Horror Writer and Historian
“Being afraid of something is different from paranoia. I’m not afraid of traveling on the underground, but when I am there, fear rides along beside me.” So begins my latest short story Needle. If you are intrigued, you can read the full story in Tales of Fear, Superstition, and Doom, the newest anthology from Redwood … Continue reading “Tales of Fear” Anthology Out Now
Death Lines: Walking London’s Horror History is shipping now with Strange Attractor Press in the UK, and shortly through MIT Press in the US. Orders through the Strange Attractor Press web store will include a set of 8 postcard maps drawn by Natalie Kay-Thatcher, while stocks last! The first walking guide to London’s role in … Continue reading “Death Lines” is Out Now
How far would you go to experience something unique? I am thrilled and excited to have my latest horror short story “Exclusive” in the latest issue of Audience Askew. The journal itself is for and about the unusual, and this story is a match made in heaven (hell? the otherworld?) for the magazine. The Autumn … Continue reading Latest Story in Audience Askew
What would October be without someone talking about Stephen King’s stories and movies – this time it’s me! It was very exciting, and great fun, to visit The Constant Reader podcast to talk with Richard about King’s fascinating short story “Crouch End” as well as London horror more generally and my upcoming book Death Lines: … Continue reading Talking Crouch End, Death Lines and London Horror with”The Constant Reader”
I had the great pleasure of appearing again on A Year In Horror for their podcast on 1992. What London Horror film came out in 1992? The controversial and devastatingly beautiful Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film may insist on the Gothic Novel in the title, but it has a bit of a love-hate relationship with … Continue reading A Year in Horror 1992
Lauren Jane Barnett 