Supernatural – Page 10

The Daylight Gate by Jeannette Winterson

This should have been brilliant, really. Three winning elements for me – Jeannette Winterson (a favourite author), the Pendle Witch Trials (long a source of fascination), and Hammer Films (a current obsession). But what a disappointment! Leaving aside the historical inaccuracies, which I can forgive as Winterson clearly states it contains “speculations and inventions”, itContinue reading “The Daylight Gate by Jeannette Winterson”

The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert

I’m not a huge Herbert fan, but the promise of a ghost story is one I find to resist, and this is an effective chiller that does not disappoint. A traumatised family rent the foreboding Crickley Hall to temporarily escape the pressure of the loss of their son. But the Hall has terrifying secrets andContinue reading “The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert”