“The reader is transported into a well formed, steampunk setting, complete with gas lamps, murder, and appropriate attire.” Vicious creatures terrorize an alternate world, creations of a mad scientist, nearly unstoppable in their ferocity. Big game hunters come to the rescue but befriend an unlikely character, someone who is completely in awe of finding himself …
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In this exclusive interview, we visit with Tom Rory Parsons, the man responsible for the stunning original music for the Small Town Horror Podcast. Tom was gracious enough to answer our questions as well as provide some music samples for you to enjoy. Small Town Horror Theme Music How did you get your start with …
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“We can happily say that Simon Bestwick sticks the knife smoothly into his readers before he starts twisting it around.” In his latest novel, Simon Bestwick has taken what appears on the surface to be a traditional haunted house ghost story, and twisted it into something altogether stranger and unique. Something that in no way …
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This month, it’s time to dim the lights and gather around the wireless for a midnight broadcast, as we look back on an age when some of the scariest stories ever written went out over the radio waves. When a whole nation was enthralled and appalled by Old Time Radio Horror. Old Time Radio, also …
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“In the end we all bleed red.” Summer, 1989, The Black Mountain Camp for boys should be a place to make friends, go splashing in the lake and sit around campfires and create those bonds and memories that could last a lifetime. Part of that is true, but the memories that revisit Dennis are not …
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“The story was full of some very weird and unique ideas and Dash handles the world-building in a competent manner.” Although he may be better known as Darren Shan, author of many horror novels in the YA field, such as the ‘Cirque Du Freak’ series and ‘Zom-B’ series as well as numerous standalone novels, Darren …
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“This book captures the dread of realizing a relationship is dying, or has been for quite some time, the regret while looking back on all the things ignored and warnings unheard though they may have been spoken quite clearly.” Lorne and Gwen are experiencing some serious marital problems that Lorne is intent on fixing, though …
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“Adam Howe has an uncanny, bawdy, and delightful sense of humor that seems almost like a secret super power .” ComeIn Adam Howe’s recent novella collection, Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet, there’s a novella entitled “Damn Dirty Apes” in which we were introduced to a character named Reggie Levine, a washed up boxer working …
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This Is Horror is proud to present this exclusive excerpt from Adam Howe’s latest release, Tijuana Donkey Showdown. From the author of Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet, Black Cat Mojo, and the winner of Stephen King’s On Writing contest, comes another hard-hitting slice of pulp Southern crime, 80s action, pop Americana, and pitch-black comedy. Here’s …
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“Thanks to the wonderful writing talent and dark imagination of the author, we are guaranteed a suspenseful and terrifying trip.” Accomplished screenwriter and author, Philip Fracassi, has established himself as a master of the horror genre, garnering praise from the likes of Laird Barron, Paul Tremblay and Adam Nevill, to name only a few. While …
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