Monthly Archives: August 2016

Haven’t heard much about this, but it looks promising.

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #13:- Charlie Williams: Stairway to Hell (Serpent’s Tail paperback, 281pp, £7.99) Rik Suntan is a club singer in the boondocks town of Warchester with ideas way above his station. While Rik’s life … Continue reading →

Not John Frusciante’s best work, but still better than most of everything else, and call me a sentimental fool but I happen to think the video is brilliant, a real tearjerker.

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #13:- Christopher Fowler: On the Loose (Doubleday hardback, 352pp, £16.99) The last Bryant & May book ended on a bleak note for London’s Peculiar Crimes Unit, and the opening of this one … Continue reading →

I always feel a little bit proprietorial regarding this franchise, as many years ago I planned to write a story titled “Der Tag” along similar lines. Unfortunately I never got any further than the title, which is why my lawyers … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #12:- John Llewellyn Probert: The Catacombs of Fear (Gray Friar Press paperback, 179pp, £8) A sequel of sorts to The Faculty of Terror, Probert’s third collection shares the ingenious structure of that … Continue reading →

This will get you up and bouncing.

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #16:- TWISTHORN BELLOW by Rhys Hughes Atomic Fez paperback, 304pp, £11.99 Rhys Hughes describes this book as ‘the maddest thing I’ve ever written’, and although I haven’t read all of Hughes’ work … Continue reading →

Seems like they picked the wrong blind guy.

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #11:- Gord Rollo: Crimson (Leisure paperback, 326pp, $7.99) Johnathan Page and his mother move to the Canadian town of Dunnville, unaware that the farmhouse they occupy has a foreboding history – it … Continue reading →