Jon Colt

Hi, I'm Jon...

I live in Edinburgh with my dog, Alf, and I'm a writer of dark thrillers and horrors, heavily inspired by the likes of Stephen King and James Herbert.

Talking books

9 Authors to Try if you Love Clive Barker

Clive Barker built his reputation on a very specific fusion: visceral body horror, dark fantasy worldbuilding, and a sensuality that most horror writers steer well clear of. Once you have...

Stephen King's 7 Short Story Collections, Ranked

Stephen King has published seven true short story collections over the course of his career (his five novella collections, like Different Seasons and Full Dark, No Stars, are a different...

10 Authors to Try if you Love Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz has built one of the biggest careers in modern fiction on a very specific blend: supernatural dread, scientific paranoia, and a relentless pace that never lets up. Once...

11 Authors To Try If You Love Stephen King

Stephen King has a way of pulling you into a story and not letting go until the very last page. But once you have read your way through his back...

The 6 Most Underrated Stephen King Books

Stephen King has written enough era-defining horror and suspense that a handful of true gems inevitably get lost in the shuffle. Everyone knows It, The Shining, and Carrie. Fewer people talk...

Author interviews

Philip Fracassi Interview: Owning A Book Shop, A42 Movie Adaptations, and More

Philip Fracassi is one of modern horror's most compelling voices, earning nominations for the Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Awards and gaining praise for his hauntingly powerful fiction. In this...

Stephen King movie trivia

IT Chapter One & Two: Quiz and 10 Crazy Facts About the Movies!

Arnie in Stephen King's The Running Man (1987)

The Running Man: 9 Surprising Facts About This 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Sci-Fi Classic

1987's The Running Man saw Arnold Schwarzenegger dodging chainsaws and delivering one-liners. Based on a Stephen King novel written under his pen name Richard Bachman, this sci-fi flick imagined a...

Secret Window: Quiz & 8 Facts About the 2004 Johnny Depp Thriller Movie

Secret Window came out in 2004 and turned Johnny Depp into a twitchy, cigarette chewing, slightly unhinged novelist named Mort Rainey. Based on a Stephen King novella, the...

Carrie at the prom in the Stephen King horror movie

Carrie: Quiz & 10 Facts About the 1976 Stephen King Horror Movie

Carrie was the movie that put Stephen King on the map, and it did it in the most unforgettable way possible. A bullied teenage girl, a bucket of pig's blood,...

1408: Quiz + 10 Surprising Facts About This 2007 John Cusack Hotel Horror

1408 is one of those horror movies that gets under your skin without ever really showing you a monster. Just John Cusack, a hotel room, and a slow unraveling...