Author's posts
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February 22, 2023
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6 mins to read
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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February 16, 2023
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3 mins to read
“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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February 9, 2023
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3 mins to read
“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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February 2, 2023
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3 mins to read
“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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January 26, 2023
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3 mins to read
“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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January 25, 2023
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14 mins to read
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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January 19, 2023
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3 mins to read
“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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January 13, 2023
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7 mins to read
“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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January 12, 2023
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3 mins to read
“With his debut novel, Compton tackles our universal need to understand our past with this ghastly ghost story, cranking the dread to a fever pitch.” Running from his mysterious past, Eric Ross leaves his wife, his house … his life … behind. With only his two daughters with him, Eric answers an ad for the …
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January 5, 2023
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3 mins to read
“Shifting through 1960’s London and the brutal regime of Argentina’s military dictatorship, Our Share of Night spins an epic tale full of supernatural intrigue, ghosts, the occult, and even romance.” A young father and son, sharing their grief from the untimely death of the wife and mother they loved, set out on a road trip …
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