What The Night Knows by Dean Koontz Detective John Calvino is a man haunted by the events of a horrific childhood that he has shared with only his devoted and loving wife, artist painter, Nicolette. When Calvino visits a 14 years old killer, Billy Lucas, in prison, he begins to suspect that there is more […]
This is a relatively short compilation of clips in which King speaks frankly about his life and the processes he employs for writing. There are some great and revealing insights into his career. The author displays a great sense of timing as he recounts incidents, such as his visit to watch the movie adaptation of […]
Nightmare by Stephen Leather This is book 3 in the Jack Nightingale series and is yet another strong addition to what is one of the more unusual yet engrossing story-lines. Nightingale is a former cop with the London Met who doubled as a hostage negotiator. It was as a crisis manager that he first encountered […]
This light look at the two versions of the terrifying adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel, IT, compares the two different takes on the psycho clown, Pennywise. Only brave readers should look into this, as Pennywise may enter your dreams. You don’t want Pennywise in your dreams, do you? Enjoyed this? Why not […]
The Dark Half by Stephen King George Stark. Not a very nice guy. This is the tagline for King’s 1989 classic horror tale about a novelist and his uber-violent alter-ego. We can only hope that the premise of The Dark Half is not entirely auto-biographical. It begins with headaches suffered by 11 years old Thad […]
This is a brief list of quotes from possibly the greatest author ever to have lived. He is a person who makes you think. That would be a great epitaph to have. – If you care, give it a share –
Folk’d Up by Laurence Donaghy Part 2 of the wacky Irish trilogy is every bit as good (and wacky) as Part 1. The one-liners are as sharp, the pace frenetic, the plot an education. Danny Morrigan is in search of his missing girlfriend, Ellie, and their baby, Luke, snatched by the Faeries. But these are […]
A Game of Ghosts by John Connolly This is the latest (2017) in the popular Charlie Parker series, and continues Parker’s battles against the forces of darkness. Charlie Parker is a former cop turned private eye who lost both his wife and young daughter to a serial killer known as the Travelling Man. As Connolly […]
Burning Angel by James Lee Burke This is yet another episode in my Burke binge, and yet another that I thoroughly enjoyed. Louisiana Detective, Dave Robicheaux, is thrust onto a smorgasbord of mystery and terror as he meets up with Sonny Boy Marsallas, a New Orleans street hustler who has returned from exile in Latin […]
This ornamented list of Celtic paranormal creatures is one explanation of why North Americans see us the way they do. Tourists from the US often expect to trip over a leprechaun every day here, whilst running from the Dullahan and hearing the Banshee outside the whitewashed stone cottage with the thatched roof (no doubt after […]
This is one of Rebel Voice’s favourite poems. Although W.B. Yeats was an obnoxious arsehole by all accounts, he could still pen some beautiful verse. This is but one of them. Anyone who has travelled through the beautiful Irish county of Sligo will be aware of the scenery of which Yeats writes. The headline picture […]
The Three by Sarah Lotz Where do I start with this one? It was a dark and stormy night and the strong and angry wind blew ragged holes in my introduction. The Three is a difficult book to categorize. Is it supernatural, sci-fi, or just an examination of the human condition and sometimes tendency towards […]
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