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Meet the Writer: Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca (he/they) is the author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales. He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and currently resides in New England with his partner. For more information, please follow @ejlarocca on Twitter or visit ericlarocca.com. What first attracted you to horror writing? I think the …

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Look Out For … Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

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“With her chilling horror debut, Barnes presents us with a nightmare in space as a woman and her crew investigate a long-lost luxury space-liner.” Mere days before losing her job, Claire Kovalik’s repair crew snags a weird distress signal. Last place she wants to be is Earth, so with nothing to lose, Claire sets a …

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Look Out For … Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester

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“With DeMeester’s latest, past demons come to the present, forcing a mother and her daughter to fight for their lives against the most oppressive and relentless evil.” Something’s out there. Called The Cur, he leaves no trace except for the ravaged bodies of girls on the cusp of womanhood. His victims are the trouble-makers, the …

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Look Out For … Neighbor George by Victoria Nelson

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“With her latest, Nelson gives us a glimpse into a strange bohemian California community, flipping the Gothic tale on its head with a story of murder and madness.” It’s Summer, 1979. While house sitting for family in a small bohemian hideaway, Dovey longs for the affections of the man who moves in next door. Will …

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Look Out For … We are Happy, We are Doomed by Kurt Fawver

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“With his latest collection, Fawver presents fifteen timely tales of our slow-motion apocalypse, tapping into our darkest destructive fears.” Factories that manufacture emptiness. Cults that worship cosmic blobs. Strange coming-of-age rites. Comedy shows for the dying. Fifteen tales exploring our collective madness. Why we’re excited about this book: Readers of weird fiction should be quite …

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Meet the Writer: Briana Morgan

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Briana Morgan is a horror author. Her books include Mouth Full of Ashes, The Tricker-Treater and Other Stories, Unboxed, and more. She’s a proud member of the Horror Writers Association and a book review columnist for the Wicked Library. When not writing, she enjoys gaming, watching movies, and reading. Briana lives in Atlanta with her …

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Look Out For … Ghost Recall by Alan Baxter

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“With his latest installment of the ever-popular Eli Carver series, Baxter ups the ante with what may be Carver’s fiercest battle yet.” Now that things have calmed down for Eli Carver, he’s grown a little complacent. Living large with his girlfriend in Las Vegas, he can’t remember a more peaceful time. But when things are …

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Look Out For … Thanatrauma by Steve Rasnic Tem

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“With his latest collection, Tem brings together over twenty stories—four published here for the first time—covering the fear of death and dying, including a long lost undistributed tale from the annals of Weird Tales.”  Thanatrauma. Death, grief, loss, ageing. Fundamental fears we all have in common. Relentless. Inevitable. Unescapable. “Thanatrauma: the dread of it erodes …

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Look Out For … The Hidden by Melanie Golding

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“Golding’s sophomore effort twists Celtic mythology to new heights with a terrifying story about the power of motherhood.”  In a seaside town, a little girl is found. The authorities close the case when the girl’s mother shows up … just a toddler running off in the night. Police discover a man left for dead in …

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Look Out For … Something More Than Night by Kim Newman

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“With his latest novel, Newman slips into the hardboiled detective world with ease, presenting a supernatural tale starring two of the most iconic celebrities of the 1930s.” Hollywood, California, the late 1930s. Raymond Chandler, pulp writer of detective stories, and Boris Karloff, the original monster of Hollywood. Joining forces, this unlikely team investigate their town, …

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