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Post by franklinmarsh on Feb 15, 2017 8:55:05 GMT
Ramsey Campbell - The Entertainment
Jings! Been reading a bit of Ramsey recently, but this was seriously something else. Really skin-crawlingly creepy. Losing it a little towards the end as you realise what's happening, but the journey is frightening.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Feb 15, 2017 20:12:48 GMT
The Horse And The Hag
Hee! More aristocracy = bastards whilst obsequiously kowtowing to royalty. Must find that statue.
Simon Kurt Unsworth - The Poor Weather Crossings Company
A strange folk tale. invoking good old rain and the horrors of Morecambe Bay.
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Post by franklinmarsh on Mar 7, 2017 21:34:26 GMT
The Devil Dog Of Peel
Great big spectral hound on the Isle Of Man. When on form, he can actually cause you to age rapidly with fear
R.B. Russell - Brighthelmstone
Brighton! Young man missing his late father, is on hols with his mum whom he currently dislikes. She becomes addicted to bingo, leaving the youngster to his own devices. Things are OK, until he meets a knife-wielding bully...not really a horror story, despite some menace, but a very well-written nostalgic tale.
The Ghouls Of Bannane Head
Sawney Bean! 'Nuff said.
Robert Spalding - Men With False Faces
Bognor! Regis! Outrageously peculiar descent into madness story, with lots of false trails (Clowns! Mimes!) before the ...er...real 'men' are revealed. Enjoyed the ears on hedges.
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Post by fritzmaitland on Oct 26, 2021 5:29:21 GMT
Kate Farrell - The Sands Are Magic: A cheap camper-van holiday in Cornwall during the Queen's Silver Jubilee piles fresh tragedy upon a young army widow. Boyfriend Rob, a friend and colleague of her late husband, assures Susan that the kids, Lucy and Nicholas will love the beach at Fort Trewithen as it is "magic." The local council have another word for one particular stretch of sand, but lamentably, they've neglected to replace the weather beaten old warning sign. October 25th - The Sands Are Magic - Kate Farrell. Bleak is the word, but the doyenne of Quiet Horror once again draws you in to a realistic world, and inexorably moves toward tragedy. Nothing supernatural (?) or gory, just a wave of sadness for a woman who had surely suffered enough? I say that but you could argue that there's an element of slasher movie 'justice' here, and that Susan becomes a living 'ghost'... |
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