…who’s the scariest of them all?
   The first famous mirror I thought of was the mirror of Venus. The symbol of the female of the species and all that. There is actually one interesting perception phenomenon associated with it. The Venus effect. It comes from a painting by Velazquez where Venus appears to be admiring her reflection in the mirror. read more…

I realised we aren’t actually having a summer this year right after I had my hastily ordered fan delivered. Instead of providing “the hottest summer on record”, the heavens opened with impeccable timing for my trip to the Open Air Theatre at Regent’s Park… read more…

Last week I finally managed to read Night Watch, the book on which the cult film was based (well, it was based on the first part of it; although, confusingly, the second and third parts of Night Watch the book were also made into film - Day Watch, which is the second book in the trilogy…) read more…

I always think of the month of April as both cheery and cool at the same time (just like me, ha!). Hot in the sun, but chilly in the shade. And we are meant to have April showers. But, as we launched April Knight website in April 2007, wasn’t it sunny and warm in England? Freakishly so.
   “It’s raining. Ooh, baby, it’s raining!” – read more…

When we’d first put up the homepage a few weeks ago, a friend told me (sounding rather disappointed) that he was expecting something strange to happen in vain. He kept looking at the picture because the blurb suggested something weird would be happening… But it was just a picture. Sorry about that, TC, and thanks for the tip! read more…

Hello! I am April Knight and this is my gothic fiction website.
   A bit about me: I’d like to think I’m quite a creative soul - I write, draw, design, take photos of interesting clouds and such (there’s my day job as well, but that’s really boring). Love gothic books, films, music. Give me dark and mysterious and I am happy, basically.
   Ok, just to clarify, I am not a vampire (despite what some of my friends may think…) read more…