TOD 086 The Outer Dark Symposium 2020: From Yellow Wallpaper to Spectral Hues: Color in Weird Fiction Panel

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel From Yellow Wallpaper to Spectral Hues: Color in Weird Fiction moderated by Brian Hauser with Daniel Braum, Craig Laurance Gidney, Gwendolyn Kiste, Hysop Mulero, and Liv Rainey-Smith. PLUS Scott Nicolay reads “The Marlyweck Cemetery” by Belgian Weird fantasist Jean Ray. This programming was …

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Look Out For … Boneset & Feathers by Gwendolyn Kiste

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“With her latest novel, Kiste conjures a time long ago, and witches and those that wish to destroy them, with a story only she could deliver.” Barely escaping execution, Odette has lived in exile in the woods for five years. The rest of her family wasn’t so lucky, and all her magic wasn’t enough to …

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Book Review: Roth-Steyr by Simon Bestwick

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“The combination of exciting premise and a strong cast of characters—especially our heroine—makes for an exciting, well-paced and thoroughly fantastic read.”   With six novels, two novellas and six collections under his belt, Simon Bestwick has been steadily producing fiction of great quality and is, according to Ramsey Campbell, “one of the most accomplished and …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 26 October 2020

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado: Writer Indrapramit Das writes on the monstrousness of the real for Tor Nightfire Stephanie M. Wytovich writes for LitReactor on poetry and battling the slasher movie in your head …

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News Round-up Week Ending 23 October 2020

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Broken Things: A Tale of Durstan, by George Mann, available for pre-order now from PS Publishing’s new Absinthe Books imprint The goddess Amaranth, Queen of the Broken, has been reborn for the first time in generations …

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TIH 370: They’re Watching, Booked. Podcast, and Halloween with Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella, Robb Olson, and Livius Nedin

TIH 370 They’re Watching, Booked. Podcast, and Halloween with Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella, Robb Olson, and Livius Nedin

In this podcast Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella team up with Booked. Podcast, Robb Olson and Livius Nedin, to celebrate the release of They’re Watching, chat about Halloween, and much more. About Booked. Podcast Booked is a podcast dedicated to delivering high-quality book reviews, author interviews, and recorded live readings. It’s hosted by Robb …

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TOD 085 The Outer Dark Symposium 2020: Art of The Weird Panel

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel Art of The Weird: How Do You Illustrate Something that Defies Description? moderated by Eric Schaller and featuring Chris Gavaler, Jeanne D’Angelo, Michael Bukowski, Lynne Hansen, and Matthew Jaffe. PLUS Readings by Laura Blackwell, Gregory Norman Bossert, Tonya Liburd, and Jeffrey Ford. This programming was …

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Look Out For … Wyrd and Other Derelictions by Adam L.G. Nevill

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“With this new collection, Nevill presents seven tales, without characters or dialogue, based on frightening settings, allowing us to sift through the ruins of ritual and destruction to piece together events and unleash the horror. “ A derelict ship with a dreadful cargo crosses a black ocean. Signs of slaughter and devotion lie below deck, telling …

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Book Review: Underworld Dreams by Daniel Braum

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“Reading these stories, it’s readily apparent that Braum is a writer of singular talent.”   In these wildly uncertain times, the creative arts can be a great comfort. And, despite surface appearances, horror and the weird can often be the greatest comfort of all. Dark fiction allows us to explore, from positions of comfort, uncomfortable …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 October 2020

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado: Sublime Horror dig deep into Ari Aster’s Midsommar, analysing it as reproductive horror Dead Head Reviews suggest five spooky reads for the second half of Halloween month Laird Barron …

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