Look Out For … The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters

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“Twisted revenge and childhood trauma is pure nightmare fuel in Walters’ capable hands with this haunting coming-of-age tale.” Heather Cole and her friends were part of a special club … the Dead Girls Club. Exchanging stories about their dark obsessions, the girls talked about strange monsters and serial killers. One supernatural entity that got a …

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TIH 311: Scott Thomas on First-Grade Stories, Horror and Humour, and Defining Art and Craft

TIH 311 Scott Thomas on First-Grade Stories, Horror and Humour, and Defining Art and Craft

In this podcast we talk to Scott Thomas about first-grade stories, horror and humour, defining art and craft, and much more. About Scott Thomas Scott Thomas is the Stoker-nominated author of Kill Creek, which was selected by the American Library Association’s reader committee as the top horror book of 2017. Originally from Coffeyville, Kansas, Scott …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 November 2019

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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 have a feature article on Dracula and vampires generally as queer liberators Listverse provide ten horror movies and some unusual fan theories they have generated Sci-fi and …

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News Round-up Week Ending 15 November 2019

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from Kaaron Warren and Meerkat Shorts, Into Bones Like Oil People come to The Angelsea, a rooming house near the beach, for many reasons. Some come to get some sleep, because here, you sleep like the …

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TOD 060 State of Black Science Fiction Panel at Subsume Summit

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents ‘The State of Black Science Fiction’ Panel at Subsume Summit Atlanta moderated by Milton J. Davis and featuring Gerald L. Coleman, Marcus Haynes, Violette L. Meier, Balogun Ojetade, and Kortney Watkins, plus News from The Weird with Justin Steele and an introductory interview with Kortney Watkins. The panel was recorded live …

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Look Out For … Shout Kill Revel Repeat by Scott R. Jones

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“Fully embracing the weird and fearless in execution, Jones delivers his personal brand of horror in one stellar collection.” Time and space collide while two lovers embark on a trip into the wilderness. A simple harmless question releases a plague from a strange Ouija board. A revolutionary new technology launches a test pilot into another …

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TIH 310: Nicole Cushing on 500 Stories in 500 Nights, Horror Writing Class, and Fanaticism

TIH 310 Nicole Cushing on 500 Stories in 500 Nights, Horror Writing Class, and Fanaticism

In this podcast we talk to Nicole Cushing about reading 500 stories in 500 nights, her Patreon horror writing class, fanaticism, and much more. About Nicole Cushing Nicole Cushing is the Bram Stoker Award® winning author of Mr. Suicide and a two-time nominee for the Shirley Jackson Award. Show notes [02:50] The idea that people …

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Book Review: Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape by Joshua Chaplinsky

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“The tremendous talent of a storyteller unafraid to challenge himself through alternative narrative structure, or point of view, or subject matter. No matter the challenge, Chaplinsky knocked it out of the park.”   Perhaps best known in literary circles as the Managing Editor of litreactor.com, and in horror circles as the brilliant brain behind self-published …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 11 November 2019

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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: The Portalist suggest eight underappreciated horror novels by women authors Morbidly Beautiful presents an essay on surviving trauma through horror Author Gemma Amor shares her experience of writing a …

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News Round-up Week Ending 8 November 2019

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New novel, Doll Crimes, from author Karen Runge and Crystal Lake Publishing, out today From author Karen Runge comes Doll Crimes, her second novel. A teen mother raises her daughter on a looping road trip, living hand-to-mouth in …

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