Halloween reads

In the run up to Halloween, I'm trying to work my way through some of the creepier titles on my TBR list and today I started 'The Amityville Horror' (also, yes, I am in my PJs at 5pm but I have a cold and I'm tired so I'm excused :P) What spooky reads are you …

‘Dark World’ Zak Bagans

Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans pulls from his years of experience with paranormal activities and unexplained phenomena to provide an even-handed look at a divisive subject It's easy to say ghosts exist or don't exist. Anyone can do that. Trying to figure out the why or what is a different story. Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans, host …

‘I Am Legend’ Richard Matheson

An acclaimed SF novel about vampires. The last man on earth is not alone ... Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth ... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the …

A Cup of Tea and a Chinwag with Jazz; Episode 10, ‘Books that were inspired by or based on true events’

I was feeling very inspired today - like, I was literally struck down by this idea - so I decided to record a new episode of A Cup of Tea and a Chinwag with Jazz. In today's episode, I'm discussing horror novels that were inspired by or based on true events. I won't reveal too much, so grab yourself …

‘I call myself a feminist’ Victoria Pepe (and many others) – review + short essay

Is feminism still a dirty word? We asked twenty-five of the brightest, funniest, bravest young women what being a feminist in 2015 means to them. We hear from Laura Bates (of the Everyday Sexism Project), Reni Eddo-Lodge (award-winning journalist and author), Yas Necati (an eighteen-year-old activist), Laura Pankhurst, great-great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and an …

Shameless self-promotion – ‘Sweet Oblivion’ is out now, peeps!

'sappening yo! You see the book above? That's my baby and it is now available for FREE DOWNLOAD on Smashwords if you're looking for a quick but (hopefully) engaging read! I released it a couple of months back, but I've been a bit shit on the promoting side of things. I hate being pushy and didn't want …

‘The Little Stranger’ Sarah Waters

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, its owners - mother, son and daughter - …

Jazz’s first book…

...or, at least, one of the first books I ever received and still own. I was visiting my mum yesterday and while clearing out her house, she found this Beatrix Potter book that had been given to me on my first birthday (nearly 24 years ago!) What was one of the first books you ever …

‘Skitter’ Ezekiel Boone

Tens of millions of people around the world are dead. Half of China is a nuclear wasteland. Mysterious flesh-eating spiders are marching through Los Angeles, Oslo, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, and countless other cities. According to scientist Melanie Gruyer, however, the spider situation seems to be looking up. Yet in Japan, a giant, truck-sized, glowing …

Jazz’s Top 4 Unexpected Horror Reads

Fuck zombies. Fuck ghosts. Fuck Godzilla and d'ya know what? Fuck Mothra, too. (can I just point out this is the metaphorical 'fuck' and not the, er, literal 'fuck'. Fucking a zombie would be classed as necrophilia, I do believe, and I really don't want you guys hanging out in cemeteries, saying Jazz from I …