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Book Review: Within The Wind, Beneath The Snow by Ray Cluley

“Cluley’s prose is as stark as his setting, his haunting imagery sparkling like sunlight on ice.” The debut volume from Spectral Press’s new Theatrum Mundi imprint is an atmospheric piece of dark fiction from Ray Cluley. Within The Wind, Beneath The Snow tells the story of Gjerta Jørgensen, first female member of the  Slædepatruljen Sirius …

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Look Out For… Tormentor by Willie Meikle and The Death House by Sarah Pinborough

Look Out For… … Tormentor by Willie Meikle “Knowing Willie Meikle, this is going to be even more messed up than we can imagine!” This story isn’t really about me. On the Isle of Skye, near the community of Dunvegan, sits a rustic old one-bedroom home, waiting for a new tenant. It seems like the …

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Book Review: Leytonstone by Stephen Volk

“Leytonstone is another triumph.” For many readers, Stephen Volk’s Whitstable was one of the books of 2013, a gripping, affectionate and moving portrayal of Peter Cushing’s twilight years. Now Volk has written a spiritual sequel in Leytonstone, a novella about the early life of Alfred Hitchcock. If you’re reading this review simply to find out …

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Look Out For… Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman and The Hallow by Keith Deininger

Look Out For… Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman “Combines childlike wonder with an adult’s understanding that all our stories end finally end with darkness.” In this new volume, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes previously published pieces of short fiction-stories, verse, and …

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