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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WORRY BOX - CHRIS PANATIER I never wants kids after finishing this one. Chris creates a compelling and realistically stressful family dynamic, as the Martin's deal with paranoia imposed on them. It delves into the hurts that make a person, and the importance of belonging. Great stuff!

Cover art for Worry Box by Chris Panatier

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

TALES FROM THE TERRITORY - TRAVIS BALDREE Five cosy short stories set in the best-selling world of Legends & Lattes. Baldree does one thing and he does it well. These are cute and quaint and that's about it, but what more do you really want from these stories?

Cover art for Tales From The Territory by Travis Baldree

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

BROTHER - ANIA AHLBORN Relentless misery porn. I thought the characterisations were great, the big twists were well plotted, and Ahlborn is a fantastic writer. I was compelled to constantly be reading this book. But did I actually like? Honestly, I don't know. I think it's maybe too miserable.

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS - CHUCK WENDIG Wendig writes books that just hook you from the beginning with colourful, compelling, sometimes larger than life characters, intriguing mysteries, and propulsive storytelling full of twists & turns. TBOA is epic in scope and so much more than it seems at first!

Cover art for The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END THE WAY WE WANT - HAILEY PIPER Blitzed through this in two days! Piper keeps you hooked; this is a great execution of the cursed film trope. Feels like a rant on "AI Artistry" alongside being about not letting the demons of your past rule your future.

Cover art for This Movie Doesn't End The Way We Want by Hailey Piper

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

THE STAND - STEPHEN KING Re-read. The plague section and its immediate aftermath is some of my all time favourite King writing. Watching the world fall apart is so harrowing and dreadful and readable. But the 300 pages of meetings and committees is DULL. I also love the ending... sue me!

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

CARRIE - STEPHEN KING Re-read. Even better the second time around. This still holds up shockingly well 50+ years on, and my sympathy for Carrie only grows. I'm surprised at how I also felt a bit sorry for Margaret White this time too (but not too sad). 242 pages and so much depth, I love this one!

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

THE TWO LIES OF FAVEN SYTHE - MEGAN O'KEEFE Colourful crystal chaos lesbian pirates in space! Such a fun adventure that runs at a clip, always changing the status quo & keeping you hooked. Some of the most unique sci-fi imagery. Gave me Final Fantasy vibes (Sci-Final Fantasy?). More please!

cover art for The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan O'Keefe

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

DEVIL INSIDE - CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN Obsession and possession collide in this horromance. Jordan is an unlikeable guy, whereas Lilith the demon feels more like a force of nature grappling with human constructs. It's darker than the premise seems, but it's utterly readable.

Cover art for Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

WIZARD & GLASS - STEPHEN KING Charyou Tree... This book is always a joy to read. Roland's story is one laced with love and loss, hope and tragedy, and this may be one of King's best "small town horrors". The journey to the Tower may halt for 800 pages, but its the best 800 pages in the series 🤠

Cover art for Wizard & Glass by Stephen King

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

DAMN FINE STORY - CHUCK WENDIG A great writing aid, particularly with how to link all your storytelling elements back into your most important part; your characters. Wendig explains things clearly using very well known examples to further clarify his point. Highly recommended!

Cover art for Damn Fine Story by Chuck Wendig

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS - STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES SGJ has such a unique voice, one that takes me a while to get into the rhythm of, but one that always has something to offer. Like TBHH, TOGI is a novel that has so much meat to it, and oftentimes, discussing the themes is just as good as the book itself

Cover art for The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. It shows the antler and an eye and ear of an elk against a black background

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

THE PARIAH - ANTHONY RYAN A very strong character voice cannot hide an aimless, meandering narrative. This feels like a prelude to the actual story in book 2 & 3. However, the exploration of figureheads and iconic people, and the feverish devotion they conjure, was masterful and interesting.

Cover art for The Pariah by Anthony Ryan. Depicts a cloaked figure sat on a stone floor holding a sheathed sword across their lap. All set against a black background

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

RETRIBUTION FALLS - CHRIS WOODING Action-packed steampunk fantasy at its finest! I love the anti-hero crew of the Ketty Jay and the swashbuckling adventure they go on to clear their names. This was exciting and cinematic, with plenty of deep, surprising character moments to boot!

Cover art for Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding. Depicts a man standing on a platform, looking over a ramshackle city, with the background dominated by a massive airship

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

UNIVERSAL HARVESTER - JOHN DARNIELLE I don't think this should be marketed as horror, as it's essential a literary novel with some mild creepiness. That aside, I did find parts disturbing, and I enjoyed its look at mothers, the absence of important figures in our lives, and the effect it has on us.

Cover art for Universal Harvester by John Darnielle. Depicts a barn in a cornfield on a starry night, all covered with a multi-coloured CRT TV filter

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

MORTAL ENGINES - PHILIP REEVE A steampunk, sci-fantasy dystopian post-apocalyptic adventure that was a whole lot of fun and a whole lot more brutal than I was expecting! Super inventive, great characters, and a good look at governments devouring all they can get. On to book 2 soon!

Cover art for Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. Cover art by Ian McQue. It shows a tiered city with buildings stacked on top of each other, all of which is placed on top of a platform with rolling tracks, as this mobile city travels across a muddy, barren land. In the foreground at the bottom of the artwork, a lone figure wearing a red scarf stands tall staring at the city with their back to us. Airships float around this moving city.

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

BODIES OF WORK - CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN Clay always finds a way to take a unique storytelling perspective and spin it in a way that makes it very compelling to read. This is a wholly sad novella to read, all about how the victims of serial killers are lost to the fame and focus of their murderers.

Cover art for Bodies of Work by Clay McLeod Chapman

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

LOST IN THE GARDEN - ADAM S. LESLIE Ethereal, dreamlike, hazy, this jaunt through perpetual summer English countryside village life - filled with wandering semi-ghosts and the feeling that reality itself is slipping - made for a book that was very atmospheric.

Cover art for Lost In The Garden by Adam S. Leslie

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

HAPPY HOUR - GEMMA AMOR A revenge story garnished with an twist of lemon and an umbrella. Happy Hour gets deep into the head of our main swanky bar owning protagonist, who I am still trying to decide if he is a psycho or not. Glorious satire of 90s/00s UK celeb gossip and club culture.

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

NEON MOON - GRACE R. REYNOLDS A slasher novella that weirdly reminded me of Terrifier (even though this isn't just pure gore-porn like that movie), but with a country and western theme. Enjoyable, but it does have things that didn't work for me. Check the trigger warnings before you dive into this

cover art for Neon Moon by Grace R Reynolds

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A SHORT STAY IN HELL - STEVEN L. PECK The award for most misleading title goes to... But jokes aside, this is an existential, philosophical crisis in novella form. Incomprehensible in its scope. In just 99 pages, this story manages to ask questions bigger than any of us will ever be able to answer.

Cover art for A Short Stay In Hell by Steven L. Peck

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS - CHUCK WENDIG Liminal space horror at its finest, this is a fable about the descent into unresolved childhood traumas, our darkest thoughts, and how these internal horrors build a home within us. Compelling, amazing character work, this book strikes for the heart!

Cover art for The Staircase In The Woods by Chuck Wendig

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

FABULOUS BODIES - CHUCK TINGLE Another bold, wacky Tingle adventure romp, this time with an influencer protag and an undead queer pop iconic. I felt this was maybe too overt and simplified, almost like it was written with a screen adaption in mind. However, it was still an exciting, fun, wild ride!

Cover art for Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

KISS SLAY REPLAY - RACHEL HARRISON I'd happily be stuck in a time loop with this book! This is a book that I read at the right time and that now holds a special place in my heart. A whole lot of fun, but with a message that feels like a hand on your shoulder. The only way out is through ❤️

Cover art for Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

SARAFINA - PHILIP FRACASSI Immersive as it is brutal, harrowing, and horrifying. A tale of war and horrors both human and otherwise that shape us in that period between childhood and adulthood. Full of guilt, and never shying away from the worst aspects of us all. Historical horror at its best!

Cover art for Sarafina by Philip Fracassi

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

TRAPS & SPECTERS - PHILIP FRACASSI Really great collection of some of the most spiteful stories I've read in horror fiction this year. Also, it's a collection without a single dud, which is amazing! Each story feels like a proper gut punch, and I wouldn't have it any other way

Cover art for TRAPS & SPECTERS by PHILIP FRACASSI

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

SCRATCH MOSS - DAVID BARNETT The darkest of the three novels so far, this Russian Doll of a story goes deeper into the history of one of Barnett's small rural town settings than ever before, slowly unveiling something more grand, timeless, and evil than before. Probably my favourite so far!

Cover art for Scratch Moss by David Barnett

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

SCUTTLER'S COVE - DAVID BARNETT Barnett continues his extremely unputdownable and incredibly readable folk horror novels, this time set in a quaint Cornwell seaside town. Well paced, creepy, great characters, further exploration of a bigger narrative at play, yeah I love these books!

Cover art for SCUTTLER'S COVE by DAVID BARNETT

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

HARD LUCK JENNY - DAVID SODERGREN I wasn't expecting a dark comedy, but this was really quite funny! Weird Scottish village won't let a man leave after he stops for a piss at the local boozer. I liked how utterly bonkers and bloody it was, even if the final few pages are a complete tonal shift

Cover art for Hard Luck Jenny by David Sodergren

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

WITHERED HILL - DAVID BARNETT A dual timeline narrative that moves like a thriller dressed in creeping forest attire of a folk horror. Each chapter gives you an answer to a question, then hooks you along by creating another mystery. Unsettling, full of twists, and plenty of hints at a wider mythos!

Cover art for Withered Hill by David Barnett

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

THE RAVEN SCHOLAR - ANTONIA HODGSON A fantasy murder mystery intertwined with court politics, a brutal tournament, an intriguing and well-realised setting, and a big heaping of funny character moments. So many twists and turns that knocked my socks off. This was just a joy to read!

Cover art for The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

THE LONG LOW WHISTLE - LAUREL HIGHTOWER A claustrophobic, dark, dank, gory romp of a story. Laurel never hides from the bloody, gruesomeness of it all. A great character of casts, and a whole lot of horror movie-like fun! I read this one sitting because it hooked me with it's sharp teeth.

Cover art for The Long Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

THE HAAR - DAVID SODERGREN A book about an old lady falling in love with a shapeshifting sea blob is somehow not the most far-fetched element of this book. A lot of this novel is very one-note to the point of being unbelievable. I did love Muriel and the creature, and the body horror is top notch!

Cover art for The Haar by David Sodergen

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

LEVIATHAN WAKES - JAMES S. A. COREY THIS IS HOW YOU DO A BOOK ONE IN A SERIES! OMG why have I put off reading this for so long! Great characters with explosive, propulsive storytelling, gripping from the start, and epic in scale. And it promises to only get bigger!

cover art for LEVIATHAN WAKES by JAMES S. A. COREY

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

SIEGE OF VRAKS - STEVE LYONS Reads like a history text about the Siege of Vraks with the occasion moment of character in it. A bit dry, frankly, but the Death Korps of Krieg do always have something fascinating about that them to follow in each of their stories.

Cover art for Siege of Vraks by Steve Lyons

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL - STEPHEN KING I don't really hear Constant Readers talking about this collection but it was excellent! Some of my now favourite King shorts are in here, including All That You Love Will Be Carried Away, Riding The Bullet, Luckey Quarter, Road Virus etc.

Cover art for Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

THE OTHER - ANNIE NEUGEBAUER Somehow more intense than its already nerve-wracking predecessor, The Other is laser-focused, extremely gripping, and the definition of a high-concept thriller. I could read an endless number of these novellas and not get bored!

Cover art for The Other by Annie Neugebauer

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

THE CARETAKER - MARCUS KLIEWER A masterclass in building tension and raising stakes, and really getting into the psyche of our (great) protagonist. It's a book that feels like it was written with a movie adaption in mind (apt now after the recent announcement). A true thrill-ride!

Cover art for The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

TRAD WIFE - SARAH LANGAN Another banger of a book called Trad Wife. Sarah Langan weaves a dread-filled neo-gothic horror story that never loses it's focus even as the story spirals. In the same way that Get Out & Weapons slowly accelerate towards the cliff, this does the same (and it's sooo good!)

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BLOOD OF THE IMPERIUM - VARIOUS A Warhammer 40K anthology: collecting works from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Richard Swan, Jude Reid, Mike Brooks. Just a thoroughly entertaining collection of stories set in the Grimdarkness of the 41st Millennium! The Emperor would be pleased indeed!

Cover art for Blood of the Imperium, published by Black Library

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

THE SCOUR - RICHARD SWAN I love how the ideas of justice and law are explored in Swan's Empire of the Wolf, and this prequel is no different. It gives us a core trio that are magnetic to follow, and plenty of mystery and action. These little stories are ripe for serialisation!

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

TRAD WIFE - SARATOGA SCHAEFER WOW THIS ONE IS AMAZING! Angry, disgusting, visceral, shocking, and truly unputdownable! This one went in directions I never thought it would. Graham is hands down the most despicable character I've ever read. Schaefer is a pure talent!

Cover art for Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

CHILDREN OF TIME - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY Third time's the charm! Gripping from the first chapter, this is the definition of epic speculative fiction. The span of time covered and consumed is vast in scale, and the ideas played with are fascinating to watch play out in full. Loved this!

cover art for Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

GRAVE EMPIRE - RICHARD SWAN Re-read in preparation for Steel Gods (and because I have a memory like a sieve), but I don't mind when the book is this entertaining! Nema damn fuck and blast, I love so much about this book and series! Fantasy Horror at its best!

Cover art for Grave Empire by Richard Swan

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

VALUABLE HUMANS IN TRANSIT - qntm In this collection of high-concept stories, its usually the implications of the ideas explored that carry the weight of the horror that really lives underneath them. Short, sharp, and evokes the same feeling I get when I watch an episode of Black Mirror.

cover art for VALUABLE HUMANS IN TRANSIT by qntm

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

MADE THINGS - ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY A fun little novella about the relationship between humanity and its creations, and the abusive nature of power, Tchaikovsky packs so many themes into a short runtime. There was something, however, that stopped me from loving it, and I can't figure out what.

Cover art for Made Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION - qntm Containing one of the strongest openings to a book I've read in a long while, this is a mind-melting, terrifying look at entities that cause memory loss and malice. For a book all about forgetting, its certainly very memorable! A full 5 stars!!

Cover art for There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

THE AUTUMN REPUBLIC - BRIAN MCCLELLAN A great final book to a great trilogy! These books are true page turners and are so much fun to be in. The characters are all memorable, the action is spectacular and the pacing is always breakneck. Looking forward to starting the follow up trilogy soon!

Cover art for The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan

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Harry Chilcott @chilcottharry.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

WRETCH - ERIC LAROCCA One of the most sad, depressing, hopeless books I've read in a long time. An experience hard to enjoy, but one you can appreciate. Exploring grief through the eyes of someone selfish, a taker, a narcissist. LaRocca is wonderful at writing the worst of human emotion!

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