Sometimes you are lucky enough to read exactly the right book at the right time. This was the case with "The Night Brother" and me. It...

I think Victor Lavalle sums up perfectly the intent of this novella in its dedication - “For H.P. Lovecraft, with all my conflicted...

I have been really lucky this year and have read some wonderful books, but this book is my favourite so far. I came across it while...

Work in progress - my new novel "The Secret Lives of Melissa Powell". Excerpt from first draft. The Secret Lives of Melissa Powell...

I came to a halt, a full stop, a period of rest, while writing "Venus Virus". Another project started demanding my attention. Without...

Is perception reality? Is magick simply madness? Is there a point in space, time or perception we can access that allows us not only to...

I’ve raved about Haruki Murakami before, but I can’t help it. I’m a fan girl. “A Wild Sheep Chase” was the first of Murakami’s novels...

Originally published in the 1970s and recently translated into English, Giorgio de Maria’s short novel “The Twenty Days of Turin” is...

Slade House is a strange little book. The start is very strong, the middle is repetitive and the end feels like a tagged on battle of...

I wish I could write books like Haruki Murakami, where the real and the unreal bleed into one another. The mundane seems extraordinary...