The Apparition Phase: Shortlisted for the 2021 McKitterick Prize

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A number of new characters are introduced, one of whom is intolerable, and there’s – horror of horrors – a romantic subplot. Deep in rural South West England, with an ancient wood at the foot of the garden, Tom and his family are miles from anywhere and anyone familiar.

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On the spiritual level, the speaker is God, whom humankind (in the image of the woman) has rejected, but God warns that he will come back and catch humankind in the arms of the secular world. No shocking thrills or OTT gruesome ugliness, just an all so very British ghost story based around a strong storyline which simply meanders along on its merry way to an unexplained possible source of absolute finality. On the other hand, it also provides the familiar chills of traditional supernatural fiction, with more than a nod to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House.The artist who paints for the millions must use glaring colours,’ wrote fellow novelist Anthony Trollope.

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DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Random House UK, Cornerstone via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of The Apparition Phase by Will Maclean for review. That her former lover’s ghost finds her in the “worse armes” of another man also points to her promiscuity.

Kurzum: keine cosy nostalgia, sondern ein Schauerroman, der mir beim Lesen deswegen große Freude beschert hat, weil er wirklich gut geschrieben ist und mit den Elementen des Genres geschickt spielt. This book comes out TOMORROW [Which just happens to be my bday, so, that’s super cool] so if you’re a fan of horror, be sure to consider it! Growing up in a London suburb in the early 1970s, teenage twins Tim and Abi Smith are obsessed with the uncanny – not just ghosts but also “standing stones, witches, curses, the British countryside, the ancient Egyptians (with particular emphasis on their burial rites), the Vikings, voodoo, vampires, the mythical giant squid, real-life accounts of people being attacked (and, even better, devoured) by large wild animals, Dracula, Doctor Who, space exploration, the futuristic domed cities that people would one day live in on the ocean floor, pond life, medieval history, medieval weaponry, medieval siege warfare, eclipses, coral reefs, escapology, how to start fires, UFOs, card tricks…” They spend hours together in the attic, discussing the frightening and the macabre.