Bat eater

Life has a bad habit of mirroring art. Sometimes, this can be in a deeply sad way. A while after I wrote about the assumption of guilt in a traumatised young woman with poor social skills, I watched a

A teenager came to police with a disturbing story – but was it true?

L If they’re ever looking to recruit spies, forget handsome, fit, blue-eyed Bonds. Forget gym-buffed Daniel, impossibly good-looking Tom and danger magnet Matt. Look instead for a middle-aged woman in

Queer as folk tales

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt was my recent holiday read, and I loved it. It tells the story of lonely widow Tova, whose teenage son vanished 30 years ago. She works at a small aquari

FROM SUPERNATURAL TO STRANGE TALES AND JUDGE DEATH, THIS YEAR’S SPOOKY SEASON COMICS ARE SCARIER THAN EVER