Horror

Blog Tour: Until Summer Comes Around by Glenn Rolfe

May 22, 2020 Yvonne 1 Comment

I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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Until Summer Comes Around by Glenn Rolfe
Published by Flame Tree Press on May 21, 2020
ISBN: 9781787583924
Genres: Fiction, Occult & Supernatural, Thrillers, Supernatural
Pages: 288
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five stars - Blog Tour: Until Summer Comes Around by Glenn Rolfe

"Rolfe is the real deal, folks, and anything he writes is well worth checking out." - Gord Rollo, author of The Jigsaw Man and The Crucifixion Experiments
When fifteen year old Rocky Zukas meets a mysterious dark-haired girl named November, his world is forever changed. The young couple falls under the spell of summer love, but not everyone approves. November's brother, Gabriel, is the keeper of the family's secret, and big brother is always watching, growing more sinister as his bloodlust gets the best of him. Directing his attention to Rocky's family, Gabriel aims to make sure little sister knows who is in charge.
FLAME TREE PRESSis the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

Don’t you just love a sweet and innocent coming of age story? Yeah, neither do I. If you love your coming of age stories to be full of blood, guts, and a creeping dread, then absolutely pick up Until Summer Comes Round. It blasts you with those feel good eighties summer vibes – the feeling that summer would never end. It just has that bonus of vampires and the spilling of blood. There is so much packed into this novel written by the immensely talented Glenn Rolfe. Every word has been deliberately chosen and they come to life with such a sinister prevalence that you feel the need to look over your own shoulder.

I knew that this book was going to be a hypnotising work of art. I picked up my kindle, took a deep breath and lay my trust in Rolfe, although he might just scare the brown stuff clean out of you, he will give the experience of a lifetime. He won’t let you down. Until Summer Comes Round is like being reintroduced to an old friend – if Michael Myers was the benchmark for friendship. The plot promises to reel you in, hook, line, and sinker with his narrative of an addictive plotline which is tainted with evil, blood and a resounding feeling of fate.

This superb vampire tale is set in 1986 in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Rocky, our protagonist has previously enjoyed spending his summer days hanging around the arcade and blowing money on junk food with his cousin Axel. Nothing exciting ever takes place in their quiet town. Just once he wishes something would liven the place up, well you should be careful what you wish for.

Fast forward to a serious case of sun stroke and a mysterious girl named November. There a mutual attraction and they seem to have a lot in common. The same music tastes and a penchant for all things geeky. They spend a lot of time together, swimming, larking around and eating junk food, its too good to be true. Not only are they only in his beach town for the summer but November, her brother, Gabriel, and their mother are harbouring a horrific secret – They are vampires.

Glenn Rolfe captured so accurately the feelings and emotions of what it is like being that age. We see elements of denial, love, anger, and change. We can’t fight against the raging storm these emotions pull at and the author doesn’t try to. The human side of his characters bring the reader inexorably closer to the story – the words reach out to us, looking for a connection.

Until Summer Comes Around is extremely character driven, and its raw compulsive nature is visceral. The author has nailed the complicated nature of human beings and the evil of supernatural beings. Two stories interweaved that ramp up the adrenaline. Gripping from the very start and I was more than happy to open the door into this sinister world and experience everything it had to offer.

Thanks to Anne Cater @Random Things Tours for my spot on the blog tour.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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“A vital part of this generation.” – Brian Keene, author of THE COMPLEX and THE RISING

Glenn Rolfe is an author from the haunted woods of New England. He has studied Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University and continues his education in the world of horror by devouring the novels of Stephen King, Richard Laymon, Brian Keene, Jack Ketchum, and many others. He and his wife, Meghan, have three children, Ruby, Ramona, and Axl. He is grateful to be loved despite his weirdness.

He is a Splatterpunk Award nominee and the author of The Window, Becoming, Blood and Rain, The Haunted Halls, Chasing Ghosts, Abram’s Bridge, Things We Fear, Boom Town, and the collections, Slush and Land of Bones.
Look for his next novel, Until Summer Comes Around, coming from Flame Tree Press in 2020.

He is hard at work on many more. Stay tuned!

Twitter: @grolfehorror
www.Patreon/GetRolfed

Glenn Rolfe

Blog Tour: Switchboard by Andrew Post

May 14, 2020 Yvonne 1 Comment

I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence.

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Switchboard by Andrew Post
Published by JournalStone on February 28, 2020
ISBN: 9781950305179
Genres: Fiction, Horror
Pages: 198
Format: eBook
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four stars - Blog Tour: Switchboard by Andrew Post

It's only as haunted as you are.

After two raids turn up zero evidence, narcotics detective Dwayne Spare infiltrates a crumbling apartment building where a suspected manufacturer of krokodil is hiding--but finds something much worse. The chemist Gerald Metzger isn't after money; he's lulling his most 'dedicated' customers into catatonia, to make contact with an eldritch being.

When Dwayne's cover is blown, he becomes Metzger's new test subject, an involuntary pilgrim into a world where "it's all just in your head" is far from a reassuring statement.

Switchboard is one of those novels that leave you asking a predominate question – What the fuck did I just read? This is in no way a negative emotion. I was immersed into the seedy underbelly of the plot in which time had no relevance, so, I didn’t have an opportunity to fully process the implications and the impact the themes brought about within me. Within the box that Andrew Post created was essentially a haunted house story but with a visceral edge that completely unseated you and crafted so superbly that you felt as though your brain had developed an unreachable itch.

Police Lieutenant Dwayne Spare has obsessed his entire career about catching notorious cook/chemist, Gerald Metzger. His focus is entirely singular and all previous attempts at catching him have failed but now, he has the opportunity to go undercover and finally nail him with every charge he can muster. The place – Dunsany Arms apartments. The suspicion – the manufacture of the street drug – Krokodil ( I did my own research, having never heard of the drug before and boy did I get my eyes opened. Never has another drug terrified me as much. Rotting limbs and appendages sent a chill through me).

At this point the narrative in Switchboard seems straight forward, right? Buckle up soldiers. Dwayne is found out and pumped full of Krokodil, a test subject if you will. The victims are used to turn them into a telephone line that can connect to a despicable otherworldly creature. The experience of reading Switchboard was ethereal. The author has managed to confuse time, reality and dreams into a hazy glow. The reader can try as they might to see through the fog it just becomes thicker and it will suffocate you before allowing its secrets to be revealed.

Dwayne is not the only helpless victim that seems to be captive to this fate. We are also introduced to paraplegic surgeon, Connie and body mutilated Jack, the drugs runner. Their struggle was also futile and have given up in their struggle, the power exerted over them limitless. The characters emitted a sense of desperation and although I wanted character arcs that would come full circle and see them getting a happy ever after, this isn’t going to happen and if you think it is then, well, you haven’t been paying attention.

Post has created such a deliciously dark tale that brings the horror of human existence and how one can fall far. Some scenes are absolutely repulsive, but he does emit small amounts of light into the story that give you the smallest amount of hope that things might turn out alright. It might seem as though things take inordinate amount of time to make sense but please stick with it. The mechanics of the story connect with such intelligent execution that you have an extreme sense of satisfaction at having stuck and stayed faithful to the story.

Switchboard is larger than life. A story that examines the human condition and the lengths it will go to when lost within its own psyche. Andrew Posts characters, whether they be relatable or pure evil are completely believable.

Thanks to Anne Cater @ Random Things Book Tours for my spot on the blog tour.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Andrew Post was born in Erie, Pennsylvania (imagine Eraserhead but in color). While he was honing his craft as a writer (those early stories were awful) he worked in a gift shop in one of the scuzziest hotels in the Midwest, he cleaned rental cars (also gross), he was a butcher (despite being a vegetarian), and in 2013 his first novel, the cyberpunk thriller, Knuckleduster, was published. No one really seemed to care much but he kept at it and has since published a handful of other works to varying degrees of resulting public interest with a few seeing translations and one almost became a movie (that lit agent has since been fired).

Andrew lives in a sleepy river town in Minnesota where he may or may not be planning aquatic “accidents” to befall the many other authors who live in the area and he has been mistaken for Rob Zombie on no less than ten separate occasions.

Twitter @MegaDeluxo

Blog Tour: Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

May 2, 2020 Yvonne 1 Comment

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Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis
Published by Penguin on July 9 2020
ISBN: 9781984814548
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Horror, Thrillers & Suspense, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
Pages: 304
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four stars - Blog Tour: Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

A can't-put-down, creepy thriller about the daughter of a horror film director who's not afraid of anything--until she gets to Harrow Lake.
Things I know about Harrow Lake:1. It's where my father shot his most disturbing slasher film.2. There's something not right about this town.
Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker--she thinks nothing can scare her.
But when her father is brutally attacked in their New York apartment, she's quickly packed off to live with a grandmother she's never met in Harrow Lake, the eerie town where her father's most iconic horror movie was shot. The locals are weirdly obsessed with the film that put their town on the map--and there are strange disappearances, which the police seem determined to explain away.
And there's someone--or something--stalking her every move.
The more Lola discovers about the town, the more terrifying it becomes. Because Lola's got secrets of her own. And if she can't find a way out of Harrow Lake, they might just be the death of her.

Wow. Upon delving into Harrow Lake I’m not ashamed to admit I didn’t fully appreciate what I was getting into. I thought it was going to be a plain sailing horror novel, a similar story but a story that was inevitable none the less. WRONG. I should have dug deeper just by one singular word used in the title – Harrow. This story has the capability to encase your heart in ice, its harrowing and captivating and pushes ice cold water through your veins. Be prepared for the author to give you a remarkably unique journey through your worst fears and leave you rocking in the corner by the closing of the final page.

A daughter of a film director, Nolan Nox. He came to fame with the release of his classic film, Nightjar. It catapulted Nolan, Lola’s mother and the creepy little town it was filmed in into crazy levels of fame. Reading the scenes based in this little town started to set off those blaringly loud red alerts sounding off in my head. Reading it was akin to looking through steamed up glasses – I can see shadows, but they quickly disappear from my peripheral vision. What was I experiencing?

Lola finds herself temporarily staying in this town after her father is injured. It certainly isn’t her first choice but as it is contained within her fathers will (he isn’t dead) and there isn’t anyone else to care for her, she has no choice. She is with her grandmother that she doesn’t know – no friendly faces, nothing familiar around her and things very quickly go awry. In this situation how can a young girl swim through the murky waters of a bone deep terror that will be unleashed on Lola in an unrelenting fashion. I loved this take on a child navigating fear as I usually indulge in adult horror. Harrow Lake consumed me, and I allowed it to swallow me whole. I wasn’t disappointed.

Harrow Lake indulges all your nightmares, thrown into a formula of every other horrific thing you can imagine and mixed together in order to stop your heart immediately. The town had my brain trying to fight against the scrambled feeling. It’s the kind of place you constantly have to look over your shoulder at. It is immersed in gothic legends and none as terrifying as Mr Jitters. I’m not spoiling that one for any potential readers!

Initially I had a bit of a hard time connecting with Lola. After a period of reflection, I came to the conclusion that it was due to how the author wrote her. She wasn’t really allowed to have a multi-faceted personality. Her father had a very domineering presence in her life and for whatever reason he had, it impacted how she presented herself to the world. No make-up, no phone and no laptop, and you can certainly expect her not to have social media. When she escaped that is when she more or less became a butterfly. She shed the chrysalis and became more.

Harrow Lake is a spectacular read. Kat Ellis has done a sublime job of creating an fully immersive imagery and invoking real emotion from her readers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Kat Ellis is the author of young adult novels Purge, Breaker, and Blackfin Sky, as well as a novella within the Three Strikes collection titled The Twins of Blackfin. Her next novel, Harrow Lake, will be published by Penguin Random House Children’s (Puffin/Kathy Dawson Books) in summer 2020.

Kat studied English with Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University before going on to work in local government communications and IT… and then writing took over.

When she is not writing, Kat can usually be found exploring ruins and cemeteries with her camera. She is an active blogger, instagrammer and tweeter, and is represented by Molly Ker Hawn at The Bent Agency.

Blog Tour: The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell

April 30, 2020 Yvonne 1 Comment

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The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell
Published by Flame Tree Press on March 12, 2020
ISBN: 9781787584037
Genres: Horror, Occult & Supernatural, Supernatural
Pages: 256
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four stars - Blog Tour: The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell

"An absolute master of modern horror. And a damn fine writer at that" - Guillermo del Toro
Patrick Torrington's aunt Thelma was a successful artist whose late work turned towards the occult. While staying with her in his teens he found evidence that she used to visit magical sites. As an adult he discovers her journal of her explorations, and his teenage son Roy becomes fascinated too. His experiences at the sites scare Patrick away from them, but Roy carries on the search, together with his new girlfriend. Can Patrick convince his son that his increasingly terrible suspicions are real, or will what they've helped to rouse take a new hold on the world?
FLAME TREE PRESSis the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

The Wise Friend is a lesson in the age-old conundrum- should you believe everything you read? How much do you know the people posing as your friends? Are there ulterior motives? The storyline chills your spine with liquid nitrogen. It makes you stiffen up, look over your shoulder and take stock all at the same time. its haunting and disturbing with its threatening edge that has you wandering down an unused path that can only lead to devastation. It is an exquisite piece of literature with its use of macabre to transport the reader to another world, one with twists and an undeniable edge that just talked to you instantly.

The synopsis was an eerie whisper that called to me. It was a voice that I couldn’t distinguish from the breeze, but I knew it was there all the same. It was mysterious but what exactly had me so drawn to it? Plain and simple it was its originality that had me so excited. It had me curious and scrambling to open it that had me firm in my conviction. This is was no regurgitated horror novel, The Wise Friend was fresh and invigorating and it seemed to pulse with electricity in my hand.

Thelma Torrington met an untimely end, at her own hands. She was surrealist painter and by all means at the top of her game. Her nephew, Patrick Semple spent a lot of time in his teenage years with his aunt and uncle. The narrative used during this time in Patricks life is extremely harrowing and you get a real insight into Ramsey Campbell’s imagination. You are transported to the woods Patrick used to walk with his aunt Thelma. You can feel the claustrophobic nature of the trees closing in, the dangerous nature that just seems to be a breath away. It swallows you up and leaves you aching for safety once again.

Fast forward a good few years in the future and we meet Patrick’s teenage son, Roy who has discovered some nonsensical journals that belonged to Patricks aunt. His aunt Thelma was almost an ethereal figure to Patrick and he placed her up in a pedestal, he developed an obsession about her and it seems like Roy is developing the same affliction.

It is completely understandable why these men have been completely taken in by Thelma. She is different, she is not the norm and life isn’t just black and white. She sees all the grey in-between and that makes her an interesting subject. Her imagination was mind blowing and she believed that nothing was impossible, from the supernatural to demons and witches. Her life was painting, and her imagination was a great source of that, until of course, it wasn’t. when that occurred she started visiting locations, quite often places that time forgot – haunting and disturbing places. These places are documented in her journal. At what point did it go so wrong and end up killing herself?

The Wise Friend blew my mind. Ramsey Campbell is a master storyteller that will appeal to all readers of modern horror. Filled with intrigue and suspense.

Thanks to Anne Cater @Random Things Tours for my spot on the blog tour.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ramsey Campbell is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. T. E. D. Klein has written that “Campbell reigns supreme in the field today,” while S. T. Joshi has said that “future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood.”

Ramsey Campbell

Blog Tour: Boy In The Box by Marc E. Fitch

April 27, 2020 Yvonne 1 Comment

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Boy in the Box by Marc E. Fitch
Published by Flame Tree Press on March 4, 2020
ISBN: 9781787583849
Genres: Horror, Occult & Supernatural, Supernatural
Pages: 240
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four stars - Blog Tour: Boy In The Box by Marc E. Fitch

"A creepy, mesmerizing tale of hunters becoming the hunted, Box In The Box is a haunting journey into the evils that lurk in the wilderness, as well as those buried in the human heart. Fitch definitely has a knack for mixing the paranormal with both brutal reality and the emotional heaviness of grief and sorrow." --Morgan Sylvia, author of Abode. Ten years ago a mysterious and tragic hunting accident deep in the Adirondack Mountains left a boy buried in a storied piece of land known as Coombs' Gulch and four friends with a terrible secret. Now, Jonathan Hollis and brothers Michael and Conner Braddick must return to the place that changed their lives forever in order to keep their secret buried. What they don't realize is that they are walking into a trap -- one set decades earlier by a supernatural being who is not confined by time or place: a demon that demands a sacrifice. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

Boy In The Box fills your soul with eerie silence. It infiltrates your senses, pumps through your bloodstream and possesses you with an endless silent scream you cannot escape from. This book came along at precisely the right moment. As a huge horror fiction fan, it was everything I was looking for in such a changed world we seem to be living in. it gave me an escape, it enraptured my heart and I too became lost in the mountains. The only difference between me and the main characters was; I wasn’t sure if ever wanted to leave.

There is nothing quite like picking up a new horror novel and feel its pulse drum a threatening beat. The cover took me hostage and sung a terrifying song – one I couldn’t resist! The book called to me and as soon as that first chapter was under my belt, I was done for. Boy In The Box was the medicine that I required, and I was forever lost in Fitch’s skilful and haunting tales that I have probably ever read.

Closing this book will not give you the warm and fuzzy feeling, this book with all intents and purposes is meant to unseat you. The narrative has you looking over your shoulder at key moments, wiping the sweat from your brow and making sure both the windows and the doors are firmly locked. Rising feeling of nausea – check. Spine stiffened – check. Never wanting to camp ever again – Double check. Not for the weak of heart – a truly terrifying story that examines the long-lasting effects of a black mark upon a person’s psyche.

Boy In The Box is oozing fear and emotional pain. Fitch has weaved an inexplicable narrative of claustrophobic dread. This formula is an immediate recipe for success and I just couldn’t stop reading. Nothing was going to pull me away and the pages and chapters just melded into one. It became more addictive when things started to get out of control and I was in for a hell of a ride.

The funeral of long-term friend, brings Johnathon, Connor and Michael back together once more. They haven’t really had any contact in ten long years. They all have wives/children and their lives are just different. That and the minute detail that they never were going to be the same after a hunting accident ten years ago – the last time they were altogether. Johnathon has never been the same again. Despite his marriage to his wife Mary, despite the birth of his only child, Joshua. Life holds no joy for him anymore. His marriage is held together by the cracks and his best friend is the bottom of a bottle. Future events out with their control lead them to revisit that bleak day ten years ago. The reader discovers what exactly went down and the implications that opening Pandora’s box will undoubtedly have on all parties involved.

Thanks to Anne Cater @Random Things Tours for my spot on the blog tour.

Boy In The Box is shrouded in an inescapable atmosphere that projects the protagonists into their own personal hell. Fitch has created a narrative more addictive than cake. The narrative pushes down a deserted path that can only lead to trouble and is utterly compulsive that you just can’t say no to.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Marc E. Fitch is the author of Paranormal Nation: Why America Need Ghosts, UFOs and Bigfoot and Shemexperts: How Power Politics and Ideology are Disguised as Science as well as the novels, Old Boone Blood, Paradise Burns and Dirty Water. He was 2014 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.

He has written for such publications as American Thinker, The Federalist and the Skeptical Inquirer. Marc lives and works in Connecticut and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Western Connecticut State University.

Marc E. Fitch

Review: The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp

April 22, 2020 Yvonne Leave a Comment

The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp
Published by Orbit on March 1, 2016
ISBN: 9780316362252
Genres: Fiction, Thrillers, Psychological, Occult & Supernatural, Supernatural, Ghost
Pages: 400
Format: eBook
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three stars - Review: The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp

"Ingenious and funny . . . Magnificent." -- Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for VendettaJack Sparks died while writing this book.It was no secret that journalist Jack Sparks had been researching the occult for his new book. No stranger to controversy, he'd already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he witnessed. Then there was that video: forty seconds of chilling footage that Jack repeatedly claimed was not of his making, yet was posted from his own YouTube account. Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed -- until now. "Wow. Seriously hard to put down." -- M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts

The Last Days of Jack Sparks is definitely an odd book. The supernatural is a powerful force to be reckoned with but Jack Sparks ego revolves around the sun. if you are going into this book expecting a terrifying book, you are going to be disappointed. The scenes within are expected especially if you mess around with the paranormal and exorcisms. It is essentially a satirical/ black comedy novel. The destruction of Jack’s ego. The result of not having an open mind. Its karma coming back to bite him on the ass. He’s gone through his entire life treating everyone close like rubbish…well he’s about to get a taste of his own medicine.

I did feel the first 75% of the book was slow paced and I had a very hard time connecting with Jack Sparks. He was dreary and ultimately, I felt the book translated more as tragic rather than funny. It’s quite sad that a person can get to a point in their life that social media and the amount of followers and likes that they receive is more important than maintain healthy relationships with those around him. Perhaps this is the world that we now find ourselves living in, but it is deeply unsettling.

The Last Days of Jack Sparks centres around the man in the title, Jack Sparks. This is the story that Jack left behind. It is the ultimate unreliable narrator. Everything contradicts Jacks own thoughts and experiences of the events that led up until the end game. Different case studies, interviews, and evidence – two completely different narratives. Jack is the ultimate sceptic. His mind is closed and is unwilling to open it up. In his eyes everything has an explanation and is unwilling to consider any inexplicable options. He is the original ego-maniac.

Jack Sparks makes no bones about his lack of objectivity. He puts absolutely no stock in ghosts, the supernatural and god or the devil. An atheist witnessing an exorcism… picture it – rural Italy on Halloween. He ridicules it and tweets sarcastic comments through-out. The flack you gets online from his behaviour is surprising for him…but it is only the start of his trouble. A disturbing YouTube video appears and disappears from his channel. This makes him delve even further into the occult in search of an answer…it turns out he should never have searched for an answer.

The Last Days of Jack Sparks had plenty of great moments. The ending did genuinely blow me away. The ending was everything that I had hoped that the rest of the book could have been. I felt that the story dragged a bit from the moment he arrived in LA until everything changed and the ending kicked it into the high gear. This was the point when I really had a greater appreciation for the story. The little Easter eggs began to make sense. This was the element of a horror story I love and needed elements of this formula dotted throughout the story to make it really work.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Hello! I’m a British author and scriptwriter, with a background in journalism.

I’m the writer of the terrifying Orbit Books novel Ghoster, which was released in October 2019. Before that, I wrote The Last Days Of Jack Sparks, the Lionsgate feature film Stormhouse, various Doctor Who things, a Friday The 13th novel and script-edited the 2012 Peter Mullan film The Man Inside.

2018 saw me co-author the book Inside Black Mirror with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.

Check out my collection of 30 interviews I did as a rock journalist, gathered in From The Front Lines Of Rock.

I run two YouTube channels: a fun retro affair and a second one about writing and isolation in the age of coronavirus.

Work-related enquiries should go to my UK literary agent Oli Munson at AM Heath. See Contact Form.

Jason Arnopp

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Switchboard is larger than life. A story that examines the human condition and the lengths it will go to when lost within its own psyche. Andrew Posts characters, whether they be relatable or pure evil are completely believable.

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Harrow Lake is a spectacular read. Kat Ellis has done a sublime job of creating an fully immersive imagery and invoking real emotion from her readers.

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