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Look Out For … Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova - cover

“Diving into family, loyalty, grief, and acceptance, Córdova examines the eternal question of nature vs. nurture with this stunning and horrifying debut novel.” After her son Santiago dies, grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of his lung. Fueled by the questionable logic of an arcane folktale and her own fierce maternal instinct, Magos nurtures …

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Look Out For … Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Lone Women by Victor LaValle - cover

“With his latest novel, LaValle presents a horrifying vision set in the unforgiving landscape of Montana, circa 1915.” Adelaide Henry has many secrets. Now she’s in serious trouble. One of her secrets killed her parents. She flees California in a rush and makes her way to Montana, carrying a large steamer trunk with her wherever …

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Meet the Writer: Tim McGregor

Tim McGregor - author photo

Tim McGregor is the author of Wasps in the Ice Cream, Taboo in Four Colors, and Lure. A former screenwriter and active HWA member, Tim lives in Toronto with his wife and kids. And a ghost too, but we don’t talk about her. What first attracted you to horror writing? I was crazy about monsters since …

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Look Out For … Abnormal Statistics by Max Booth III

Abnormal Statistics by Max Booth III - cover

“With his debut collection, Booth presents the nightmares of our lives, raw and emotional, and destined to burn a hole in your soul.” Family horror. Dreary lullabies. Suburban decay. Thirteen stories, including the never before published novella Indiana Death Song. Bad times are waiting for you. Why we’re excited about this book: Readers should be …

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Look Out For … Chlorine by Jade Song

Chlorine by Jade Song - cover

“With their debut novel, Song presents a beautiful and horrific coming-of-age story about the power of transcendance to become who you truly are.” Ren Yu’s life begins and ends with the pool. She’s a swimmer. Her teammates are the only friends she has, her coach is her guiding light. If she swims well, she’ll be …

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Look Out For … Mothered by Zoje Stage

Mothered by Zoje Stage - cover

“With her latest novel, Stage presents a fractured mother-daughter relationship as wounds from the past rise, becoming a relentless nightmare.” Having Mom move in is the last thing Grace wants to do. Her relationship with Jackie isn’t exactly on the best of terms, and Grace likes her space, even if it’s being stuck at home …

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Look Out For … Wasps in the Ice Cream by Tim McGregor

Wasps in the Ice Cream by Tim McGregor - cover

“With his latest novel, McGregor pulls out all the stops with a coming of age story that will tug at your heart and send a shiver down your spine.” For Mark Prewitt, there’s only two priorities that matter: avoiding his father’s new wife, and killing time with this friends. It’s Summer, 1987, and idle nights …

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Meet the Writer: Nat Cassidy

Nat Cassidy, author photo. Kent Meister (photo credit)

Nat Cassidy writes horror for the page, stage, and screen. You’ve probably heard enough about him thanks to his long-winded and self-fellating answers below, so let’s just wrap this up, yeah? He lives in New York with his wife, the actor Kelley Rae O’Donnell. What first attracted you to horror writing? I had been assured …

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Look Out For … Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder - cover

“Snyder’s latest novel, inspired by her Bram Stoker Award-winning story ‘Magdala Amygdala’, delivers a cosmic horror apocalypse of nightmarish proportions.” Once quite and closeted, Erin develops a taste for a woman and her brain … the taste of forbidden fruit. Comfortable with both dominance and submission, Savannah discovers a new kink … brutally murdering for …

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Book Review: TerrorTome by Garth Marenghi

TerrorTome by Garth Marenghi

“TerrorTome might read as though Robert Rankin or Jasper Fforde penned an amalgamation of Shaun Hutson, James Herbert, and Guy N. Smith books. With maybe a dash of Rick and Morty in there. But it is its own thing, with its own distinctive voice.”   Once upon a time, a show was made that was …

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