“He showed them the way into the nightmare, but he could not show them the way out…” Thomas Ligotti. “More a singer than a writer,” was...

Indie authors have the enviable freedom to write something so unique that it would be considered unmarketable to mainstream publishers....

It was with great pleasure that I received a review copy of Adam Nevill’s latest release - “Hasty For the Dark”. The collection is...

If you've been visiting my blog throughout this event you'll have read about zombies, vampires, Adam Nevill, Friday the 13th and ghosts....

It’s a beautiful house, built in 1735 by the architect William Adam. A house that is almost three hundred years old is bound to have some...

That wonderful feeling when someone you’ve thought of as a contemporary and peer makes it to the big time. With the release on Friday...

Happy Halloween brain-eaters. Z Nation season 4 is alive and kicking and The Walking Dead will start again very soon. Add to these...

I'm delighted to be part of this year's October Frights Blog Hop along with - "Are You Afraid of the Dark?", "GirlZombieAuthors", Lavinia...

Next month authors and readers will come together in Peterborough (UK) to celebrate the Darker Side of Fiction. This week I’ll be posting...

Next month authors and readers will come together in Peterborough (UK) to celebrate the Darker Side of Fiction. This week I’ll be posting...

Today (Aug 1) is the release day for my short story collection, Broken Mirror and Other Morbid Tales. To celebrate and explain the...

I am not sure why I came to this book so late. The Haunting of Hill House is a wonderful novel. Four people gather together in a...

Dream a little dream of me. (Contains spoilers) It doesn't have to be over if you wish hard enough. Romero and Norman arrive at Norma's...

What I love most about this season is that we are not spoon fed information about Norman's perception vs reality. Instead we receive...

We are galloping towards the end of this show, and A&E are doing an amazing job of hiding their final hand. Episode 7 Sam Loomis is dead...

Marion Crane meet Norman Bates. This episode shows Norman at his most lucid. After his discussion with Dr Edwards and discoveries at...

Episode 5, “Dreams Die First”, is about learning painful truths. And Rihanna arrives! Bates Motel is no longer a prequel to Psycho. We...

“Hidden” deals with Norman trying to regain control over his life. This episode starts where the last one ended, with Chick, Norman and...

Norma is front and centre in this episode and we see the different aspects of the Norma/n dynamic at play. At first Caleb regains...

Norman visits Alex Romero in prison. Norma tells him it's stupid, and it probably is, but Norman wants to show Alex he's alive and well....