Critics say:
‘A style and energy which sets it apart from the field… this book pops.’ Jay Wilburn
‘The relationships and dialogue are spot on and totally believable. Complex and original.’ Phantasmagoria Magazine
‘Fantastic writing, clever and ballsy narrative technique, a masterful bundle of tension. Made me appreciate how zombies can be treated in a very original way. 9/10.’ Horror World & Reviews
Readers say:
"Beautifully written and deeply unsettling."
"Like Get Out it transcends its genre."
“Unusually well-written.”
"Like The Girl with All the Gifts, this is intelligent modern horror."
Reading The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk, I realised I might finally have found a way of explaining what The Splits is about.
When my husband went away for three weeks dayum I was relieved. Finally… FINALLY … a sweet 21-day binge on horror films. Here are the highlights.
The Babadook and Under the Shadow are uncannily similar films. But which is better?
I want to zoom in on the transformation of the father into a zombie…
In The Splits there’s no root and branch transformation. I hope this will not be the case after coronavirus. I hope we see real change.
I don’t actually believe in the supernatural, but I believe in what it stood for in this show…
Not everybody will see Arthur Fleck as vulnerable because not everybody has the luxury. Some of us have experienced nastier versions of him…
What would it be like if you couldn’t understand the minds of others?
As a fan of The Babadook, I’ve always got room for another exploration of mother-child relationships through horror…
The working title of the next novel in The Splits Archive is Zombies in a Brothel …