Toll Booth by Michael Aronovitz

I’ve tried, but I just can’t enjoy Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw. My main problem’s with the excessively Continue reading →

Abraham’s Boys by Joe Hill

Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts has been heralded as one of the finest horror collections of the past fifteen years, Continue reading →

Standing Water by Caitlin R. Kiernan

H.P. Lovecraft is always a good source for quotes, so let’s take a look at how he defines different types Continue reading →

The Ocean and All Its Devices by William Browning Spencer

There are some stories that come across as inevitable. They feel obvious, not because you know exactly what is about Continue reading →

Nicholas Was by Neil Gaiman

For once I have nothing to say about a story. It’s only a hundred words long, it’s on Neil Gaiman’s Continue reading →

The Bathtub by Robert Shearman

Shearman recently won a British Fantasy Award for best new collection with Remember Why You Fear Me. Having just finished Continue reading →

Mongoose by Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear

Imagine you’re a writer and you’ve just invented a race of 90ft humanoid rabbits with osmium bones. What do you Continue reading →

The Gutter Sees the Light that Never Shines by Alistair Rennie

When it comes to putting labels on movements in fiction, the ‘New Weird’ has always been ill-defined, to the point Continue reading →