If there’s one thing I love more than horror fiction it’s a good auld gothic tale. The Mongrel by Seán O’Connor is a satisfying (Irish) stew of terror, atmosphere, and monsters of the four-legged kind! A disapproving father, disillusioned husband and, a naïve pregnant young woman. This could be any Victorian period drama set in... Continue Reading →
Horror author Adam Nevill chats briefly with mamalovestoread
In a mega fan-girl moment I recently had the opportunity to shoot Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual, a quick-fire round of questions and he was happy to oblige with some answers. Here's what he had to say... mamalovestoread: From page one Under a Watchful Eye creeped me the hell out. Have you ever had... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Lost Highways from Crystal Lake Publishing
Lost Highways – Dark Fictions From The Road launches today Crystal Lake Publishing has quickly become one of my favourite indie horror imprints over the last year and their most recent publication Lost Highways - Dark Fictions From The Road, edited by D. Alexander Ward cements them in my top 5 horror publishers that I will... Continue Reading →
I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist
"A heartbreaking and horrifying horror from the author of Let the Right One In. Molly wakes her mother to go to the toilet. The campsite is strangely blank. The toilet block has gone. Everything else has gone too. This is a place with no sun. No god. Just four families remain. Each has done something to bring... Continue Reading →
Women in Horror Month
Throughout the month of February, I will be running my new blog series to coincide with the 9th annual Women in Horror Month. I'll be posting on my blog every day during February and will be bringing you the best of all things horror from female talent in literature, movies, TV, the blogging community and... Continue Reading →
Blanky by Kealan Patrick Burke
"You say you can't imagine what it must be like to lose a child. Let me make it easy for you. It's the beginning of the end of your world" In the wake of his infant daughter's tragic death, Steve Brannigan is struggling to keep himself together. Estranged from his wife, who refuses to be... Continue Reading →