Bazterrica created a clinical, brutal, horrific dystopia that made me mentally and physically squirm.
On reading: The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk
Palahniuk’s back with a dark, satirical commentary on the entertainment business and the machine that grinds the sheen
On reading: The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier
Panatier paints a refreshing, original dystopia that’s going to get your blood pumping (sorry).
On reading: Afterland by Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes is back with her latest novel Afterland – a post-pandemic masterclass in pacing, with characters you’re going to want to hang out with, go for beers with, cry with.
Breakfast with Bobby at the Arcanist
My horror flash fiction Breakfast with Bobby has been published over at the brilliant The Arcanist
On reading: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Beautiful and quietly disturbing, The Memory Police is a book you’ll want to linger over.
On reading: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
Oh brings us a a beautiful, touching, tragic yet hopeful journey into space, and I want more.
On reading: The Living Dead by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus
Kraus brings Romero’s zombie novel to life, in what can’t help but be a classic of the genre.
Never too old for teddy bears (with teeth)
On getting another year older.
