Website of horror novelist MV Clark

Northern gothic - The Loney

November 05, 2017 by Varya Clark in Books

I've just finished The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley, a gothic novel about religion dashing itself to pieces on the implacable landscape of the North of England.

How New York does Spooky

November 03, 2017 by Varya Clark in Travel

Yes, yes, yes, I know, Halloween is over. I've told my husband, who took these photos, all about news values but he says I'm just 'old media'. He is insisting I do this post so here goes.

Rewatching The Babadook

November 03, 2017 by Varya Clark in Film

Rewatching The Babadook, it feels viscerally real, as if I've lived it.

Another Kuso Blog

November 01, 2017 by Varya Clark in MV Clark, Film

My husband was shocked that I posted the trailer for Kuso in the blog post below because of the beaver shot on the freeze frame.

Kuso

October 18, 2017 by Varya Clark in Film

So Kuso, a film by Steve. What was all that about eh? As we say here in the UK about anything remotely unusual.

Scary mountains - Thin Air by Michelle Paver

October 15, 2017 by Varya Clark in Books

I am a BIG fan of Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. Not much frightens me but even years after reading it, the central image still gets me in the viscera.

Paperback arrives

October 14, 2017 by Varya Clark in MV Clark

Just got the uncorrected paperback delivered.

Zombies & fine writing - Colson Whitehead's Zone One

October 09, 2017 by Varya Clark in Books

When I first set out to write a zombie novel I decided not to read any to avoid accidentally copying them. The exception was Colson Whitehead's Zone One

Horror writing - it lives!

October 04, 2017 by Varya Clark in Books, MV Clark

I am MV Clark, and I'm about to join the maniacally rammed but seethingly alive world of horror writing with my novel The Splits. I hope there's room for one more.