Whitstable: latest review and launch
The latest review of Stephen Volk’s Whitstable has just winged its way in through our email inbox, and it’s from the venerable SFX magazine. Even better than that, however, is that the reviewer, Ian Berriman, liked it so much he gave it FIVE stars: in fact, it’s the ONLY five star review in the book section this issue, … Read more
Creakers: a new review
The latest review of Paul Kane’s Spectral chapbook has just arrived – it’s from Sanatarium magazine, written by Casey Chaplin, and I reproduce it in full here, with the kind permission of the editor: “Creakers: They called them that in this trade, or at least he did, is the very sentence that opens this short story … Read more
The Unspoken
In a change to the scheduled programming, instead of promoting publications from Spectral, we would like to point you in the direction of a charity anthology called The Unspoken. It’s edited by Willie Meikle and has been published by Karoshi Books. In case you’re wondering, it’s an anti-cancer anthology, with proceeds going to cancer research charities. … Read more
Whitstable: a video and a new review
We here at Spectral are glad to report that Stephen Volk’s Spectral novella Whitstable has been doing exceptionally well in both the hardback and paperback editions, making it on course to be the most successful Spectral publication yet. If, however, any of you out there have been dithering as to whether to buy the book or … Read more
New review – 25:04:2013
Here’s yet another new review of Whitstable, this time courtesy of Sanatarium magazine and reviewer Rob Salem, who gave it a 95% rating. With the kind permission of the magazine, we reproduce it here in full: “With Whitstable, author Stephen Volk has successfully woven a tragic love story into the horror genre. The protagonist, perhaps one of the … Read more
Review and news – 23:04:2013
To kick proceedings off on this sunny Tuesday morning, here’s a new review of Whitstable written by Gef Fox of the Wag the Fox review blog – as usual, just click on the link here to find out what he said. NEWS It is with great pleasure that we can announce that orders for the paperback edition of … Read more
Reviews and news – 22:04:2103
To start the week off, here’s a new, short review of Paul Kane’s Spectral chapbook Creakers - this one is from Theresa Derwin and has been posted to her Terror Tree blog. You can read what Theresa thought of it here. NEWS This month’s issue of Fortean Times (#301 – cover above), the magazine that brings to light all … Read more
New review – 17:04:2013
Today is something of a quiet day here in Spectral Towers, and so here’s a quick link to a new review of Paul Kane’s Creakers – this one’s by Mark West and has been posted to Goodreads. As some of you may remember, Mark is the man responsible for the video book trailers for Spectral. Anyway, … Read more
New review – 12:04:2013
And so we come to the end of another working week, so to celebrate here’s the most recent review of Whitstable (however, we won’t be relaxing this weekend as it will be busily spent prepping Stephen’s novella for printing). This one’s from Andy Hedgecock and has been posted to the Dorset Eye online newspaper (Andy also … Read more
New review – 08:04:2013
It’s the start of another week, and after the fabulous weekend of weather we’ve just had, the local meteorological conditions seem to be sharing the Monday blues with the rest of the working population. However, we here at Spectral Towers have just the thing to brighten up your day, even if only briefly – another … Read more
