'I've always paddled in numerous genres, but horror will forever be my number one.'
'You can call it “dark suspense,” “paranormal thriller,” or anything else you’d like, but it’s still horror.'
'Cormac MacCarthy’s The Road isn’t strictly horror, but it made a deeper mark on me than a lot of pure horror books did.'
'I like fiction that stimulates my imagination, wherein reality is twisted and bent. .'
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‘Awesome dark and disturbing tale!’ Read more about DW Gillespie’s The Toy Thief.
‘If you only read one Halloween story this year, be sure to make this the one.’ Bloggers love John Everson’s The House by the Cemetery.
‘There’s always something horror-related or –themed in the zeitgeist – serial killers or sexy vampires or just plain old zombie rampages.’ Meet author Bartholomew Bennett
‘I tend to write very much from instinct, and so the themes generally make themselves known in the act of writing.’ Horror legend Ramsey Campbell reveals all to author Luke Walker.
Author Andrew Michael Hurley tells us about Edwin Stamford's book His Orchard and how it came to be published by The Eden Book Society.
Meet author Melissa Olson. 'I think horror, like most genres, is constantly reinventing itself.'
Meet author Joseph Sale. 'I think people are hungry for horror again – maybe it’s because it reflects the times we live in?'
Meet author A.M. Shine. 'With clever misdirection the reader will never see it coming.'
Ruth Franklin, author of Shirley Jackson's biography tells us about the Queen of horror.
Reader Magdalena Salata tells us about her love of vampire tales and gives us her recommendations.
Meet author WJ Renehan. 'There are more horror authors publishing than ever before.'
Author Luke Walker explores the personal relationship we have with fear. 'We may not look for our fears, but they’re certainly looking for us.'
Meet author Ed Grabianowski. "People think of horror as all blood spray on the wall.'
Author Oli Jacob believes, 'if one wishes to experience true horror in a cultural form, literature is the way to go.' Here he tells us why.
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‘We are in a golden age of horror once again.’ Read more about horror author, Hunter Shea.