RICHARD E. ROCK

The blurb: If books could kill…The 1970s and ’80s were a glorious time for paperback horror novels…if you enjoy tales of Satanic sex cults, homicidal ghost clowns, man-eating slugs and Nazi leprechauns. Don’t be afraid! Just hold the hand of horror author Grady Hendrix as he guides you through this forgotten horror fiction boom. With…

The blurb: Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns to investigate the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town. In this thrilling novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries. The review: When it comes to brand…

Do you believe in ghosts? It doesn’t matter if you don’t. It’s not a requirement for the enjoyment a ghost tour, especially when it’s of somewhere as imposing, gothic and atmospheric as Margam Castle. To be clear, this event was not a ghost hunt, it was a tour. An opportunity for myself and my girlfriend…

To celebrate International Book Lovers Day this Wednesday 9th August – for one day only – my rip-roaring sci-fi horror mash-up novel FRENZY ISLAND will be free to download on Amazon. The blurb: “The boat hit shore at 09:27 EAT. We can be exact on this because it was picked up by the perimeter cameras.…

While soaking up this album it occurred to me exactly what it is about gothic metal that I love; it’s the decadence. Gothic metal at its best is seductive, lavish, sensuous and melodramatic, and River of Diamonds really is gothic metal at its best. This is the sixth studio album from multi-talented Norwegian vocalist extraordinaire…

The blurb: One year on from the day the shadows shifted – showing people their truest selves instead of just their shapes – best friends Teddy, Betsy and Effie plan to risk all and watch the winter sun rise over Copperwell, in defiance of the Shadow Order. But from their hidden vantage point the three…

The blarb: Whilst the town has always avoided the castle, it’s always seemed a peaceful, if eerie place. Now, since Nathaniel’s death, there seems to be a sense of…evil around it. Like Nathaniel’s death has opened a door and let the monsters out. The Curse of Ravenhall is an epistolary historic, gothic horror set in…

I have never been asked to give writing advice, and if there’s any justice in the world I never will be. But even if I was, my rampant imposter syndrome would prevent me from answering. Even with two novels published, I don’t feel even remotely qualified to hand out advice. That said, I have no…

The blurb: Kalb Ward slaughters dogs for the Colony, a closed, dystopian society where resources are tight, free speech is nonexistent, and those in power have eyes and ears everywhere. Ward desperately wants to quit his grisly job, but he knows he’ll be arrested, or worse, if he tries. In the Colony, a citizen’s future…

The blurb: It’s 31st October 2041 in England. On her twenty-fifth birthday, Essie Glass still grieves for her family, killed by a terrorist bomb when she was just sixteen. The signs of humanity and climate in decline are everywhere. Roads and communities crumble, floods and fires blight the landscape, and the sea reclaims the islands…