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Horror is a remarkably flexible genre – one that can take all sorts of forms. From the subtleties of the ghost story all the way through to the flat-out grossness of body horror, along with its mallea

Matt Elton How do the kinds of records created now and in the recent past differ from those left in previous centuries? Jane Winters Records and sources now come in a whole range of formats. In some c

This month’s story, ‘Futures’ by Han Ong, is set in the world of tennis. It invites us to look, not just at the game, but at the darker side of being part of that world. As always, you will get the mo

I first heard the term ‘autofiction’ in December 2021 on a residential Arvon course for potential novelists. It was the first time I had spent a significant chunk of my own money on my writing educati

One of my favourite books of the past few years is Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It’s had a big impact on my own writing – early next year I have a book coming out that’s written as

T hey say everyone has a book inside them. (If you’re drawn to quests or escapades you may have a whole shelf ’s worth.) But experiencing real-life events is one thing; turning that into unputdownable