Review of ‘Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird’ edited by Daisy Butcher and Janette Leaf

Sixteen tales of entomological horror – ‘scary bugs’ to the layperson – spanning 1846 to 1938. And they’re 99.9% spider-free!…

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Review of ‘Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles’ edited by Emily Alder, Joan Passey and Jimmy Packham

“We’re all going on a… horror holiday!” A collection of scary seaside stories, carefully curated to give a flavour of…

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Review of ‘Classic Science Fiction Stories’ edited by Adam Roberts

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library series, this volume presents science fiction from before the ‘golden age’ and is a…

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Review of ‘Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic’ edited by Daisy Butcher

Villainous vines, odious orchids and terrifying trees run riot through this creepy collection. They are almost as frightening as the…

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Review of ‘Beyond Time’ edited by Mike Ashley

If you could travel in time, would you visit the past or the future? I think I’d prefer the past.…

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Review of ‘Short Stories from the 19th Century’ selected by David Stuart Davies

This collection of fifteen short stories is a good read, although it could be better. In my opinion, only seven…

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