Mar 092012
 
Chris Priestley Q & A (Mister Creecher): March 2012

Chris Priestley (pictured above at a book festival last year) is the extremely talented author of the Tales of Terror series (Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror, Tales of Terror from the Black Ship, and Tales of Terror from the Tunnel’s Mouth – plus the very rare The Teacher’s Tales of Terror for World Book Day […]

Mar 092012
 
Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley

Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley (Bloomsbury, PB, £6.99, out now) It is always an enjoyable thing to see a talented writer challenging himself with an ambitious project. Here we have an exceedingly talented writer doing just such a thing with Mister Creecher, his latest novel. It would have been very easy for the author to produce […]

Feb 192012
 
Embedded by Dan Abnett

Embedded by Dan Abnett (published by Angry Robot, PB, 2012 *OUT NOW* £7.99) This is the author’s second novel for indie genre publisher Angry Robot, following on from the lauded alternate history swashbuckler, Triumff. Embedded is more akin to Abnett’s staple output of future war hijinks produced for Games Workshop’s publishing arm, the Black Library […]

Feb 192012
 
DVD review: Matinee (1993)

As a director, Joe Dante will forever be associated with more recognisable achievements like Gremlins (1984), Explorers (1985) and The ‘Burbs (1989), but in 1993 he also made a wonderful little film which serves as both a celebration of the monster movies of his youth, and a biting satire of ’60s Cold War hysteria. Matinee […]

Dec 132011
 
Midwinter Chills:  The Ghost Stories of M.R. James

The British national tradition of Christmas ghost stories is something of which I was uttely ignorant until one December a couple of years ago, when a friend introduced me to the work of M. R. James.  Widely regarded as being one of the finest writers of ghost stories in the English language, James would hold […]