Author: Richard E. Rock

• “A Melody So Warm It’s Like A Hug.” – Enter My Religion by Liv Kristine Reviewed

  For the uninitiated, Liv Kristine is a Norwegian singer who, as lead vocalist in Theatre of Tragedy and Leaves’ Eyes, helped to define the gothic heavy metal subgenre. She has…

• All Aboard For FRENZY ISLAND: An Insight Into My Forthcoming Novel

  Just as my first novel, Deep Level, began with a nightmare, so did this one. Actually, scratch that. The journey to Frenzy Island began with a series of them. There…

• “None of these women stood a chance.” – The Ladies of Whitechapel by Denise Bloom reviewed

  Whitechapel 1888 was no place for a lady. Not only were poverty, disease, crime and alcoholism rife, but there was a notorious killer on the loose whose savagery, it seemed,…

• “So brilliantly written that it made my head spin.” – Billy Summers by Stephen King reviewed

  Early on in this novel, Stephen King identifies the ‘one last job’ trope in crime fiction as a sub genre in its own right. And, as he points out, that…

• “I feel a richer person for picking up this novel.” – JERUSALEM by Alan Moore reviewed

  Does Alan Moore, the impressively bearded sage of Northampton, even need an introduction? Regardless, he’s getting one anyway. He’s the enigmatic writer who revolutionised the comic book industry with such…

• “I felt like I needed to be deloused.” – THE MALIGNANT DEAD by CL Raven reviewed

  McCrae stalks the streets of his city in a creepy beaked mask and a hooded cloak, looking for all the damned world like a demonic crow. The downtrodden denizens call…

• “Filmmaking. It’s a dirty business. Who knew?” – FORSAKEN by William Nesbitt reviewed

  Alright, I admit it. I have a problem. I just can’t let this damn movie go. I’m talking of course of the 1994 unreleased adaption of Marvel’s The Fantastic Four,…

• “I even love the cover!” WE NEVER MAKE MISTAKES by Alexander Solzhenitsyn reviewed

  We Never Make Mistakes is a collection of two novellas by one of Russia’s greatest ever novelists. The first story, An Incident at Krechetovka Station, concerns an officious and somewhat…

• “A downward spiral of madness, violence and sleaze.” SEEKING THE DARK by Paula R.C. Readman reviewed

  Hard boiled journalist Jake Eldritch is embroiled in an on/off relationship with Mariana, the tough but sympathetic proprietor of a nightclub. It’s in this nightclub that Jake first spots Amanita,…

• “It’s a meta experience.” THE DOOMED JOURNAL by Mark Sikes reviewed

  In the interests of full disclosure, I feel I must begin this book review by stating that I have a borderline obsession with the movie it deals with. If you…