Horror
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The Stephen King Project – The Shining (1977)
The story goes that the now-famous, fictional Overlook Hotel is based on the real-life Stanley Hotel where Stephen King stayed one night with his wife Tabitha. ... -
The Stephen King Project – ‘Salem’s Lot (1975)
About the project: I will be reading all of Stephen King’s books in order of publication (with the exception of The Dark Tower series which I ... -
The Stephen King Project – Carrie (1974)
I’ve had this project in mind for quite some time. A couple of years at least. So, I was really glad when the good folks at ... -
Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
“It’s one thing to say that humanity is ultimately unimportant in the face of the cosmos. It’s another to stand before someone who believes, deep down, ... -
Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan
“Thirty-nine thousand feet above the North Atlantic, Immacolata Sexton surfs the oily waves and troughs of Then, and Now, and What Will Be. The steel thrum ... -
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
She hadn’t loved Randolph Carter. He had been a man like many, so wrapped and rapt in his own story that there was no room for ... -
Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw
“Please. You’re the only one who can help.” “What makes you say that?” “Because you’re a monster too.” Cassandra Khaw’s Hammers On Bone (2016) is a wonderfully inventive ... -
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
“What was indifference compared to malice?” “I’ll take Cthulhu over you devils any day.” Victor LaValle’s The Ballad of Black Tom (2016) is a timely work of Weird ... -
Horns by Joe Hill
Back in October, I fancied dipping into a horror novel. Aside from a few teenage forays into King and Herbert, I’m something of a stranger to ... -
HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
“This is all it takes for people to plunge into insanity: one night alone with themselves and what they fear most.” Witches have a long history ...
