Horror - KAT CLAY https://www.katclay.com/tag/horror/ Author of fiction, reviews, and roleplaying games. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:11:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.katclay.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Favicon-Kat-Clay.ico Horror - KAT CLAY https://www.katclay.com/tag/horror/ 32 32 24314318 Wyrd ways in Warsaw: The Thaumaturge Review https://www.katclay.com/wyrd-ways-in-warsaw-the-thaumaturge-review/ https://www.katclay.com/wyrd-ways-in-warsaw-the-thaumaturge-review/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:11:42 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=8702 The Thaumaturge has excellent worldbuilding, a plot weighty with meaningful choices, and a complex main character who annoys people while wearing an over the top fur coat and one hell of a moustache. I loved it.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/wyrd-ways-in-warsaw-the-thaumaturge-review/feed/ 0 8702 Sinister and surreal: Layers of Fear (2023) Review https://www.katclay.com/sinister-and-surreal-layers-of-fear-2023-review/ https://www.katclay.com/sinister-and-surreal-layers-of-fear-2023-review/#respond Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:40:00 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=8123 There’s a long history of mad artists in horror, from Oscar Wilde’s legendary The Picture of Dorian Gray to Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s hell-bound painter in Hell Screens. The myth continues until this day, that to be a successful artist, you also need to be a little mad. Or a lot mad, in the case of Bloober […]

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/sinister-and-surreal-layers-of-fear-2023-review/feed/ 0 8123 The best books and stories I read in 2022 https://www.katclay.com/best-books-and-stories-i-read-in-2022/ https://www.katclay.com/best-books-and-stories-i-read-in-2022/#respond Fri, 30 Dec 2022 05:38:41 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=7643 What were the best books I read in 2022? Find out in my last blog post of the year.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/best-books-and-stories-i-read-in-2022/feed/ 0 7643 Deep down Dagon: The Sinking City – Game Review https://www.katclay.com/sinking-city-game-review-ps4-ps5/ https://www.katclay.com/sinking-city-game-review-ps4-ps5/#respond Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=7619 What could have been a great detective game in The Sinking City, is bogged down by clunky combat, fetch quests, and a general lack of finesse.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/sinking-city-game-review-ps4-ps5/feed/ 0 7619 From gloom to glory! The Chant video game review https://www.katclay.com/from-gloom-to-glory-the-chant-video-game-review/ https://www.katclay.com/from-gloom-to-glory-the-chant-video-game-review/#respond Sun, 20 Nov 2022 01:00:00 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=7608 With clever new age mechanics, challenging resource management, and engaging puzzles, The Chant is a proper horror game well worth your time. I review the game for PS4 and PS5.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/from-gloom-to-glory-the-chant-video-game-review/feed/ 0 7608 Bridges over troubled water: Death Stranding Director’s Cut Review – PS5, PS4 https://www.katclay.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-review-ps5-ps4/ https://www.katclay.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-review-ps5-ps4/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=7589 Death Stranding is a game that you’ll either love or hate. Me? I love it. My review for the PS5 edition covers gameplay and narrative.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/death-stranding-directors-cut-review-ps5-ps4/feed/ 0 7589 How to write awe-inspiring cosmic horror https://www.katclay.com/how-to-write-awe-inspiring-cosmic-horror/ https://www.katclay.com/how-to-write-awe-inspiring-cosmic-horror/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:37:22 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=7565 Find out how to create a terrifying tale in the style of cosmic horror and H.P. Lovecraft.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/how-to-write-awe-inspiring-cosmic-horror/feed/ 0 7565 La Belle Morte Sans Merci: new horror short story in Midnight Echo https://www.katclay.com/la-belle-morte-sans-merci-horror-short-story-in-midnight-echo/ https://www.katclay.com/la-belle-morte-sans-merci-horror-short-story-in-midnight-echo/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:01:00 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=7491 My new Victorian era horror story, La Belle Morte Sans Merci is now out in Midnight Echo, the magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/la-belle-morte-sans-merci-horror-short-story-in-midnight-echo/feed/ 0 7491 If you go down to the woods today: The Quarry review https://www.katclay.com/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today-the-quarry-review/ https://www.katclay.com/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today-the-quarry-review/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:51:57 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=7487 The Quarry’s rocky pacing, plot holes, and potential for flat endings will let down many gamers. It’s disappointing too, because there are moments of brilliance amidst an uneven game.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today-the-quarry-review/feed/ 0 7487 The Harbor-Mistress: short story out now at Cosmic Horror Monthly https://www.katclay.com/the-harbor-mistress-short-story-out-now-at-cosmic-horror-monthly/ https://www.katclay.com/the-harbor-mistress-short-story-out-now-at-cosmic-horror-monthly/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:19:04 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=7465 I have a new short story out! It’s called The Harbor-Mistress, and it's been published by Cosmic Horror Monthly in their July edition.

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