The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan (Head of Zeus, £20) Better known as a film-maker, Jordan has never stopped writing novels. His latest opens in 2084 in rural Ireland, where... Read more »
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward (Viper, £16.99)The latest from the horror/crime virtuoso combines supernatural, psychological and all-too-human terrors in a tale drawing on elements ranging from Peter Pan to historic serial abusers.... Read more »
Godfall by Van Jensen (Bantam, £20)The debut novel by a popular comic-book writer is set in a small town in Nebraska, after the landing of a three-mile-long alien figure dubbed “the Giant”.... Read more »
Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz, £25)Yuri Gagarin, the Russian cosmonaut who was the first man in space, is reborn as a private eye on board the starship Halcyon as it draws... Read more »
There Is no Antimemetics Division by qntm (Del Rey, £18.99)There have been stories before about mysterious alien entities existing, hidden, within our world, and secret government departments tasked with protecting humanity. This... Read more »
Box office earnings in October have crashed to levels not seen since the late 1990s, with Halloween weekend becoming the worst of the year so far. According to a report in Variety,... Read more »
Living is hard emotional work – until you try dying. Alongside the rage many terminally ill people feel against the dying of the light, there are the memories that return to flagellate... Read more »
Andrew Michael Hurley The Summer People by Shirley Jackson I read this years ago and it’s a story that’s truly haunted me ever since. The titular “summer people” are the Allisons from... Read more »
Our fears turn feral when they have nowhere to go. South Korean author Bora Chung’s new short story collection plays with old horror tropes: endless corridors and looped staircases, exits that only... Read more »