X-Files: S3. E9. Nisei Mulder evading a Black Ops squad is less believable than the excellent alien hybrid plotline. The scope of the plot is massive with huge reveals for both Mulder and Scully. If there was any doubt before, after this episode I'm all in. Superb.

X-Files: S3. E8. Oubliette Slight convenient plotting couldn't spoil a surprising powerful and emotional episode. Depth was added to Mulder's character but I'm unsure on Scully being so hard on the facts when she's witnessed phenomena in the past. An excellent episode.

Today, I'll be mostly listening to Röyksopp

Today, I'll be mostly listening to the Beastie Boys. Starting with this beauty...

X-Files: S3. E7. The Walk An enjoyable enough episode. I'm enjoying how unflinching this series has become. The self boiling scene in particular was surprisingly nasty. The story was all a bit formulaic and I'm puzzled with Callahan's reaction to losing both his wife and child.

X-Files: S3. E6. 2Shy Another solid episode which again has upped the horror. Not necessary for this episode, but I'd like to know more about Virgil Incanto. I like how Scully is portrayed here in face of misogyny. Its incredible how low-tech things were in 1995.

Adam Nevill's 'Monumental' is out today! 'Monumental' moves his skittery horrors out of your peripheral and thrusts them front and centre. Nevill is a prose magician. Dare I say, he's the finest writer of horrors working today. You need to read Adam Nevill to understand horror

X-Files: S3. E5. The List Yes, its all a bit one-dimensional and you kinda feel you've seen it before yet I still really enjoyed this. It felt heavy with a darkness that was uncomfortable. It featured some solid horror as well. It was nice to see the case go unsolved.

TWISTED PIKE largely takes place during Withered Hill’s Ostara Festival and it looks like I’ll finish writing it over the Easter weekend which is the first time I’ve actually written a book during the season in which it takes place. Normally it’s Christmas in July round these parts.

I thought this was pretty good. The whole spaceship thing was a bit out of leftfield but overall an enjoyable series. I hope we get another season. #Scarpetta

X-Files: S3. E4. Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose I thought this was superb. From the humour to the clever way of dealing with dark themes on a light way. Everything worked. I think both Darin Morgan episodes are my favourites so far, certainly out of the standalone episodes.

X-Files: S3. E3. D.P.O. Mulder and Scully manage to put alien hybrids, shady governments, murders of both a sister and a father on the back burner to investigate deaths by lightning. A fun if throwaway episode.

Health Update 24/3/26 The wounds are still considered chronic but the vacuum dressings have worked near miracles. It's made the last week of no sleep, tubes everywhere and beeping alarms worthwhile. Steroid treatment starts and I'm continuing with the vacuum treatment.

"The box. You opened it. We came,"

Bring on the Third Floor... @mattdinniman.bsky.social

I've been thoroughly entertained Although a little repetitive, there's enough action, gore & humour to keep those pages turning Hopefully in Book Two, Carl won't be so reliant on simply lobbing a bomb at enemies I think I'm going to start 'Carl's Doomsday Scenario' immediately

Do I read 'Backstage At The Pineapple Cabaret' now that I've finished Book One, or do I read all parts together after the final Dungeon Crawler Carl book? 🤔

X-Files: S3. E2. Paper Clip Bloody Nora! That was superb, kitchen sink and everything. Was the UFO or alien hybrids running about necessary? Probably not, yet it certainly added a sense of scale to things. I do find Scully still not accepting the paranormal a little odd. 😆

"The box. You opened it. We came,"

Good grief! It's tough keeping hold of those rights isn't it? The Silmarillion is still sitting there on a dusty old shelf. In other news, Adam Woodyatt is co-writing a new Hellraiser sequel.

X-Files: S3. E1. The Blessing Way Blimey. This had everything bar the kitchen sink. I could've done without some of the mystical hogwash but the conspiracy stuff was great. I also liked how Scully was set centre stage. Krycek is hilariously incompetent. 😆

Health Update 24/3/26 The wounds are still considered chronic but the vacuum dressings have worked near miracles. It's made the last week of no sleep, tubes everywhere and beeping alarms worthwhile. Steroid treatment starts and I'm continuing with the vacuum treatment.

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I've always found mixes and compilations one of the best ways to discover new music I'm relistening/rating some of the sets I used to listen to... Fabric/FabricLive/FabricPresents DJ Kicks Late Night Tales Global Underground Back To Mine Any mixes/compilations you'd recommend?

The replacement copy of Richard Haigh's 'The Farm' has arrived. Beautifully glossy and the quality I'd expect from @valancourtbooks.bsky.social 'Paperbacks From Hell' books.

A special treat for my 50th on April 15th, a posthumous collection for the late Bryn Fortey and my first collection since 2015! Contains two published tales and two unpublished ones, this mini collection is a monument to our love for each other + our love of pulp fiction. Link to buy as and when.

My Paperbacks From Hell collection is complete 😎 "Through the bowels of the Earth, a nightmare evil crept to engulf Hobb's Farm" This book has a matt finish and the cover is peeling already. 😐 The previous books in the series had a gloss finish and felt much more substantial.

A little vid of me chatting about THE RISE. #WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky

X-Files: S2. E25. Anasazi Posing anymore questions than answers, I thoroughly enjoyed this S2 finale. Naming Scully in the files and having Mulder's dad actively involved really pulls you in. I hope we get some answers and not season upon season of questions.

X-Files: S2. E24. Our Town Enjoyable enough but does Scully have to be rescued, again? The plant was more horrific than the events within the town. Maybe that's the point? 🤔 There were some decent horror touches throughout though. Scully with a bucket of chicken. 😆

X-Files: S2. E23. Soft Light The final scene was well executed as was X's involvement. The science was a little hazy but it still gave Mulder and Scully are chance to investigate more thoroughly than before. The X and Banton peephole scene tickled me for some reason. 😆

Health Update 17/3/26 Wounds have been cleaned of excessive exudate. No improvement and still very deep but thankfully not infected. Vacuum dressings have been applied. I'm covered in tubes and battery packs. Just popped a couple of Tramadol and keeping everything crossed things start to heal.

Buzzing to bring four exciting new folk horror features to Derby this Saturday for the third running of the DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS FILM FESTIVAL! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/ditf2... #horror #horrormovies #horrorfilm #horrorfilms #horrorfest #horrorfestival #filmfest #filmfestival #Derby #Derbyshire

X-Files: S2. E22. F. Emasculata This episode was a lot of fun. I enjoyed the scope of it and of course the shady government involvement. The science was a little hokey as was Scully's carefree attitude to contagion.

I'm going in! Anybody read the Dungeon Crawler Carl books?

With @bryanfuller.bsky.social officially announcing he's started work on a new Clive Barker collaboration, I wonder if it's anything to do with this image he sent me.

Health Update 10/3/26 No improvement. 😐 I'm to continue antibiotics and current compression treatment but it looks like they'll be trying Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) next week. It's all a bit of a struggle. Thank you to those that check in.

Just need 6, 7 & 8

Published later on this year by Mislaid Books - another discovery by me -a 'lost' novel, THE WEIRD SISTERS, by James Blyth, published in 1918. Contains some good old fashioned witchcraft!

Well that was an experience. The last few episodes totally dropped the ball but overall it was a lot of fun. Terrible acting, cheesy as hell and very Ryan Murphy. I hope a second season gets the green light.

Embrace the spookiness of one of the UK's most haunted cities with SPRING HAUNTS, serving up a feast of writing workshops, interviews and more over the weekend of the 11th and 12th April! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1978726508... #York #Yorkshire #horror #gothic #fiction #writing #writers #authors

#CRONE by @keithrosson.bsky.social is out 22 September from @blackcrowbooks.bsky.social in the UK. A haunting, fearsome story of a father searching for his missing daughter and finding darkness—both human and not—at every turn, from the author of Fever House and Coffin Moon

It's time...

I'm currently doing a Batman readthrough, I thought I'd post my order of preference for those titles I've finished. 1) The Long Halloween 2) The Killing Joke 3) Dark Cries 4) Prey 5) Robin: Year One 6) Dark Victory #KendallReviewsBatList

Health Update 03/03/26 I'm back on antibiotics sadly. 😐 Wounds are not improving, arguably worse and now infected. Compression is continuing with silver dressings. A full reassessment to occur next week. A huge thank you to those that keep checking in.

X-Files: S2. E21. The Calusari A heavy handed possession tale that certainly had its moments. There was a lot thrown at the screen. I think if it was simplified it would have been much more effective.

I get that Batman and Jokers lives are intertwined but that doesn't mean that Joker should be treated differently to other villains. Everything I've read so far has Batman putting justice first. I love how dark this story is. This is my kinda Batman.

X-Files: S2, E20. Humbug Probably my favourite episode so far. 😆 A glorious mix of humour and horror. Mulder really has the standout lines and his 'manly pose' was TV gold. I laughed, a lot.

The next two books from myself and Trevor Kennedy's MISLAID BOOKS imprint (Trevor does all the heavy lifting). These should both be out by the end of April.