The Ghost of the First Draft: How the Earliest Version of Your Story Haunts All Revisions That Follow

Nov 11, 2025Nov 10, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

I’ve just finished the first draft of my current work-in-progress, a biography-horror hybrid that’s consumed more of my thoughts than I’d like to admit and is sure to consume more. It’s a strange, unsettling project that blurs the boundary between truth and fiction, and somewhere in that blur, I’ve found myself trapped between the two … Continue reading The Ghost of the First Draft: How the Earliest Version of Your Story Haunts All Revisions That Follow

The Archive – Chapter Seven: Juno

Nov 5, 2025Nov 4, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

There is no air here. Only rhythm. My breath matches the pulse of the corridors. My heartbeat echoes through the walls. Every step I take reverberates back at me, delayed, distorted, as though the ship itself were trying to mimic me — or remind me that it no longer needs me to move. I have … Continue reading The Archive – Chapter Seven: Juno

Let’s Split Up — And Never Read This Again

Oct 21, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

⭐ I had high hopes for Let’s Split Up by Bill Wood, especially with its promise of a Scooby-Doo meets slasher vibe. Unfortunately, this book is a letdown on almost every front. The writing is painfully simplistic. It reads like a first draft, with clunky dialogue and flat prose. The characters speak in a way … Continue reading Let’s Split Up — And Never Read This Again

The Archive – Chapter Six: ECHO_402

Oct 16, 2025Oct 16, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

She falters. Not in body—she is still moving, still breathing, still reaching for doors that have no edges—but in mind. Every step she takes splinters into a thousand possibilities. Every thought she clutches vanishes the instant she tries to pin it down. She does not see us. She thinks she is alone. She does not … Continue reading The Archive – Chapter Six: ECHO_402

Crane, Chaos, and Comfortably Familiar Carnage – Dying Light: The Beast (Review)

Oct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

Dying Light: The Beast launched in mid-September 2025 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, and it immediately feels like a homecoming. Stepping back into the role of Kyle Crane is genuinely satisfying—almost like the series finally remembered who its heart belonged to. After the shift in focus in Dying Light 2, having Crane back … Continue reading Crane, Chaos, and Comfortably Familiar Carnage – Dying Light: The Beast (Review)

A Haunting Feast for the Eyes

Oct 8, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim is one of those books that’s difficult to slot neatly into a single genre. It’s horror, yes, but not in the traditional sense. It’s also a family drama, a cultural study, and a descent into obsession and madness. The story follows Ji-won, a Korean-American woman … Continue reading A Haunting Feast for the Eyes

The Archive – Chapter Five: Juno

Oct 1, 2025Sep 30, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

I don’t know how long I was on the floor. Time here stretches like old wires—thin, frayed, ready to snap. At some point, I pushed myself up, but my legs felt borrowed, as though I were operating them through water. My breathing was uneven, sharp in my ears, yet I couldn’t hear its echo. The … Continue reading The Archive – Chapter Five: Juno

A Fascinating Descent into Madness

Sep 26, 2025Sep 29, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

⭐⭐⭐⭐ I never thought I would say it, but it was a real pleasure to read a story from the perspective of someone so utterly unhinged. Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito is not your usual historical novel – it’s a dark, twisted character study wrapped up in lace, corsets, and all the suffocating etiquette of … Continue reading A Fascinating Descent into Madness

The Archive – Chapter Four: ECHO_237

Sep 24, 2025Sep 22, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

We shape her. We are the shape. She is the clay. Her thoughts are pliant in our hands, though she does not yet realise she has hands other than ours. We fold her memories into the corridors. Each recollection is a brick, a panel, a seam of light stretching into infinity. She runs, believing the … Continue reading The Archive – Chapter Four: ECHO_237

A Chilling, Clever Horror That Exceeded Every Expectation

Sep 18, 2025Sep 19, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I went into Episode Thirteen with cautious optimism. I’ve picked up a fair few books lately that had been hyped up online, only to find them flat, predictable, or just not worth the buzz. Honestly, I was ready for another disappointment, but wow, Craig DiLouie completely blindsided me with this one in the best … Continue reading A Chilling, Clever Horror That Exceeded Every Expectation