Reviews

Denizen of the Dead: The Horrors of Clarendon Court by Iphgenia Baal, Stewart Home, Bridget Penney, Liz Reever, Steve Finbow, Katrina Palmer, Chris Petit, Chloe Aridjis, Tom McCarthy, Michael Hampton, Tariq Goddard, John King, Paul Ewen

stewarthome's review

5.0

The most insane horror anthology you'll ever read. H. P. Lovecraft meets Karl Marx at a luxury ghost flat apartment block in contemporary central London. The mayhem caused by the foundations of the building having disturbed the criminal dead of Cripplegate's debauched past results in a body count that leaves World War 2 looking like a hippie love-in by way of comparison. It features all my favourite London authors. My own contribution The Cripplegate Blockchain Massacre is so twisted it’ll leave you tied in knots! Paul Ewen makes you laugh until it hurts. Tariq Goddard's story will eat your pet hamster. Allow Iphgenia Baal to put you in a state of fear and trembling. Chris Petit's piece turned my living room Day-Glo. Steve Finbow made me wonder if he’s even sicker than I am! John King gives you some supernatural boot boy aggro. Chloe Aridjis reinvents gothic. Tom McCarthy lets rip with the most experimental prose he’s published to date. Liz Rever works magic. Katrina Palmer writes the best piece of flash fiction ever and it’s just 98 words long! Bridget Penney exposes property development as an air-conditioned nightmare, and Michael Hampton proves you can't polish a turd but you can kill yourself attempting the feat! There's also another nine amazing authors I haven't even mentioned!