IF YOU GO AWAY

My chaotic October: Four UK scare mazes, one ghost train, and way too much anime

October refused to cooperate. Between scare mazes, Covid, and excessive screen time, here's what the month actually looked like: UK Halloween reviews…

Nov 15 • 

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October 2025

Designing for Halloween: Amrit Birdi brings horror icons to Fanta

Amrit Birdi brings Freddy Fazbear, Michael Myers and Chucky to UK supermarkets via Fanta. On balancing R-rated horror with Coca-Cola brand guidelines…

Oct 28 • 

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Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses: The book that's gorgeous but incomplete

Insight Editions' coffee-table masterpiece offers unprecedented access to Rob Zombie's annotated script and concept art, but leaves crucial stories…

Oct 18 • 

P M Buchan

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Publishing purgatory & The Gallows Pole

Benjamin Myers 'The Gallows Pole', my nostalgia for teen horror author Christopher Pike begins to run dry, submissions limbo, UK Halloween haunts and…

Oct 4 • 

P M Buchan

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September 2025

The sinister return of IF YOU GO AWAY

Crystal seas, Catholic crypts, and scare mazes across the UK. This time IF YOU GO AWAY winds from Sardinia to Halloween, with detours for Jane Austen…

Sep 20 • 

P M Buchan

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Hamilton in Plymouth: why Billy Nevers’ Aaron Burr is the performance I’ll never forget

Hamilton’s six-week run at Theatre Royal Plymouth has ended. Here’s why being in the room mattered, and what Hamilton has meant for the city.

Sep 13 • 

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June 2025

Seven months to finish one book...

When a book you desperately want to love becomes a chore, when a prison stay is surprisingly peaceful, and when 1980s teen horror reminds you what…

Jun 7 • 

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May 2025

Battle Royale vs. The Hunger Games

A deep dive into the cultural legacy of Japan's premiere death games, plus a free bonus comic strip created with artist Chris Doherty.

May 10 • 

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April 2025

Haunted houses & chainsaws

Revisiting House of Leaves, Halloween plans with Leatherface + more House of 1000 Corpses from Rob Zombie!

Apr 26 • 

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March 2025

Celebrating the genius of Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie is horror's most divisive genius. Author Dustin McNeill on the Firefly trilogy, plus why Devil's Rejects is one of the greatest horror films…

Mar 22 • 

P M Buchan

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A kinky modern-day Aesop’s Fable

Reviewing Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. "A thought-provoking meditation on grief, acceptance, and the monstrous sides of love and loyalty"?

Mar 15 • 

P M Buchan

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How I went from zero experience to writing for my dream magazines

Including the email that landed me my first published article.

Mar 1 • 

P M Buchan

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