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RALPH BURTON

My name is Ralph Burton. Pleased to meet you.

I'm a 28 year-old Horror Author from the UK. My biggest influences are H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, Roald Dahl and Angela Carter. I like drinking coffee, having cats, and writing

I started writing in my first year of University.

Circa 2014

My first book was Eldritch Nights about a student who keeps a sea monster beneath her room. She must sacrifice a boy to it every week otherwise the Dark Creature will devour the entire world. The book was influenced by H.P. Lovecraft, #HeforShe, #GamerGate, and One Direction.

CELEBRATING THE TEN-YEAR ANNIVERARY OF ELDRITCH NIGHTS

Get Ready to Party.

Just Don't go to the Club.

Don't go to the University.

And Stay Away from the Pier.

"On Earth I can change things" - Stand and Deliver

BACK TO SCHOOL

Watch out for those trees.

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Presence: Christmas

I love Christmas. But last Christmas felt like the best Christmas in a while in that, more than hope or enjoyment, it had this feeling of...

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Presence: Teddy

Carrie's bear has a quasi-religious era. He might be Jesus. He might be God. He's whoever you want him to be. He could be George's soul....

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First Howl: Persephone

I've been fascinated by Persephone's story and how Pluto spirited her away down to the Greek Underworld to be his bride; it contains...

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Jan 302 min read

First Howl: Bob Dylan

I was never happier than when I was writing my second novel, in my third year of university, and that happiness was chiefly because of...

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Jan 281 min read

Presence: The Eighties

Freddy's speech in Chapter Two may be clumsy exposition, him flapping his arms about and screaming about The Eighties (in case you were...

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Jan 271 min read

Editorial: Thoughts on The Meaning of Memory

One of my favourite essays is The Meaning of Memory by George Lipsitz, included in Nick Browne's collection American Television. Meaning...

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Jan 221 min read

The Pixies: Winter

When I wrote The Pixies, it was the Covid winter of 2020. Fun times. Nah, I'm kidding. It was fucking hell. That winter of 2020 had this...

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Jan 201 min read

First Howl: Returning Home

After the misery of my first two years at university, my third year was so much better but I paid the price in order to enjoy myself...

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Jan 201 min read

Salem to Salem: Los Angeles part II

My visit to L.A. for the first time in real-life pleasingly opened my eyes to a city that was very much the one I had written about in my...

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Jan 191 min read

The Falls: Haunted Houses

The darkest, ugliest book I've ever written, during the spring of 2021 in which I was sure I was about to die, The Falls is a pure...

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Jan 191 min read

The Pixies: Haunted Houses

It's no coincidence that during Covid, when we were all locked inside, that I was drawn in the winter of 2020 to this theme of haunted...

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Jan 191 min read

The Pixies: Ancient Egypt

I'm fascinated by Ancient Egypt. As a kid at school we learned about the pharaohs and that stuff was incredible -- it was basically the...

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Jan 191 min read

The Pixies: The Pixies

Look, I love Pixies. The Band. The book was meant as a tribute and there are little nods here and there to their music. All in all, the...

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Jan 191 min read

The Pixies: Ernest Hemingway

I've always loved Ernest. That was why I jumped at the chance to make Billy's vision a Hemingway tribute; a darkly militaristic imperial...

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Jan 191 min read

The Pixies: Rudolph Newman

The most controversial aspect of the book is a young boy whose a painter and who really likes fascism. Folks, meet Rudy. He's a failed...

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Jan 191 min read

The Pixies: City of Oxford

My book, The Pixies, was written during one of the most high-stress and frightening times of my entire life. It was the winter of 2020,...

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Jan 191 min read

In Bloom: Hitler and The Nazis

It goes without saying I dislike Hitler. Hot take, I know. I shouldn't have to say this, in this day and age, but I really, really detest...

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Jan 191 min read

Presence: Antarctica

The book's icy setting reflects the isolation of its characters. This may sound, ironically, like a hot take but I feel it's most...

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Presence: Tchaikovsky

As I wrote Presence, I was listening to Tchaikovsky and, obviously, The Nutcracker and its themes of toys coming to life inspired me with...

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Presence: Terrorism

During my writing of Presence, there was the controversy in which TikTok users discovered Bin Laden's "Letter to America" criticising the...

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I started writing in my first year of University.

CELEBRATING THE TEN-YEAR ANNIVERARY OF ELDRITCH NIGHTS

"On Earth I can change things" - Stand and Deliver

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"On Earth I can change things" - Stand and Deliver

BACK TO SCHOOL

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