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Meet The Writer Interview: Howard Linskey

October 5, 2013
6 mins to read

Howard’s debut novel The Drop was voted as one of the Top Five Thrillers of 2011 by The Times. Harry Potter producer David Barron and JJ Connolly, author of Layer Cake, are joining forces to produce a TV adaptation of The Drop. The follow-up novel The Damage was voted a top Summer read by The …

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Book Review: Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell

September 26, 2013
5 mins to read

“Deserves to be in any discerning horror fan’s library!” “Future generations will regard (Ramsey Campbell) as the leading horror writer of our generation,” S T Joshi is quoted as saying on the cover of this latest short story collection from “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”. It would probably be possible to write an entire …

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H.G. Wells’ Manufactured Monsters

September 3, 2013
8 mins to read

This column has so far been preoccupied with the act of looking back. Not only in terms of its purpose – to unearth lesser-known works of eighteenth and nineteenth century authors – but also with regard to the stories themselves, which habitually focus on the echoes of the past disrupting the present. Continuing from last …

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Making Room by V.H. Leslie

August 20, 2013
6 mins to read

The rain kept Julie awake. It always did. It drummed against the window in a persistent patter as rhythmically as Rob’s breathing next to her. Neither lulled her. They only served to disturb the thing under the bed. Julie curled herself into a foetal position and backed herself into Rob’s warm body. The blanket was …