#Spooktober ‘The House On Cottage Lane’ by Ronald Malfi
About the story… It’s Halloween night, and 12-year-old Brian Ganelin and his friends are ready for a night of trick-or-treating. Unfortunately, Brian’s...
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#Spooktober ‘Johnny Halloween’ by Norman Partridge
About the book… Norman Partridge’s Halloween novel, ‘Dark Harvest’, was chosen as one of Publishers Weekly’s 100 Best Books of 2006. A...
Read out all#Spooktober ‘Toady’ by Mark Morris
About the book… Richard, Robin and Nigel are ordinary boys who share a taste for the macabre in films, videos, books and...
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#CastleRock #Readathon ‘Mrs Todd’s Shortcut’
About the story… The fifth tale in the 1985 collection, ‘Skeleton Crew, Mrs Todd’s Shortcut is about the long term predilection of...
Read out all#CastleRock #Readathon ‘Nona’
About the story… ”Do you love? I hear her voice saying this-sometimes I still hear it. In my dreams. Do you love? Yes, I...
#CastleRock #Readathon ‘Gramma’
About the story… ‘‘Send him to me, Ruth. I want to hug him.’ Published in the 1985 short story collection, ‘Skeleton Crew’,...
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#CastleRock #Readathon ‘Uncle Otto’s Truck’
About the story… This terrifying tale about a creeping truck, getting closer and closer, was first published in Yankee magazine in 1983,...
#Spooktober ‘Skeleton Crew’ by Stephen King
Welcome to my latest re-read in the universe of Stephen King’s Castle Rock-this time I am focussing on stories taken from the...
#BlogTour ‘The Patchwork Girls’ by Elaine Everest
About the book… 1939. After the sudden and tragic loss of her husband, Helen is returning home to her mother’s house in...
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#BookReview ‘1922’ by Stephen King
About the book… I believe there is a man inside every man, a stranger So writes Wilfred James in his confession. It’s...