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james everington scattershot writing james everington scattershot writing the triumph of everington s first novel is that while hinting at lofty literary precedents it cumulatively takes on an unsettling voice all of its own the guardian 7 23 2026 the locum executioner in dark lane 14 a quick note to say that dark lane 14 which contains my story the locum executioner alongside other dark goodies is out now in ebook paperback to follow shortly this particular story is a bit different i think to whatever a typical everington story might be i came up with the title first which i never normally do and the whole story including it s real world not quite setting came to me really quickly and easily which again never normally happens dark lane anthology 14 uk us email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 4 06 2026 blood in the bricks wins bsfa award the fabulous blood in the bricks anthology of which i am a small part with my story the call has won the bsfa award for best collection amazing news and huge congratulations to editor supreme neil williamson all the other authors and newcon press head honcho ian wates so if you like tales of urban folk horror then what else are you waiting for email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels blood in the bricks bsfa award ian whates neil williamson newcon press 3 26 2026 defensive wounds out today my third collection defensive wounds other stories is officially out today defensive wounds the cuts and scratches we suffer trying to ward off harm to fend off doom if only for a last moment defensive wounds and other stories brings together 17 haunting and haunted stories from author james everington in these tales you ll find monstrous insects strange men in the woods visions born of heatstroke and heartache and a very strange love affair indeed and you ll find characters who in their attempts to deny death and loss and despair suffer the wounds of doing so even as their efforts ultimately prove futile buy here black shuck books amazon waterstones email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels big head black shuck books defensive wounds other stories 3 05 2026 recommendation incarnate by ramsey campbell flame tree press have recently reissued ramsey campbell s classic eighties novel incarnate disclaimer they sent me a free copy of the book to review but as anyone who s read my thoughts on ramsey campbell before that was hardly a big gamble on their part incarnate is a long novel by campbell s standards and a complex one with multiple narrators but at its heart is a simple concept eleven years ago several people participated in an experiment on precognitive dreams and now something from those forgotten dreams seems to be infecting their waking lives and reality itself and it s driving them to come together again cue some classic ramsey campbell scenes where the characters and the reader struggle to distinguish just what is real just what the horror they are trying to resist actual is these nebulous frights are grounded both by campbell s always superb prose and the mundane grubby real lives of the characters the people being haunted by that long ago experiment are a single mother a cinema projectionist a care home worker the closest the novel has to a central antagonist molly wolfe has a slightly more glamorous job as a tv assistant but even that is shown warts and all and the novel s dream like intrusions don t contrast the characters practical grimy lives but echo them they prey on secret fears and longings the grief of freda for her long dead lover the sad revenge fantasies of the repressed danny swain molly s attempt to uncover the truth about a case of police brutality the horror in incarnate is with a few standout exceptions not based on physical threat but the escalating doubt and uncertainty about what is true and real indeed the dreams in the book affect the reader as well as the characters as i found myself constantly doubting things i d previous thought true incarnate inverses that old cop out it was all just a dream here realising something you d assumed real was actually a dream makes things more scary not less even more so when characters haven t the same realisation as you several great scenes here centre on characters making mistakes because of something they ve dreamt but think was all too real what is definitely true is that incarnate is a brilliant horror novel even compared the rest of campbell s exceptional body of work it s one of his best longer works and the fact it sustains its atmosphere of low key doubt and existential dread for so long and so well is a testament to great literary skill and craft its reissue by flame tree press is surely a real dream come true buy incarnate here email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels flame tree press ramsey campbell recommendation older posts home subscribe to posts atom pages novels novellas 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