Christopher Witty

Three crime novels by C.S. Forester

In 2011 Penguin Classics published three early novels by C.S.

Oct 27 • Christopher Witty

1

June 2024

Force of Nature

A short crime story originally published in Illuminations of the Fantastic, Autumn-Winter 2023

Jun 13, 2024 • Christopher Witty

2

December 2023

An Offering at Alderley Edge

A short story. This one is based on a conversation I had with my daughter Daisy at Alderley Edge. I wrote it in the wake of my mum passing away, so it…

Dec 26, 2023 • Christopher Witty

2

Brave Isabella

A short story I wrote a while back. I took inspiration from 'Paperbacks in the Window,' a photograph taken by Jules Aarons in Boston's West End during…

Dec 15, 2023 • Christopher Witty

2

2

November 2023

Noirvember

My month in noir.

Nov 28, 2023 • Christopher Witty

Kill or be Killed

Ed Brubaker goes horror noir.

Nov 5, 2023 • Christopher Witty

October 2023

Haxanvale

A story for Halloween.

Oct 31, 2023 • Christopher Witty

Hammer House of Horror

A run through of all 13 episodes in Hammer's televisual horror feast, and a brief look back on just how scary a childhood in 1980s Britain could be.

Oct 23, 2023 • Christopher Witty

1

2

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds

How the master of suspense made us fear our feathered friends

Oct 4, 2023 • Christopher Witty

1

September 2023

A Man to be Feared

A brand new short story exclusive to Substack.

Sep 28, 2023 • Christopher Witty

Jackie Chan is Mr. Nice Guy

A short accompanying essay I was asked to write after guesting on the Comfort Films Podcast.

Sep 28, 2023 • Christopher Witty

Nigel Kneale

An appreciation of the creator behind Bernard Quatermass and two of the creepiest television plays of the 1970s.

Sep 10, 2023 • Christopher Witty

2

2