EDENVILLE by Sam Rebelein Titan Books. p/b. £9.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Cam and Quinn live in an apartment that is allegedly haunted, though the two of them have seen little evidence of that so far, which is not helping Cam to get his horror novel written. No words are… Read More »Edenville
A LIGHT MOST HATEFUL by Hailey Piper. Titan Books. p/b. £8.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Chapel Hill. A scream, or did she imagine it? 18-year-old Olivia Abraham is on her way to work – the drive-through movie theatre – but arranged to stop on the way and pick up Sunflower,… Read More »A Light Most Hateful
POLAR HORRORS: Strange Tales From the World’s Ends, edited by John Miller British Library Press, p/b, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan It would be fair to say that the majority of authors whose stories are included in this book never had the opportunity to visit the places where they are… Read More »Polar Horrors
HAUNTERS AT THE HEARTH: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights, edited by Tanya Kirk British Library Press, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Traditionally, Christmas is a time when ghosts make themselves evident. Perhaps it is the idea from before, all pervading electric lights when candles and firelight were the only… Read More »Haunters at the Hearth
Is it OK to read purely for escape? And is that what we need as the year draws to a close? Kit Whitfield has some thoughts.
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week, we meet the UK-based German-Cameroonian writer Peter K Rothe.
THE FOLKLORE OF WALES: GHOSTS by Delyth Badder and Mark Norman Calon, HC, £14.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan People have always been fascinated by ghost stories. There seems to be a part of our psyche that wants to be scared, so the idea of sitting around a fire in a… Read More »Ghosts
As we continue to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Britain’s longest-running SFFH show—and the now-airing anniversary specials—here’s a peek at some of the non-TV world of Who penned by co-host of the All-New Adventures of the Doctor Who Book Club podcast (and BFS member) Chris Hawton.
Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week, C.A. Yates professes their love for Jessica Fletcher.
The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen Transworld, hb, £17.47 Reviewed by Mikaela Silk Natasha’s life has been defined by a single word, spoken over her at her christening by the mysterious and powerful Drosselmeyer. That word was ‘dark’. Yet more impactful even than this was the word he spoke… Read More »The Kingdom of Sweets