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Strangers: an Exclusive Extract
David Moody introduces the opening chapter from his vampiric new novel, Strangers.
More Monstrous than the Monsters
David Simpson finds echoes of Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s Reticence in his own life.
Horror: Church
“The light, now shaking, climbed to pick out a grotesque detail; a much larger spider was in the centre of the web, devouring a dead bird that it held, almost ...
The Red Keep, the Spider and the Dead Explorer
Davina Quinlivan investigates the long shadow that Broadmoor casts over the novels of Patrick McGrath.
Horror: Humphrey on Fire
“Your skin prickles as if aware of the sensation of burning. Your nose twitches as if it can smell the flesh… The fire is almost beautiful, a flame coming off ...
Wilderness
“What would they have made of the wild men? I suppose they would have thought them to be devilish presences, creatures emerging from the Underworld to torment and test the ...
The Misunderstood Horror of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Misunderstood masterpiece or pretentious twaddle?
Horror: You Will Be Transformed
“I got up to use the toilet and met my doppelgänger in the bathroom. She was looking out from the mirror on the bathroom cabinet, then came through while I ...
Reflections on Twin Peaks
Why You Should Watch It, And Why Season 3 Matters.
Horror: Call of the Cicadas
“When she steps outside it is there. Cracked brown pieces like the pieces of a dry husk, scattered on the ground in front of her apartment complex. It looks to ...
The Red Mist
“I have my rifle and my Bible by my side: let them come, I say, let them come. I will leave you to draw your own conclusions from the following ...
Litro #138: Horror, Magazine | Archives
Litro #138: Horror
Featuring new fiction from Toby Litt, Richard Thomas, Pete Segall, Krishan Coupland, Sheila Armstrong and Adam Nevill – plus an interview with Jeff VanderMeer.
Letters from the Editor, Litro #138: Horror
Litro #138: Horror – Letter from the Editor
Dear Reader,
Welcome to Litro #138, our Horror issue. Within these pages we have some unique visions of what makes our skin crawl: hauntings ...
There was this boy I met at a party, years back
and I really don’t know if I should be telling you this, because you might even meet him around here somewhere or – even worse – try to find him ...
Little Red Wagon
In a desolate future, family is everything.
Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them?
In the cinema, no one can hear you scream.
2001
Skylark and the Bug take their revenge.
Badhbh
Crossing paths with an ancient goddess.
The Ancestors
The toys aren’t happy.
Interviews, Litro #138: Horror
Author Q&A with Jeff VanderMeer
Litro talks to the author of the disturbing and thrilling Southern Reach Trilogy.