Kev Harrison

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Searchlight: H.R. Giger

October 3, 2017
4 mins to read

Hans Rudolf ‘Ruedi’ Giger, commonly known as H.R. Giger, certainly doesn’t need an introduction. Considered one of the most influential artists ever, his work has launched millions of nightmares over the past fifty years. Originally studying industrial design, Giger suffered from night-terrors so intense he was compelled to paint them on a canvas. Though he …

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Tattered Tomes: Peter Straub’s Shadowland, Revisited

September 29, 2017
7 mins to read

It was the cover more than anything else. And as much as we’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, you have to admit the original paperback cover for Shadowland was grand. As many times as I saw it on the rack at the library, I didn’t get around to reading Shadowland until …

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News Round-up Week Ending 8 September 2017

September 8, 2017
4 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Limited edition chapbook from Dim Shores to benefit Joseph S. Pulver Almost everyone in the horror community will likely be aware of a complicated and severe health issue which struck horror writer Joseph S. Pulver recently, …

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Searchlight: Zdzisław Beksiński

September 5, 2017
3 mins to read

Born in Poland in 1929, Zdzisław Beksiński is perhaps one of the most renowned surreal artists in the world. Sadly, he was murdered in Warsaw in 2005, robbing the world of this tender man who only wanted to paint his nightmares. Beksiński rarely named his pieces, and never set them up in any order for …