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Neil McRobert

Neil McRobert completed a PhD in Gothic Literature and promptly fled academia. He now lives in a small British village, where he writes stories and has opinions on those written by others.

If It Bleeds

For Stephen King, As Well As His Fans, ‘If It Bleeds’ Is a Coming Home

by Neil McRobert
May 18, 2020

King can still write a horror story that scares and delights in equal measure.

The Institute

With The Institute, Stephen King Channels Political Outrage into Familiar Horror

by Neil McRobert
September 15, 2019

It’s in the moral murk of a politically loaded situation that King finds the richest seam of his story.

Interview: Paul Tremblay on Growing Things and the Hope of Horror Fiction

by Neil McRobert
July 11, 2019

Tremblay discusses how horror can be a progressive, hopeful way to understand the world.

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