Reviews and news – 19:03:2013
The reviews keep coming in for Whitstable and here’s the latest – this one’s by writer Tom Ruffles and it’s been posted to his personal blog. You can read the review by clicking here. The latest issue of Black Static, #33, has a review by Peter Tennant of an old favourite here at Spectral Towers - The … Read more
A Spectral Miscellany
For the first post of the week, we bring you a selection of this, that and the other, including the latest quote, some reviews and a bit of news. Let’s start with that quote, concerning the very first Spectral Visions novella: “Like a jam session between Billy Bragg and H P Lovecraft or a mash-up … Read more
Black Static visits Nowhere Hall: a review
Yes, Cate Gardner’s Nowhere Hall has been out for a while now, but the fine reviewer at Black Static magazine, Peter Tennant, has been saving a few things by this excellent writer so he could review them all at once. And so, in the latest issue of the magazine (#27), Peter reviews not just Cate’s chapbook, … Read more
Awards news: What They Hear in the Dark receives accolade
A great day for Spectral or, more specifically, Gary McMahon, as his Spectral chapbook, What They Hear in the Dark, was awarded the Chapbook of the Year accolade in the inaugural This Is Horror Awards. Also, another (future) Spectral chapbook author, Simon Bestwick, was runner-up in the same category with Angels of the Silences (Pendragon … Read more
King Death by Paul Finch: the first reviews
Yes, the new Spectral chapbook, King Death by Paul Finch (which isn’t due out until December), has already received its first couple of write-ups. The first of those is from Mark West (who, I will declare, is responsible for the Spectral Press video book trailers and the author of What Gets Left Behind [Spectral Volume VII]) … Read more
Black Static 23….
… has a review of Abolisher of Roses within the Casenotes section, written and compiled by Peter Tennant. You’ll have to buy a copy of the magazine to get the full review, but Peter says, in conclusion, that ‘…[Abolisher of Roses] is both disturbing and compelling, a story that is a complex, character-driven piece and … Read more
Black Static review…
Gary McMahon’s What They Hear in the Dark (otherwise known as Spectral Volume I) has been reviewed by Peter Tennant in the Casenotes section of the latest issue (#22) of TTA Press’ Black Static magazine. In it, Peter calls it “…an impressive debut…” for Spectral and the tale itself is “… a strange and moving … Read more
