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"Josh Winning is the author of the critically acclaimed The Shadow Glass. He is a senior film writer at Radio Times, has written for Total Film for over a decade, and is the cohost of movie podcast Torn Stubs. During his years as a film journalist, he has been on set with Kermit the Frog (and Miss Piggy), devoured breakfast with zombies on The Walking Dead, and sat on the Iron Throne on the Dublin set of Game of Thrones. Josh lives in London with his cat Penny and dreams of one day convincing Sigourney Weaver to yell ""Goddammit!"" at him."
Burn the Negative is a creepy, twisty, compulsively readable haunted house of a book built from horror movies and our obsessive response to them. You'll root for Laura and fear the Needle Man. Be sure to make the popcorn and dim the lights. -Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts In Burn the Negative, Josh Winning has crafted a smart, fast-paced, and devilishly clever thriller. Highly recommended! -Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters Brilliantly chilling! The perfect read for fans of Night Film and My Best Friend's Exorcism, Burn the Negative delves into the darkest shadows behind those bright Hollywood lights. Prepare to be caught in the Needle Man's grip-you won't be able to tear yourself away. -Kat Ellis, author of Harrow Lake Satisfyingly creepy! A fantastic supernatural thriller that harkens back to horror's glory days. -J.D. Barker, author of A Caller's Game Josh Winning has won my heart with this Hollywood horror-noir, which plays out like A Nightmare On Sunset Boulevard. Its heroine had me picturing Linda Blair as Sam Spade. You'll burn right through this breathtaking book. -Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters and The Remaking Horror movie fans-as well as rubber-neckers at the darker side of child stardom-will find themselves sucked into Burn the Negative. With its terrifying needle-fingered slasher, Burn the Negative treads the line deliciously between supernatural and psychological horror, and Winning's story whips along at breakneck pace towards a shocking payoff. An absolute delight for fans of The Shining or Clay McLeod Chapman's The Remaking. -Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces This book had me hooked from line one! Slasher? Final Girl? Haunted hotel? Cursed movie within a movie within a book? Is it possible to seamlessly fold everything a horror fan loves into one story? Josh Winning not only says it is, but in Burn the Negative, he pulls it off flawlessly. The writing is whip smart, the plotting cleverly fun, and the characters are believable and true. No chance I'm ever staying at the Guesthouse, not if the Needle Man is anywhere close, but you better believe I'll be reading this again. In short, this book is fire! -J.H. Markert, author of The Nightmare Man I was gripped and chilled by Burn the Negative. There was the impulse to binge just one more chapter before closing the covers, combined with layered characterization, sensitivity, and Winning's respect for and love of pop-culture and what it gives, and takes away. -Deirdre Sullivan, author of Perfectly Preventable Deaths Smart, spooky and steeped in horror movie lore, Burn the Negative will have you turning the pages so fast you'll leave scorch marks. -Matt Glasby, author of The Book of Horror A perfect mash-up of Night Film and Harrow Lake. It is the delicious peek into every behind-the-scene rumor of the 'cursed' horror movies of the eighties and nineties-the special feature we all wanted. I could not put it down! -Dawn Kurtagich, author of The Creeper Man
