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THE HORROR OF MY LIFE BY PAUL MELHUISH
I have had two novels and one collection of stories published so far. Terminus (a novel) and Unauthorized Contact (A collection) came out in 2011 and 2012 respectively published by Greyhart Press. My...
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Something From Nothing by lex jones
In the beginning there was nothingness, and the nothingness was without form or substance. It was a calm and quiet time. But my brain, being not of the neuro-typical variety, decided that this was an...
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CHILDHOOD FEARS: CHILDREN OF FEAR BY JOHN F LEONARD
John was born in England and grew up in the industrial midlands where he learned to love scrawny cats, the sound of scrapyard dogs and the rattle and clank of passing trains. He studied English, Art...
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THE HORROR OF MY LIFE BY SAM KURD
Greetings, horror hounds! My name is Sam Kurd, and I'm here to review horror and chew bubblegum, and my bubblegum supplies are running low. I'm a budding screenwriter based in Nottingham, and one day...
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HELP BRING MY LIFE IN HORROR TO PRINT! GIVE KIT THE POWER
As Kit Power’s My Life In Horror column enters it’s 6th and final year, a new IndyGoGo campaign aims to bring Volume One to print for the first time! Here’s Kit with the details: “I’d always planned...
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NATHAN MCCULLOUGH: FACING AND EMBRACING MY FEARS
Nearly 30 years ago, an American vice-presidential candidate introduced himself at a debate with this question: Who am I, and why am I here?If it's good enough for a guy trying to be second in line...
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THE HORROR OF HUMANITY: WE WILL ROCK YOU (OUR WAY) BY DAN WEATHERER
This is the first piece I have written in many months.Reading that sentence back is both liberating and terrifying in equal measure. Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noisePlaying in the street, gonna...
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UNHEIMLICH MANOEVURES IN THE DARK, A COVER REVEAL FOR TWO BOOKS FROM TRACY FAHEY
The Sinister Horror Company are proud to reveal the covers of two forthcoming titles, The Unheimlich Manoeuvre Deluxe Edition and Unheimlich Manoevures In The Dark, both by Irish horror writer, Tracy...
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HORROR BLOGGER FAMILY: JANINE'S GHOST STORIES
It might sound like a cliché, but I have always loved horror, right from childhood. For me, it is part morbid fascination and part sheer fear-factor. I am one of the only scary story writers that I...
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THE BEST ADVICE YOU’LL EVER IGNORE BY DAVID COURT
I’ve suffered from anxiety and depression for more than a decade now. It all started with a panic attack that I thought was a heart attack and led to an interesting ten years or so finding the...
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COVER REVEAL: GET YOUR TICKETS FOR JOHN MCNEE'S DOOM CABARET
The Sinister Horror Company are proud to reveal the cover of our forthcoming title John McNee’s Doom Cabaret by John McNee which will be released on the 24th April 2020, with an early release at...
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THE HORROR OF HUMANITY: IMPOSTOR SYNDROME BY PENNY JONES
I have terrible Impostor Syndrome, not just in relation to my writing but in almost every aspect of my life, (I spent a year thinking that a group of writers hated me (they didn’t) because they said...
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THE FABRIC OF SURREALITY – THE HORROR OF PETER STRICKLAND
A warning in advance; this essay will have more spoilers than the Kentucky Georgetown Toyota factory, so read on at your peril if you haven’t seen either Berberian Sound Studio or In Fabric and have...
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THE HORROR OF HUMANITY: Whose Hand Am I Holding Anxiety, Horror and The...
Everyone gets nervous. Everybody worries. Whether it’s jangled nerves the first day before a new job or nights spent years later worrying whether that job is going to pay the bills, nervousness and...
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WHO IS ELLEN RIPLEY? BY TABATHA WOOD: WOMEN IN HORROR MONTH
On a superficial level, I was immediately struck by her physical appearance. Sigourney Weaver is a striking woman, but not stereotypically “pretty.” I was 15 when I first watched Aliens, and 22 by the...
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THE HORROR OF HUMANITY: brands that serve to de-humanise and isolate BY Dave...
As you read this, I will have just retired from a 35-year career as a mental health professional in the National Health Service (NHS). During this time, I have worked with some of the most...
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THE HORROR OF HUMANITY: THE BLACK DOG A SHORT STORY BY TRACY FAHEY: WITH...
= The day I pull my own hair so hard I cry, I know it can’t go on. Or to be more precise, that I can’t go on. Everything has become muddled and chaotic, infused with anxiety. I operate in a panicky...
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THE HORROR OF HUMANITY: THE FALLACY OF THE CLIQUE BY J. R. PARK
Clique: a small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them. Fallacy: mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments. Definitions taken from the...
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THE DANGER IN THE DARKNESS: WRITING AND DEPRESSION
I would assume that by visiting this particular site, and reading this article, that many of you are horror writers. That will probably give an insider view into my opening question: How would you...
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THE HORROR OF HUMANITY: WHEN WORDS DON’T COME EASY
As writers, we all experience the same phenomena, I imagine, where the words just don’t come easy but we’re up against a deadline, or trying to hit an insane daily word count, a quota we’ve foolishly...
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