Ray Bradbury is considered one of the best sci-fi authors of the 20th Century, though he wrote far more than just sci-fi. I would prefer,...

Probably the most over- represented figure in horror fiction is the suave and sophisticated vampire, and once you have read one you have...

Much has been said about the tales of Robert Aickman, but his own simple description I find best, he called them his ‘strange stories’ ,...

Though overshadowed by the film, many people don’t realise what a great work of religious horror William Peter Blatty’s source material...

In the opinion of myself and others much better qualified, Oliver Onions wrote one of the ‘all-time great’ weird tales, ‘The Beckoning...

The first paragraph of Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ is one of my favourite starts to a book ever, as, without ruining...

Far and away my ‘go to guy’ for anything dark and decrepit, has always been the great Edgar Allan Poe. Being a man of his time, he writes...

You’re going to die up there. In the Big Darkness, with Pin-wheeling galaxies that Can only glare at each other Over unnecessary...

The dusky, warm air blows on my face as my wife, Seema, and Mangara our cook, travel to Simba Hill game reserve, 32 sandy miles south of...

I was finished with this town. Things had gone well and I had made a nice bit of cash, but it was time to move on. As I glanced around...

Edward was startled by the sudden screech of brakes. He stood up carefully, rubbing his arthritic knee and shuffled to the window. He...

Over the bridge, down the steps then I’m back on the path. The mist is thick. I can’t see the far side. It’s very closed in. I’m closed...