Look Out For … Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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“With her latest effort, Moreno-Garcia weaves the Gothic novel with Mexican folklore to deliver a tale of nightmarish, pulse-pounding horror.” Debutante Noemí Taboada lives a life of beautiful gowns and glamorous cocktail parties. When she receives a strange letter from her recently wed cousin begging to be saved from a mysterious doom, Noemí wastes no …

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TOD 070 David Surface: Finding Hope in Terrible Things

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews David Surface about his debut collection Terrible Things (Black Shuck Books). The interview was recorded on Tuesday May 5, 2020. Show Notes In this podcast Anya Martin interviews David Surface about his debut collection Terrible Things (Black Shuck Books) beginning with his quarantine experience and then shifting to the …

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Book Review: White Pines by Gemma Amor

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 “With great skill, Gemma Amor has delivered a wonderful story, as full of tremendous emotion as it is terrifying action.”   A relatively new voice in the horror genre in the past couple of years, Gemma Amor has quickly made a name for herself as a hard-working author. After releasing her first collection, Cruel Works …

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TIH 345: Richard Thomas on Storyville Studio, Early Life Lessons, and Story Structures

TIH 345 Richard Thomas on Storyville Studio, Early Life Lessons, and Story Structures

In this podcast Richard Thomas talks about Storyville Studio, early life lessons, story structures, and much more. About Richard Thomas Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of seven books: three novels—Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), as well as Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications); three short story collections—Staring into the Abyss (Kraken Press), Herniated Roots (Snubnose …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 11 May 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 drill down into the monsters of American Horror Story and pick out two examples of ‘The monstrous-feminine’ Bloody Disgusting look back at the phenomenon that is Friday the …

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News Round-up Week Ending 8 May 2020

Black Dog Tales

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Charity anthology, Black Dogs Black Tales, coming 17 May from Things in the Well Featuring stories and poetry by John Linwood Grant, Alan Baxter, Kaaron Warren and more, along with an introduction by Tabatha Wood, Black Dogs …

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TOD 069 Quarantine Readings: Christina Sng and Mike Allen

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Christina Sng and Mike Allen, plus Reviews from The Weird with Gordon B. White featuring Armageddon House by Michael Griffin. The readings were recorded on Sunday April 26, 2020 and Monday April 27, 2020, and Reviews from The Weird was recorded Thursday April 30, 2020.  …

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Look Out For … Until Summer Comes Around by Glenn Rolfe

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“Under the backdrop of forbidden summer love, Rolfe explores a classic horror trope with his own unique twists and turns.” Fifteen-year-old Rocky Zukas is under the spell of summer love. After meeting a mysterious girl named November, his world turns upside down. Gabriel, November’s brother, and keeper of the family secret, does not approve. He …

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Book Review: Don’t Smell The Flowers! They Want To Steal Your Bones! by Duncan P. Bradshaw

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  “ … there is so much fun to be had in the weird and wacky imagination of Duncan P. Bradshaw that we may not want to leave.”   He has written zombie horror stories, science fiction horror stories and straight-up bizarro stories. But, since he published his novella about a serial-killing vacuum killer (Mr …

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TIH 344: Richard Thomas on Teachers Presenting Themselves, Time Management, and Writing About The Occult

TIH 344 Richard Thomas on Teachers Presenting Themselves, Time Management, and Writing About The Occult

In this podcast Richard Thomas talks about teachers presenting themselves, time management, writing about the occult, and much more. About Richard Thomas Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of seven books: three novels—Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), as well as Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications); three short story collections—Staring into the Abyss (Kraken Press), Herniated …

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