The Ghosts with Teeth Drive-by: Peter Crowther
Peter Crowther is one of those annoyingly multi-talented folk. He’s a journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher, anthologist, and he cannot decide between donuts and danishes – and...
View ArticleThe Peripatetic Life of the Freelance Editor: in the Lair with Mr Stephen Jones
Today we have kidnapped the much lauded, applauded and awarded Mr Stephen Jones, editor of such tomes as A Book of Horrors, Zombie Apocalypse!, Shadows Over Innsmouth, and the Mammoth Books of Best...
View ArticleHappy New Year from the Lair of the Evil Drs Brain + Tanith Lee!
Happy 2013 from the Lair of the Evil Drs Brain. Our plan for this year is for the Lair to be a periodic feature rather than a regular one because, as we discovered last year, life tends to interfere...
View ArticleS P Miskowski’s Knock Knock and the Skillute Cycle
SP Miskowski is one of the finer voices in modern horror fiction. Her work is tense, beautifully paced, and deeply, deeply perceptive as to the human condition and all its foibles, faults and...
View ArticleSinging Her Scars: Damien Angelica Walters
Damien Angelica Walters’ short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in various anthologies and magazines, including The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015, Year’s Best Weird Fiction Volume...
View ArticleIan McHugh: Sprinkling the Angel Dust
Australian spec-fic writer Ian McHugh’s debut short story collection, Angel Dust, was one of the finalists for this year’s Aurealis Awards for Best Collection – and it’s available here from Ticonderoga...
View ArticleThe 2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Simon Bestwick
Having fled a life of soul-killing jobs (office worker, fast food operative, WP operator, training administrator, call centre worker), the very talented Mr Simon Bestwick is now spending his days doing...
View ArticleHorrorology Interviews: Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris (MBE) studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at Cambridge and was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels, including Chocolat (1999), which was made...
View ArticleMeanwhile, over at Night Land Quarterly vol.3 …
… my story “The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners” has been translated into Japanese for a special Gothic issue. How good is this cover?? This story will appear in English next year. And hopefully one day...
View ArticleAletheia: JS Breukelaar
JS Breukelaar’s Aletheia is one of the finest, strangest novels I’ve read in a long time. There’s bone and blood magic in it, and it drips strangeness. Highly recommended. She’s resident of Sydney,...
View ArticleIt’s Halloween #1
Just been reminded of this fabulous illustration by the wonderful Mr Greg Ruth for my novelette, Finnegan’s Field. It also accompanied the excellent essay, Why Horror is Good for You (and Even Better...
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