Tag Archives: Spectral Book of Horror Stories
Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Angela Slatter’s The October Widow
In which I talk to myself, quite legitimately, so the Men in White Coats cannot take me away – although my Significant Other is giving me some strange sideways looks. My Spectral Book
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Stephen Laws’ The Slista
Mr Stephen Laws is the author of eleven (count ’em! Eleven!) novels, myriad short stories, and the recently re-released collection The Midnight Man. He’s also a columnist, reviewer and film festival interviewer; his Spectral Book of Horror story is the intriguingly titled “The
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Alison Moore’s Eastmouth
The fact that Alison Moore’s The Lighthouse was shortlisted for the Man Booker should tell you all you need to know about the quality of her work – but I just can’t resist adding a quote from Black Static’s Peter
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Reggie Oliver’s The Book and the Ring
Leading off this week’s Spectral Book of Horror Stories posts is the superbly talented Mr Reggie Oliver, playwright, author, biographer, actor and director. His Tartarus collection Mrs Midnight won the Dracula Society’s Children of the Night Award, and was a
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Tom Fletcher’s Slape
Tom Fletcher is the author of the novels The Leaping, The Thing on the Shore, and The Ravenclass (all from the lovely Jo Fletcher Books), as well as a host of short stories, including “Slape” from the Mark Morris edited
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Steve Rasnic Tem’s The Night Doctor
As a younger reader (back when dinosaurs walked the earth) I got my first taste of Steve Rasnic Tem’s fiction in the Giant Book of Vampires (edited by Steve Jones). The story was the slowly creeping “Vintage Domestic”, a tale that taps
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Alison Littlewood’s The Dog’s Home
Alison Littlewood is the author of the thoroughly unsettling A Cold Season, The Path of Needles, and The Unquiet House – it’s therefore entirely appropriate for her to be in The Spectral Book of Horror Stories! She’s been kind enough
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Cover Story: The Spectral Book of Horror Stories
Over at his website, artist Vincent Chong talks about the inspiration and process behind the cover for the upcoming Spectral Book of Horror Stories from Spectral Press, edited by Mark Morris.
Go here for the scoop.
Cover reveal: The Spectral Book of Horror Stories
And Vincent Chong has outdone himself yet again for The Spectral Book of Horror Stories.
Spectral Book of Horror Stories: John Llewellyn Probert’s The Life Inspector
Grand Master of Melodramatic Horror Mayhem, John Llewellyn Probert, (The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine is well worth the read) is one of the Spectral Book of Horror Stories authors and kindly answers some questions for us.
1. Can you remember
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