“McMahon straddles the line between crime and horror, and succeeds in both genres, just as his hero Thomas Usher is the gatekeeper to an unpredictable world where the line between life and death is increasingly erased; this is a unique series that’s gaining resonance and power as it develops.” – Christopher Fowler
“Ignore the doom-mongers, Horror is alive and well in the UK with outstanding writers such as Conrad Williams, Adam Nevill and Joseph D’Lacey raising the bar ever higher with each new release but Gary McMahon surpasses them all with a body of work, shorts, novels and novellas, that feels both thematically and narratively interconnected and suggests – no, demands – that we devour each new story.”
– Read Horror
“Gary McMahon depicts the grimness of Leeds, the black in people’s hearts and the taint of evil with powerful, blade-sharp descriptions that positively glisten with gruesome.”
– Warpcore SF
“There’s nothing unnecessary here, and definitely nothing mediocre; McMahon is a tidy writer, and highly effective in his choice of words and language … Horror fans – be glad we’ve got someone like McMahon to write for us. His prose packs condensed shock and awe scare methods, whilst staying steeped in a unique gothic-dread atmosphere in which he casts his story.”
– Spooky Reads
“Gary McMahon has perfected the art of urban horror. He populates his books with a catalogue of grotesque, depraved characters all who are much too real for comfort.”
– The Black Abyss
“To be honest here, I’m a fan of Gary’s writing as you never know what you’re going to get except for one thing, there is always going to be some sort of curved ball thrown at you.”
– Falcata Times
“The story may be unremittingly bleak and darker than pitch but it is never less than gripping.”
– Read Horror
“The writing is pitch perfect for the material, with enough of the squalid to repel, but never feeling gratuitous, so that we are compelled to read on even as we recoil from what’s being committed to the page.”
– Peter Tennant, Black Static magazine, issue #26
