Fireside Gothic

The evocative title is absolutely perfect for this collection of three stories, all of which have previously been published as Kindle Singles – and all of which had passed me by. I'm glad to have discovered them, particularly as all three are thoroughly my kind of thing. In Broken Voices, set prior t......more

Excellent book - all three stories contained within are wonderful. The author says: "They were originally commissioned separately as Kindle Single ebooks and written over several years. With the benefit of hindsight, however, it's obvious that the stories share common themes. Perhaps fate intended t......more

Three novellas that have in common that they're ghost stories but, more important for this reader, that they're superb pieces of storytelling. There's a sense of M.R. James about them (indeed, I spotted a "visual quote" from James at one point, albeit involving a cat rather than a dog, and there cou......more

This was wonderful. I have heard of Andrew Taylor as someone who writes brilliant, historical fiction, but I wasn't really aware he had branched out into ghost stories until recently, There is another of his I would now love to read 'the anatomy of ghosts'? (I think that's the title) Fireside gothic......more

The three stories in this collection were originally published as separate “Kindle Singles” but they complement each other very well. Despite their different settings, they share some overlapping themes. More importantly, they all express the atmosphere of old-fashioned eeriness evoked by the well-c......more