Author: Richard E. Rock

• REVIEW: THE LONG WALK by SLAVOMIR RAWICZ

  The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz, an account of the gruelling and tragic escape by six men from the Siberian gulag in 1941, can be read in one of two…

• “WHAT WAS HE EVEN DOING IN THIS MOVIE?” – WHY THE BATMAN FAILED

  Before you go any further, this article contains major spoilers, so if you haven’t seen this movie, and you intend to, then don’t go any further. Have they gone? Good.…

• ‘HANGING WAS A VERY UNRELIABLE FORM OF EXECUTION’ – A REVIEW OF SWANSEA MIRACLE BY ANN MARIE THOMAS

  Swansea Miracle by Ann Marie Thomas tells the gruesome story of one William Crach, a ‘notorious brigand and evildoer’, who was hanged in Swansea in 1290. Later that night, he…

• Review: Death & Other Dances by Carla Harvey

  The beauty of a good book is that it’s transportative. It can take you to places you have never been and may never go. It can introduce you to people…

• Review: ANIMUS by Polly J. Mordant

  In Animus we return to the anti-Dibley (aka the village of Flammark) of author Polly J. Mordant’s gruesome imagination to catch up with our traumatised hero Emma Blake, her gifted…

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• MY FRIEND IMPOSTER SYNDROME

  My life changed the day I read an article about Imposter Syndrome in a newspaper. That’s me, I thought. That’s what’s been ‘wrong’ with me all these years! In truth,…

• QUENTIN TARANTINO AND THE ART OF THE FILM/TV TIE-IN NOVEL

  “Do you have the novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino in stock, please?” I asked the chap behind the counter in my local Waterstones. “Over…

• REVIEW: HAVE COURAGE DEAR HEART by LIV KRISTINE

  Imagine sinking into a warm, luxurious bath full of silky, caressing bubbles while, around you, sweetly scented candles gently illuminate the room with a soft, orange light. That right there…

• WHY THE ZOMBIE IS THE BOGEYMAN FOR THE MODERN AGE

  In this extract from my debut horror novel DEEP LEVEL, Roz, who is enjoying breakfast with her friends Syeeda and Ffion, offers up a theory on a particular aspect of…