Literature

British and Irish writers have created some of the most loved and revered horror tales ever known. From Dracula to Frankenstein to the ghost stories of MR James and Charles Dickens, our books are spooky. Here we cover the classics all the way to the modern day with interviews with authors and profiles of new books.

The Woman in Black: How Susan Hill’s Ghost Story Has Evolved
Neglected Monsters, or Why Frankenstein was a Terrible Father
John Polidori: Genesis of The Vampyre and the Byronic Hero
David Copperfield and other amazing caulbearers in fiction
The Tractate Middoth: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
Renfield, fly-eating madman, essential force in Dracula
Top 5 Nastiest and Goriest Scenes from Dracula Novel
Bram Stoker’s Top 5 Inspirations For Count Dracula
What Inspired Charles Dickens, The Man Who Invented Christmas?
Banquet for the Damned by Adam Nevill: BOOK REVIEW
Doomflight by Guy N. Smith: BOOK REVIEW
Macabre Notions by Aaron White BOOK REVIEW
Japanese-Irish folklore mix: Wayward Supernatual Comic REVIEW
Castle Dracula Dublin ‘charming, enigmatic and enthralling night’ REVIEW
Tim Lebbon interview: “What about creatures that hunt purely by sound”
Everything I know about Haunted Houses I learned from British literature
The Silence by Tim Lebbon BOOK REVIEW
Michael S Collins on By The Dying Tree AUTHOR INTERVIEW
7 Irish Horror Authors You Must Read
K. A. Denver: I can’t stand blood and guts in horror
8 Irish Haunts and the Famous Writers Who Loved Them
Tracy Fahey: I’m Obsessed With Sinister Folklore
The Unheimlich Manoeuvre by Tracy Fahey BOOK REVIEW
Reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a liberation against an old world order