A startling reminder of why I read so much – ever seeking gems like this novel. I’d pitch it as a blend of McCarthy’s ‘Suttree’ and Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’. As a writer, to my eye, Gay mastered it all: the…
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Tantor Audio have recently produced a smart new audio book of The Ritual for the US market, narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies. There’s an audio CD, MP3 CD and audio download at Amazon.com HERE, or Tantor’s website
The Ritual has continued to enjoy positive notices online, not least from guitar god and Metallica legend, Kirk Hammett, here . I’m a big Metallica fan and first saw them play in 1986, supported by Anthrax, so to see Kirk…
Sadly, London Horrorcon has been cancelled on September 1st and 2nd. Massive apologies to anyone I might have persuaded to go! I’m not sure exactly why the company behind the events has folded, but their demise has seen both the…
‘Hasty for the Dark’ in eBook is on promotion until Saturday on Amazon UK & US. Only $1 or 99p will summon these infernal, occult, speculative and supernatural horrors. This is my collection with tributes to several grand masters in…
The ‘Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors’ eBook has a price-promotion on Amazon UK & US, ’til Saturday. Only 99p/around a dollar. Over a decade of my choice of my own short horror fiction and the winner of The British…
I’ll be chatting horror with Paul Tremblay at Foyles in Bristol next Wednesday, as part of his book tour that begins this Saturday. I’m currently reading and enjoying his new novel. Come all ye faithful.
My most recent dual role of appearing as a guest author & trader (of signed books) occurred at Walker Stalker, in March, and I am returning to London on June 30th to July 1st, as a guest author at London…
From Mike Davis: “The Lovecraft eZine podcast interview with Adam Nevill is now available! To listen “on the go” as an audio-only podcast, go here (also available on iTunes): http://bit.ly/podcast-5-27-2018 To watch the podcast, go here: https://youtu.be/jh0sYP_zpYk Adam talks about his work, about THE…
Very pleased to see The Ritual canter onto this list. I guess the downside is that the book has made so many underrated book lists, that if it still remains obscure, my other books must be buried so deeply that…