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Houses of the Dead – Chris Priestley’s The Dead of Winter

Chris Priestley‘s The Dead of Winter is a haunting and deeply disturbing ghost story. His previous series, the three volumes of the  the ‘Tales of Terror’, were haunting when the protagonist turned out to be a child’s guardian failing in … Continue reading

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A mystery play – Joe Hill’s Horns

I picked up Joe Hill‘s second novel, Horns (Victor Gollancz, London, £14.99), at Forbidden Planet‘s stall at Eastercon (along with the latest Alastair Reynolds) which I gulped down yesterday. As with gulping down beer, the experience has left me with … Continue reading

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A shiver down my spine – Robert Jackson Bennett’s Mr Shivers

Robert Jackson Bennett‘s debut novel, Mr Shivers, plays out to a sound track of a demented Ennio Morricone or Nick Cave against the 1930s dustbowl. Marcus Connelly is hunting down Mr Shivers, a scarred man who leaves death in his … Continue reading

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