Monthly Archives: July 2016

The first part of a feature that originally appeared in Black Static #48:- H. P. LOVECRAFT SLEEPS WITH THE FISHES While most of us abhor his racist views, there is no denying that H. P. Lovecraft’s influence on the weird … Continue reading →

Three recently watched horror(ish) movies starring Dennis Quaid. Cold Creek Manor (2003) Dennis plays documentary maker Cooper Tilson, who moves to an isolated house in the country with wife Leah (Sharon Stone), daughter Kristen (Kristen Stewart, who presumably got the … Continue reading →

You have no idea who you’re dealing with, unless you watched the first three films in the franchise, that is.

A review that appeared on the old TTA website back in the in-between years:- NECROSCOPE: THE TOUCH by BRIAN LUMLEY Solaris paperback, 672pp, £7.99 When Ben Trask and the talents of E-Branch investigate the case of a grotesquely deformed corpse … Continue reading →

It’s been a crap out day, time wise. I spent most of it looking for a book that I want to review, but had mislaid, which is something that happens far too often in Chez Pete, though seldom on this … Continue reading →

Something a little different, courtesy of The Piano Guys.

Four reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #49:- DARKFUSE NOVELLAS While output may have reduced somewhat from a year or so back when they were releasing new titles at the rate of three or four a month, American publisher … Continue reading →

Weekend just gone, TAG had Wimbledon so I got to pick a bushel of DVDs featuring men with big choppers (innuendo intended), though actually, when I think about it, she picked one of them. Last Knights (2015) There’s a fantasy … Continue reading →

Going boldly where no-one has gone for at least three years.

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #1:- GOING BACK by TONY RICHARDS Elastic Press paperback, 168pp, £5.99 This latest collection from Elastic Press brings together fourteen stories by the talented and much underrated Richards, a writer who seems … Continue reading →