Anthony Watson’s Witnesses is superb. His debut horror novel moves from four time periods and four points of view with ease as it tells the story of the end of days, focusing on the individuals that have been chosen as the apocalypse’s witnesses. Each strand of the story has a distinctive, strong voice but they…
Category: horror
Supernatural Noir is OUT NOW!
Werewolves, vampires and other creatures of the night prowl the neon and blood soaked streets in this sharp short story collection that places the supernatural in a hardboiled noir world. “If you like noir then you’ll love this. If you like supernatural fiction you’ll love this. If you like great descriptive prose you’ll love this.”…
Short, Sharp Interview: David Owain Hughes
PDB: What’s going on? So much! This new release has me chasing my tail, what with having to contact copious amounts of editors for local magazines and newspapers, bloggers, reviewers and anyone else with a dark, dingy corner on the internet willing to advertise it on their website. I’m also knee-deep in interviews. Combined, it’s taking up…
#FRIDAY FLASH: THE ZODIAC CLUB
The Zodiac Club, at 666 Casanova Street, loomed ominously over Silver City like a great black spider waiting to ensnare its prey. Once a full moon clung to the sky, a sickly stew of screams and howls clung to the wind and drifted down to the city, coaxing Victor Brown from an already fitful sleep….
Recommended Read: The Coming Thing by Anne Billson
Nancy is an unsuccessful London actress whose life goes decidedly pear-shaped when she gets pregnant – with the Antichrist. Anne Billson’s The Coming Thing is a hell of a romp. It’s like an inventive, witty and fast-moving cocktail of Ealing Comedy, the Final Destination films, The Plank, ’80s satire, and more. The Coming Thing is…
Examining the Hellboy Graphic Novel ‘Into the Silent Sea’ Ahead of the Upcoming Movie Release in 2018
(Image via IndieWire) Examining the Hellboy Graphic Novel ‘Into the Silent Sea’ Ahead of the Upcoming Movie Release in 2018 Hellboy is returning to the silver screen next year with Stranger Things actor David Harbour replacing Ron Perlman as the titular character. The film is looking to strike a new tone with the film’s screenwriter…
Halloween Flash: The Stamp Of A Vamp
Alison Day was a mousy woman who had barely been scuffed by the wear and tear of life until the day she met Lulu, the effect of which was like lightning hitting a plane. The Autumn night draped itself over the city, and the moon bit into the sky as Alison rushed home from her…
#FRIDAY FLASH: THE BRAIN SALAD MURDERS
The search was invariably fruitless. The path was cluttered with the debris of the past. The parade of childhood humiliations always led him down blind alleys. Religion and psychoanalysis failed. Rationalism was but a damp squib. Travel to foreign lands yielded nothing but more sores to scratch. Satiation, indulgence,…
The Liberator is BACK!
THE LIBERATOR is on sale again. The skinny: A priest tracks down his kidnapped sister and finds her trapped in a nest of evil. Van Helsing meets The Punisher in The Liberator, a hard-boiled noir/ horror short story from Paul D. Brazill creator of Roman Dalton – Werewolf PI. ‘5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Charged…
