The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (Book Club: March)
Faye Lynch reviews the first book of our CRSF 2024 bookclub
The Call from the Deep in Nikyatu Jusu’s film, Nanny – a review
Written by Alex Carabine, our resident horror fan. I only just watched the film Nanny (2022) last night, and I’m still haunted by it. It has an eerie, dreamy quality that provokes questions but doesn’t really offer definitive answers, so I’m going to ponder my way through this review. There won’t be spoilers in the…
Pola Oloixarac’s Dark Constellations – Your Very Blood Will Betray You: A Review
Written by Jordan Casstles The year is 2024. Welcome to Argentina. There is no need to provide us with your name or details: we took them as you walked in. Take a seat.Pay no mind to the nose on the wall.It’s just there to double check: to ensure your credibility. We do not require your…
Aliens and Alienation in Lee Scott’s Swan Songs
Written by Alex Veregan Lee Scott’s debut novel Swan Songs (2021) opens in Church Town, a place where ‘the men work in factories and the women go to college to become beauticians… and then work in factories’. Even the workers of the town’s two local recruitment agencies eventually find themselves ‘confused onto the production lines…
Ghosts and Gowns: The Uncanny Couture of Peter Strickland’s ‘In Fabric’
Written by Alex Carabine, our resident Weird Horror fan. “But what if someone died wearing it?” This refrain is familiar to anyone who has a penchant for vintage or pre-loved clothes, usually uttered by a friend whose expression contorts in distaste at the thought of wearing clothes that another person has lived, loved and…
Authors Round Table Reveal!
Written by Alex Carabine, our resident horror-fan That’s right, we can now reveal the authors who will be attending our round table at CRSF 2023! They are: Ryka Aoki Ryka Aoki is an American author of novels, poetry, and essays. Her work includes the poetry collections Seasonal Velocities (a finalist for the award for transgender nonfiction in the…
CRSF Book Club – updated!
Written by Alex Carabine – our resident Horror & Gothic correspondent. Ok, confession time: I adore Speculative Fiction. I studied modules of SF at my MA, and I even, at one point, wanted my PhD to focus on science/speculative fiction. But, my research led me wayward, and it became clear that not only does Gothic…
Current Research in Speculative Fiction Conference 2024 