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 »
All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu (Head of Zeus, £20)In this thriller from award-winning author Liu, Julia Z wants to leave behind the notoriety she gained as a teenage... Read more »
Book News: Orbit launches horror imprint, Run for It
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Body horror is a genre that features the mutilation or transformation of the human body. Always graphic and usually grotesque, its trademark terrors range from dismemberment to cannibalism, which some authors use... Read more »