelling company as they go on the run in this very filmic story. With great voice, strong characters, luminous prose and more flies than you could possibly swat at, Ceremony of Flies takes you on a road trip you won’t forget. Sun cream won’t be enough to save you…

Between two worlds: a review of Companions of Clay by Safeena Chaudhry

Rafiq is a young man whose consciousness is only loosely tied to his body. While outwardly in a coma in a hospital bed, inwardly he is living a vibrant dream life and able to interact with those he’s left behind in their dreams and, in a series of out-of-body experiences, spy on them in their waking lives too. What happened to put him in hospital? How can his loved ones recover from their shattered lives? The novel explores the consequences of actions, both his and theirs. Contrasted with the grittiness of London are the glimmering dreams, which are worth the price of admission alone. Take, for example, a trip down the Thames like you’ve never taken before. A beautiful dream of a book from which I didn’t want to wake up.