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Fans of Frankenstein et al should be tickled by the premise of horror maven/ cravat revivalist Kim Newman’s latest, SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT (out now, Titan). Set in the ’30s, it sees Raymond Chandler and Boris Karloff enlisted to help investigate a case which could expose Hollywood’s most horrific secrets. Looking for something suitably spooky to read as the wind howls outside? THE HAUNTING SEASON (out now, Sphere) should do the trick. It collects ghostly tales by eight authors, including The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street’s Natasha Pulley. Chinese sci-fi anthology SINOPTICON (13 November, Solaris) includes 13 stories, first published from 1991-2021, and now translated into English for the first time. Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s sometimes-fantastical anthology show gets an episode-by-episode breakdown in THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO INSIDE NO. 9 (out now, Hodder). Detailing every stage of production, it also includes behind-thescenes photos and concept drawings. Meticulously annotated (you’ve never seen so many superscript numbers), GUILLERMO DEL TORO: THE ICONIC FILMMAKER AND HIS WORK (out now, White Lion) is the latest in an series of unofficial tributes by former Empire editor Ian Nathan. Finally, we’d have loved to show you some of the no doubt gorgeous creature designs and costume concepts in THE ART AND SOUL OF DUNE (out now, Titan), but there was one of those embargoes where seeing the book before the on-sale date is punishable by death. Bah.