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Novelist ā€˜as tart, dark and juicy as a summer puddingā€™. World Fantasy Award finalist, BSFA longlist. She/her. The Gyrford series: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj Horror reviews: https://tinyurl.com/5cyf7x5v Agent: Sophie Hicks. I try to keep alt text fun.

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Published: January 20, 2025 07:50

Horror writers tend to have particular fearsā€¦ MR James: I got sidetracked from my regular research. Junji Ito: I had a bad idea and couldnā€™t get it out of my head. My entire head. HP Lovecraft: I had to meet too many people and had a meltdown. ā€¦

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Published: January 19, 2025 11:18

What did you think about the ā€˜plagueā€™ theme of NOSFERATU? My take: 1. Cool idea. Way to make the vampire more fearsome than any Iā€™ve seen on film. 2. Good trick for making evil unsexy. Not decadent; bad. 3. Timely but oddly not. Becauseā€¦ 1/

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Published: January 18, 2025 10:42

ā€œThe mushrooms were good fun if you knew tipsy dreams from fairyland ā€“ but if the world had started wavering around two little girls, what else were they to think?ā€ - All The Hollow Of The Sky tinyurl.com/3c5bcf35 Photo: Csaba DarĆ³czi

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Published: January 17, 2025 13:32

"They were passing a crossroads, a gleaming stripe that ran down through the fields either side, dandelion clocks getting their heads snatched bald by the wind." - In The Heart of Hidden Things Great price on Kindle right now, just saying...ā€¦

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Published: January 16, 2025 09:08

I went off-brand here! Normally I'm about the folk horror and arthouse - but I hate seeing people upset at the mere thought of this movie. So join me while I say some reassuring things. Time to feel better about something. I promise there will be noā€¦

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Published: January 15, 2025 16:43

Lads, don't play dead. We wish to treat with you, not hurt you. See? No iron. No boots. Nobody'll be stepped on. We don't have a quarrel with your dances if you keep it to the woods. Just not on our windows all night. Men need their sleep, if youā€¦

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Published: January 15, 2025 16:36

My new @gnofhorror.com piece comes out tomorrow! Normally I review folk horror, arthouse and classics, but tomorrow we depart. I am going to try to make you feel better about the existence of The Human Centipede. Not by saying it's good - it's not -ā€¦

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Published: January 15, 2025 11:57

It's #BookQuoteWednesday! #BQW today: IGNORE. The fairy-smiths of Gyrford are there to forge cold iron to protect the folks from the People and care for those the fey 'touched'. But the fey ones aren't always the problem. Meet Ephraim Brady, landlordā€¦

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Published: January 15, 2025 09:37

'Separate the art from the artist.' We hear this a lot these days, but question: what, in practice, does that actually mean? I suspect it of being one of those phrases that means different things to different people. How would you interpret it?

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Published: January 15, 2025 09:02

Reminder: BSFA votes close tomorrow! Consider, and maybe share? My horror essays are eligible for Long Non-Fiction Award, and you can read them free on the link: https://gnofhorror.com/whats-on-shudder/ If you wanted to nominate for Short Non-Fiction I'dā€¦

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Published: January 14, 2025 18:10

Another thing I'm seeing nice people say about Gaiman: 'I feel stupid for thinking he was a great guy.' No. You're just nice. Here's what happened: Thinking well of someone made you happy because nice people like to do that. As far as you knew, thereā€¦

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Published: January 14, 2025 14:41

All right, which of you grumbled about the weather under the Listening Cloud? You know it takes such things to heart, and now look: it's weeping all the colour off the buttercups. Off you go for a merry dance in the rain, then. No I will not join you; youā€¦

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Published: January 14, 2025 10:27

A thought on role models: We all like good advice. Itā€™s illuminating. But ask yourself where your attention is being directed. Are you seeing a firework that wants you to gaze in admiration at its dazzle, or a lantern that wants you to find the path itā€™sā€¦

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Published: January 14, 2025 08:51

Hi new follows! Housekeeping info: 1. I write books! Biggest influences prob Susanna Clarke's fairies, Pratchett's witches and Angela Carter's existence, so if that's your jam there's cold iron, community solidarity, jokes, landscapes and a Black Dog thatā€¦

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Published: January 13, 2025 16:19

Looks like the Peekaboo Manā€™s back. Can ride anything he catches the eye of; rides em till they drop, then takes their eyes and goes a-hunting his next ride. Well, letā€™s get the nets, Johnny. And the blindfolds. If he catches an owlā€™s I dread to think. ā€¦

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Published: January 10, 2025 17:45

See, when I first read Lovecraftā€™s decription of Cthuluā€™s ā€˜octopus-like headā€™ I somehow missed the ā€˜mass of feelersā€™ being on his face. I pictured the octopus upside-down, the feelers a Blakeian halo. I like octopus, ok? Also I canā€™t draw, but this wasā€¦

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Published: January 10, 2025 09:33

Hello new followers! FYI: I have PTSD, so generally don't talk politics here. Mostly I try to keep up our spirits. For the record, though, if you're LGBTQIA+, it's marvellous that you exist. (Also if you're unsalvageably cishet like me, as long as you'reā€¦