![]() ![]() Not surprisingly, things do not go well (or perhaps they go exactly to plan, depending on how you look at it…) And I'll end on a classic writer who deserves far more attention: Joan Aiken. It follows the fortunes of Art and Lily Binewski, a carnival couple who attempt to create their own family freak show. Although not everyone would class it as horror, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn is utterly horrifying and wonderful. Let me tell you, these fears are creepier and more sleep-affecting than anything I've read in a long time. For readers new to horror which 3 books would you recommend they start with? I'll ease in with something deceptively creepy: Deep Dark Fears by Fran Krause, which started on Tumblr with cartoonist Krause illustrating fears that people sent to him. I'm also currently writing a collection of horror stories called The Night Tender. ![]() ![]() My next novel, The Gloaming, is out in April 2018 from Harvill Secker, and it's a queer mermaid love story set on a remote island that slowly turns its inhabitants to stone. Kirsty Logan Tell us about your latest book A Portable Shelter(Vintage, 2016) is a collection of linked short stories about circuses and stargazing, selkie fishermen and domestic werewolves, child-eating witches and broken-toothed dragons. ![]()
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