Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Alister Davison
Back in the 1980s, when the Cold War was at its height, the spectre of nuclear war loomed large, and this was reflected in the fiction of the time. Some…
horror
Monthly Short Story Winner: Joker Month
Xiagan
We had a lot great contest themes this year and I know that some people didn’t manage to finish their stories on time for some of the contests or didn’t…
Monthly Short Story Winner: Abandoned Places
We’ve been getting such good feedback for the short stories our members have submitted in our Monthly Short Story Competition that we have decided to post them on the main…
The Death House by Sarah Pinborough
With a title like The Death House, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was one of those gory shlock horrors written towards the end of the twentieth century. Unusually for…
The Book of the Dead edited by Jared Shurin
Rebekah Loper
Horror isn’t usually my cup of tea. However, Egyptian mythology and history is always fascinating, and one the more prominent aspects of ancient Egypt is, of course, the mummy. This…
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
Richard Bray
In the introduction to Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, Neil Gaiman tells us quite plainly that writers live in houses other people built. In this collection of short stories,…
Books we love: The books that stole our hearts and got us reading
Overlord
It was Valentines last week so I, as I often do, sent out a holiday themed tweet: What I didn’t expect when I sent that Tweet out was such a…
The Year of the Ladybird by Graham Joyce
It is 1976, the hottest summer in England since records began, and a young man called David is about to start work at a holiday camp close to the seaside…
The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey – Spoiler Free Review
Zachary A. Matzo
The Getaway God, Richard Kadrey’s sixth novel in the Sandman Slim series, is a confounding—but ultimately entertaining—entry in the story of James Stark. Friends and enemies (both new and old)…
H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
Aaron Miles
You probably think you’re safe as you’re reading this. You might be sat in the comfort of your home, or with a tablet on the morning commute. You might be…
Murder by Sarah Pinborough
Aleksandra Kesek
Years after the horrors of Jack the Ripper and the Torso Killer which terrorised London, not everyone has forgotten about the Upir. Doctor Thomas Bond might have found some peace…
The Fear Institute by Jonathan L. Howard
Shambralyn Baker
“Why on Earth did you steal three dead popes?” asked Cabal. “First, to make the Vatican very cross. That was funny. Second reason, delicious.” It’s rare for Johannes Cabal to…