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Filler content with spooky anthos

This trio of reviews appeared in Black Static #35:- GHOSTS: THE ANTHOLOGIES With an introduction discussing the history and popularity of ghost stories at Christmas by Johnny Mains, THE 13 GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS (Spectral Press hb/pb, 201pp, £27/£12.50) is editor … Continue reading

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Filler content with anthologies

These reviews appeared in Black Static #33:- ANTHOLOGIES Just as editor Ellen Datlow gets round to revealing her picks for 2012, with a fashionable lateness I get round to reviewing her 2011 choices in THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR … Continue reading

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2012: The Story So Far – Second Quarter

Back in April I did a list of my favourite books of the year so far, and as it’s now July time for another update. I read twenty five books in the first quarter of the year, a figure that … Continue reading

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“At Night, When the Demons Come” by Ray Cluley

Published in Black Static #20, this story was selected by Ellen Datlow for The Best Horror of the Year Volume Three. Ray Cluley‘s third story in the magazine, it is somewhat more plot driven and in your face than the … Continue reading

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2011 – The Story So Far

For the first quarter of the year I read thirty books (though I didn’t actually finish some of those started in March until April – this morning, in fact). I thought it might be interesting to compile a list of … Continue reading

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“The Obscure Bird” by Nicholas Royle

This story from Black Static #18 marked Nicholas Royle‘s second appearance in the magazine, after “Salt” in #4, and from memory Royle was a regular contributor to The Third Alternative. It was picked by Ellen Datlow for The Best Horror of … Continue reading

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“The Morning After” by Carole Johnstone

This story first appeared in Black Static #3 back in January 2008, and I read it ahead of the stories by women in #2 because it was a three page story and I only had a three page window of … Continue reading

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