Haunting Hallowe’en Countdown: Death Omens
Join me over the coming weeks, as I unravel some of the most chilling myths and legends in the world…
Category: Horror
Horror Clichés: Part Two
As regular readers of this blog will know, I’ve been busy moving house of late, which is why I’ve been so quiet recently. But my favourite festival, Hallowe’en, is upon us, and so I decided to pull myself away from my cardboard boxes for just long enough to write a celebratory blog post. I toyed… Continue reading Horror Clichés: Part Two
Staying Undead: Gothic Fiction
It seems like yesterday that I was bemoaning the onset of winter. Now, summer is almost upon us (or at least it is here in Italy, where 25°C is considered a perfectly reasonable May temperature). And summer is, in my mind, associated with one thing above all else: the Edinburgh eBook Festival, masterminded by the… Continue reading Staying Undead: Gothic Fiction
Be Afraid, be Ever so Slightly Afraid
Horror is a disreputable yet strangely durable genre. It is attacked, disparaged, and often simply ignored; and yet it is defiantly alive, or at least stubbornly undead. What better time than Hallowe’en to examine its curious appeal, its many tricks and treats?
Horror Clichés: the Ghostly Tropes that Never Die
If there’s one thing that my years as a horror fan have taught me, it’s how to survive in the event of a massacre, zombie apocalypse, or demonic possession. Yep, horror clichés are so unanimous that they can only be based on a set of universal truths! Put it this way: if any of the… Continue reading Horror Clichés: the Ghostly Tropes that Never Die
It’s Out! (And Not a Moment too Soon…)
There were times when I thought I’d never make it.
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