Category Archives: REVIEWS

THE POSTSCRIPT MURDERS by Elly Griffiths

Posted on September 15, 2020 by

Bestselling novelist Elly Griffiths has been writing mystery stories since 2009’s The Crossing Places, which launched series investigator Dr Ruth Galloway. Her 1950s Brighton-set series featuring Mephisto and Stephens began with The Zig Zag Girl, published in 2014. The Stranger … Continue reading →

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DARK TALES by Shirley Jackson

Posted on September 10, 2020 by

Shirley Jackson is one of the greatest writers of weird fiction of all time. Her novels The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle are landmark titles in the classic catalogue of acclaimed supernatural fiction. … Continue reading →

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ENGINES BENEATH US by Malcolm Devlin

Posted on August 17, 2020 by

Rob lives with his parents on The Crescent, a row of houses built to accommodate the employees of The Works and their families. Beneath the city, machines rumble and gears grind, a mysterious and persistent counterpoint to the lives of … Continue reading →

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WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE by Raymond Carver

Posted on August 15, 2020 by

A collection of short stories from one of America’s best short fiction writers. The prose is stripped down and spare, often snapshots of ordinary lives, but throbbing with regret and sorrow. Carver’s style feels very straightforward from the outside, but … Continue reading →

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SURVIVOR SONG by Paul Tremblay

Posted on August 14, 2020 by

Over the past few years Paul G Tremblay has steadily built an impressive reputation as a writer of dark fiction, with such acclaimed novels as A Head Full of Ghosts, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock and The Cabin at the End … Continue reading →

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