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- BOOK REVIEW: NO LONGER HUMAN – OSAMU DAZAI
For me, true horror, the darkest terror imaginable, exists in our own minds. Put me up against a ghost, a vampire, a werewolf, or even a bloke wearing a mask of other people’s skin with chainsaw, and I’m pretty much happy to take my chances, but allow the darkest thoughts to take over, to oppress… Read more: BOOK REVIEW: NO LONGER HUMAN – OSAMU DAZAI - WHO IS THE GOD OF WANKING?
Many people who read my work see it as a series of bizarre and surreal aberrations, but the truth is there’s often a healthy dose of reality in there. Memories and experiences from my life litter the pages. Such an example is the God of Wanking from, and this might surprise you, The God of… Read more: WHO IS THE GOD OF WANKING? - BOOK REVIEW: RINGROCK – STEPHEN BARNARD
I was initially drawn to Ringrock by Stephen A Barnard due to him referencing ‘rituals and religion’ in one the prerelease blurbs. Well, I’m a sucker for rituals and religion, especially when they’re a bit off-kilter, so I was interested to see where it went. The Ringrock journey did not turn out to be what… Read more: BOOK REVIEW: RINGROCK – STEPHEN BARNARD - DID MY FATHER INFLUENCE POL POT?
I’ve never been backward in talking about my strange upbringing. Indeed, some of it has been documented in print! However, for me, there remain unanswered questions, even to this day. When Pol Pot hit the headlines in the late 1970s, I’d just left home. As the tales of his atrocities were unveiled to the Western… Read more: DID MY FATHER INFLUENCE POL POT? - BOOK REVIEW: RUN RED – R.J. DALY
This was a first-time read of anything by R.J. Daly, and Run Red didn’t disappoint. It’s a short, sharp, stingingly brutal smack in the teeth, and it delivers its narrative in an accomplished and well sculpted way. In any work of this genre (extreme and brutal horror), there always has to be an element of… Read more: BOOK REVIEW: RUN RED – R.J. DALY
