In August 2024 I attended a free one-day convention organised by Indie Horror Chapter in Birmingham, a gathering of self-published authors g...

Dangerous Animals, by Sean Byrne (Independent Film Company) Tucker's shark experience! In my birthday wishes to Jaws ' (1975...

Envy is a 45-page, eight-chapter novella, the first in a series of seven about the deadly sins, self-published by the author (with a nod to...

Short film quartet relies on shifting views, restrained performances and subtle humour to encourage reflection and underscore the complexity...

Liam Munhoz is an insanely attractive young man, twenty years old, from Maywood, the third smallest city in LA County. Reserved in some ways...

In the early 21st century, automation went into high gear and robots took over the menial jobs. Then they took over all the other jobs as we...

Jurassic World Rebirth, by Gareth Edwards (Universal Pictures)   Three times three? Jurassic World Rebirth is the seventh instalment i...

The Hamlet is a fairly good mosaic novella, telling a series of stories about the people in a small rural community in Scotland, close to a...

Last week I reviewed (and recommended) two of Mark Valentine’s essay collections, Borderlands & Otherworlds and Sphinxes & Obelisks ...

Phillip Corbus is an artist, a profession which suits him because post-war headaches make it difficult for him to work in a sustained way in...

Psychoanalysts take heed: hints of the divine surface in quagmire of confused children, mentally ill mothers, and strained relationships.  W...

Borderlands and Otherworlds by Mark Valentine, Tartarus Press, limited edition hardback, £45.00, 17 June 2025, ISBN 9781912586684 Sphinxes...

Rowany Angelica Marten de Vere was born on Mars, and although the gravity on her version of Mars isn’t as light as in our universe, she woul...

Rollerball, by Norman Jewison (20 th Century Fox)   Another Golden Anniversary. While Jaws turned fifty with much hype and fanfare las...

Fifty years ago today, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) was released into the wild, into the world, and into the film industry and its golden...

Game of Thrones,  HBO, 8 seasons, April 2011-May 2019, £9.99 (monthly subscription rate) Fantasy at its finest. I’ve been wanting to wri...

The Spectral Link   by Thomas Ligotti Subterranean Press, 94pp, £11.80, June 2014, ISBN 9781596066502   This review was first publishe...

Mr Mercedes by Stephen King Hodder & Stoughton, 416pp, £20.00, June 2014, ISBN 9781444788624   This review was first published in...