The Haunting Of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (Penguin Modern Classics, PB, £9.99, out now) When discussing influential horror books, Shirley Jackson’s excellent, timeless novel marks itself as one of the all-time classic ghost stories by perhaps not truly being a ghost story. More concerned with the incredibly well-realised psyches of its characters and how […]
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Tor, £9.99, out now) This is so much fun: a zombie-steampunk tale of disaster and rescue that moves the wild west to a walled-off Seattle that is drowning in a mysterious zombie-creating gas. There’s a strong pair of lead characters, a great supporting cast of villains, heroes and airship captains with […]
Nemesis is the thirteenth novel in the Horus Heresy series. For the Geekzine review click here. What challenges did you face with your return to the Horus Heresy series with Nemesis? Obviously, there’s a big weight of expectation on any writer doing a Horus Heresy novel, because we’re talking about the crown jewels of […]
Sabbat Worlds is out in paperback October 2011, priced £7.99. How was the writing of the Ultramarines movie script? Did you have any prior scriptwriting experience? No, although working in comics for twenty plus years helped a little with visual storytelling. I was asked to write the film because of my success as a […]
I read the online Guardian review of the new Conan movie yesterday and had a wee smirk to myself. Marcus Nispel’s film did not, as I expected, get a good review. I haven’t seen it yet but I am looking forward to it. Let us be honest, now; it will not be up for […]
Tales Of Terror From The Tunnel’s Mouth by Chris Priestley, illustrated by David Roberts (Bloomsbury, 2010, PB £6.99, out now) This is the third in this excellent series of spooky yarns. The first was great (Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror), the second was even better (Tales of Terror From The Black Ship) but this latest […]