#CarrieAt40: The Stephen King Vote–Update

A brief update on the current state of play with the Big #CarrieAt40 Stephen King Vote. I have updated the novels section to allow readers to vote for Revival, which is almost upon us and which looks set to become an instant classic. I’m also setting a firm end date of 31 December 2014 for […]

GUEST POST: Once Upon A Time by Sebastian Gregory #Halloween

Name: SEBASTIAN GREGORY Author of: THE GRUESOME ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN UNDEADLAND (2014) THE ASYLUM FOR FAIRY-TALE CREATURES (2014) THE BOY IN THE CEMETERY (2014) On Twitter: @wordsbyseb To celebrate the Halloween season, and today’s publication of Sebastian Gregory’s latest book, The Boy in the Cemetery, publishers Carina UK are kicking off a […]

THE BEAUTY by Aliya Whiteley

THE BEAUTY Aliya Whiteley (aliyawhiteley.wordpress.com) Unsung Stories (www.unsungstories.co.uk) £9.99 The Group have made the Valley of the Rocks their home. Each of them has a role to play: William, the leader; Ben, the doctor; Nathan, the storyteller and keeper of the Group’s history. Like every other settlement on the planet, the Group is made up […]

NO HARM CAN COME TO A GOOD MAN by James Smythe

NO HARM CAN COME TO A GOOD MAN James Smythe (james-smythe.com) The Borough Press (www.boroughpress.co.uk) £16.99 Laurence Walker is a good man whose dream of running for President of the United States looks set to come true. Laurence has some skeletons in his closet – the death of his son and a period of torture […]

THE THREE by Sarah Lotz

THE THREE Sarah Lotz (sarahlotz.com) Hodder & Stoughton (www.hodder.co.uk) £14.99 They’re here…The boy watch the boy watch the dead people oh Lordy there’s so many…They’re coming for me now. We’re all going soon…Pastor Len warn them that the boy he’s not to- It was the day that would become known as Black Thursday, the day […]

MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD by Charlaine Harris

MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD Charlaine Harris (charlaineharris.com) Gollancz (www.gollancz.co.uk) £18.99 You might pass through the town of Midnight without noticing it, if it weren’t for the stoplight at the intersection of Witch Light Road and the Davy highway. Most of the town residents are very proud of the stoplight, because they know that without it the town […]

THE UNQUIET HOUSE by Alison Littlewood

THE UNQUIET HOUSE Alison Littlewood (www.alisonlittlewood.co.uk) Jo Fletcher Books (www.jofletcherbooks.com) £7.99 Eli, eli, lama sabachthani? It is love at first sight when Emma Dean first sets eyes on Mire House, which she has inherited from a distant, previously-unknown relative. She moves in and soon discovers there is more to the house than meets the eye: […]

ABOVE by Isla Morley

ABOVE Isla Morley (www.islamorley.com) Two Roads (www.tworoadsbooks.com) £13.99 The latest book in the Hodderscape Review Project comes from Hodder’s sister imprint, Two Roads, and is, at least early in the book, reminiscent of Emma Donoghue’s excellent Room. The Review Project’s March book was Robert A. Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. You won’t find […]

#CarrieAt40: CARRIE by Stephen King

CARRIE Stephen King (www.stephenking.com) Hodder & Stoughton (www.hodder.co.uk) £7.99 And there is, of course, the knowledge that Carrie went home on Prom Night. Why? It is hard to tell just how sane Carrie’s motives were by that time. She may have gone for absolution and forgiveness… In any event, the physical evidence seems to indicate […]

BIRD BOX by Josh Malerman

BIRD BOX Josh Malerman Harper Voyager (harpervoyagerbooks.co.uk) £14.99 Malorie hasn’t seen outside the house where she lives with her two four-year-old children since six months before they were born. There are creatures outside, creatures who, if you look at them, will drive you into a murderous rage that will ultimately end in your own suicide. […]