Wishing all the fiends of Kendall Reviews a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year.

Just a reminder that if you’re struggling over the festive period, there are places you can contact: Samaritans: 116 123 Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): 0800 58 58 58 Shout (text): 85258 You’re not on your own 💙

A beautiful delivery from @nepenthepress.bsky.social finds 'All of them Witches' arrive at Kendall Reviews. A gorgeous book collecting 14 stories, 12 of which are new and published for the first time.

Had my dressings changed today. The wound is still very deep but there appears to be no sign of infection. The cellulitis has essentially gone but there is damage to the lower leg. I've been prescribed new meds to help with the nerve pain and it looks like I'll be in compression well into March.

I read a bunch of books in 2025, but easily my top book was 'Exiles' by Mason Coile. Gripping, claustrophobic & an emotional experience, this one is the definition of a page-turner. I highly recommend you grab this if you haven't already! stevestredauthor.ca/2025/02/26/b...

I've set up a direct pre-order for signed paperbacks of THE RISE through my website. The only way I could do it was to charge now and then the books will ship in February on publication. But if you wanted to secure your signed copy, please and thank you here: alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...

If your New Year's Resolution is to get more horror written, then NEW FEARS could be just the thing to help you along - six weeks of guest author workshops, plus optional feedback and 1-2-1 options! www.eventbrite.com/e/new-fears-... #horror #horrorwriting #horrorwriters #horrorfiction

I have such sights to show you.

Dressings were changed today. One of the ulcers is incredibly deep and a concern to the med team. They've packed the wound and hoping compression and meds will do the business when assessed next week. Thank you to all those that asked how I am.

Kendall Reviews Fantasy Football League 2025/26. (Week 16 - Top 3)

"How much trouble can a hotel be?" #ITWelcomeToDerry

In 2022, you visited the Rocky Mountains. In 2026, it's time to revisit Ogre Peak & learn some of its secrets... More details soon!

Started reading my first book since mid-November. It was only ever going to be the rich prose of Adam Nevill that was going to pull me out of the funk. Only 57 pages in, but my word Monumental has already got its claws in.

Skarsgård was the highlight of a series that I really enjoyed. Its a shame there were too many dips into the hokey or convenient when it came to plotting. The finale was ok although its main purpose seemed to be to set up the next series and to link into the movies and King lore

With the chill in the air and the dark nights, ghost story season is certainly here - and if you're a fan of the form, why not check out our online running of the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL next year, with stacks of writing talent taking part! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory...

Pre-order offer! If you pre-order our new antho, ENCOUNTERS, you'll be in with a chance of winning one of five paperback copies on release day. Either post your order confirmation or email it to [email protected]. Fifteen monstrous stories. Out 02/14/26 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR.

Bookmail pt. 1 of 2: Fever House & The Devil by Name by @keithrosson.bsky.social joins the collection. Very pretty @blackcrowbooks.bsky.social editions. #booksky #horrorbooks

Could a Goodreads Librarian please add Adam Nevill's latest hardback please? Monumental Adam Nevill Hardback 346 pages 978-1-0684470-0-6

Disaster strikes quickly and without warning. Monumental has darkened Kendall Reviews door. The quality of this Ritual Limited book is stunning. Thank you Adam Nevill for providing the horrors that skitter in my peripheral.

Hallucinatory, fiendish, and destructively beautiful. Wretch has arrived at Kendall Reviews. That Clive Barker quote at the beginning is a stunner. 😍 @ericlarocca.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social

Rather than reissuing ANOTHER omnibus edition of Clive Barker's Books of Blood, how about reissuing the original 6 volumes honouring Clives glorious artwork and format? Maybe add a limited edition box to store them in 🤔 The 'art' for the recent reissue is appalling.

Prince's final album was released 10 years ago today.

Favorite horror/dark books read in 2025: The Second Safest Mountain by @claystorks.bsky.social Simplicity by @mattielubchansky.com

This October I got HAUNTED

Is this the only Richard Laymon novel published outside of the 2006 - 2008 Headline reissue campaign?

New Review - today some brilliant and powerful horror that tackles hard subjects very well - I loved ITCH! By Gemma Amor out now and strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/12...

I love an 'end of year' list. What I dont want to see are any 'worst' lists. Let's celebrate what you loved. Post your favourite horror/dark genre books of 2025 below.

Front and back cover for THE DEVIL'S CAULDRON, the latest book from MISLAID BOOKS. Out January 2026, the 140th anniversary of the novel!

I've been out of hospital a few weeks now and recuperation is incredibly slow. Meds are really messing me up. I'm back in compression, so that's a positive, but it's likely various treatments will continue well into the New Year. I definitely need a stick so I'm on the lookout for a shillelagh.

With the cold weather arriving, which type of creature-feature reader are you? Warm me up fictionally! Or, keep me cold like the weather outside! Let me know! And grab either of these from your fav bookshop or on Audible! mybook.to/churnthesoil mybook.to/mastodon

*NEW BLOG POST* My review of #HorrorMovie by Paul Tremblay is live on #damppebbles! Exquisitely dark and makes for compulsive yet uncomfortable reading. A book that gets into your head and won't let go. Check out my review... ➡️ buff.ly/imjLVGr @titanbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #skybrarians #books

THE BOOKSELLER, ran an article about how horror sales are on to another record breaking year - showing the year’s Top 50 bestsellers, and CELTIC WEIRD IS AT #42!!!!! My head is blown. Thank you to everyone who has got behind it. Wow.

Give if you can, share as well! Don's done a lot of covers for me & is a really great guy!

After watching TROLL2, Auryn & I have filmed a very special episode of Steve & Auryn Discuss! We chat about what we loved, why you should watch it & even mentioned one character's very cool middle name! Did I cry watching this movie? Why, yes I did. 😂. We loved it! youtu.be/v_HfUOGZafE

It was only General Francis 'Exposition Dump' Shaw and the occasional hokey/convenient plotting points that prevented Welcome To Derry, Episode 7 from being pretty much perfect. There were some pretty gruesome moments but the biggest horror was the abhorrent rascism. Horrifying.

Christmas is coming soon! And if you're still trying to decide on which book to get that special someone - well, here you go! 'Exiles' by Mason Coile is a perfect blend of sci-fi/thriller/horror that will appeal to every reader, no matter their preferred genre! Grab it & thank me later!

My good fiends, THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is coming in February and is available for pre-order at all good bookshops now. I hope you'll give this next installment a go! All the details here: alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/the...

12 days to go - there's something Christmassy about that, right? And we've got plenty of festive fear incoming with our online launch for ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE on the 18th December... www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-... #ghosts #ghoststories #ghoststory #xmas #christmas #festive

Three weeks of IV antibiotics can really screw your stomach up. Who knew? Well, after three hours of crippling pain, I most certainly do. No idea why the hospital failed to tell me this when they discharged me. It has dissipated now and I'm feeling oddly euphoric.

Politics and halftime shows have no business being involved in football.

My word this is good. I desperately want to see Nick Cave in a intimate venue perform a full on, balls out, heavy set. It really is a bucket list wish. One day I'll get to see Sir Nick.

2026... Full Adam Nevill bibliography reread and review Read John Connolly's 'Charlie Parker' books. Make a huge dent in the KR TBR of Doom. Get healthy and back to what Kendall Reviews does best...#PromoteHorror

Good morning! Today is the publication day of the 1927 occult novel POSSESSED by Rosalie and Edward Synton, discovered by me and reprinted by the British Library for their Tales of the Weird line. There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED

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I wish GoodReads would update in real time based on the Amazon database. It's so annoying to have the incorrect cover art, page count, ISBN etc.

POSSESSED - my major discovery for the British Library, written by Rosalie and Edward Synton (Corse-Scott) comes out this week (4th)! Includes an essay from yours truly and photos of the authors (courtesy of the Corse-Scott family who I finally tracked down a few weeks before the book went to print)