TOD 044 Michael Wehunt: Things Devolve from There

In this podcast Scott Nicolay interviews Michael Wehunt, author of Shirley Jackson Award-nominated Greener Pastures (Apex, 2016) and The Outer Dark Symposium 2019 guest. The podcast was recorded on Tuesday March 5, 2019. The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird is a unique immersive one-day event featuring more than 40 program participants and approximately 16 …

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Look Out For … Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud

Wounds by Nathan Ballingrud -cover

“With piercing, unflinching delivery, coupled with nuanced and complex characters, Ballingrud navigates our nightmare lands with a skilled hand, consistently bringing his ‘A’ game with every story.” Satanists, pirates, urban malignancy, terrifying cell-phones. Six tales of horror, including ‘The Visible Filth’, a novella of dread about a New Orleans bartender who finds a cell phone …

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TIH 264: Max Booth III on Carnivorous Lunar Activities, Horseplay, and Werewolves

TIH 264 Max Booth III on Carnivorous Lunar Activities, Horseplay, and Werewolves

In this podcast Max Booth III talks about Carnivorous Lunar Activities, horseplay, werewolves, and much more. About Max Booth III Raised in Northern Indiana on an unhealthy diet of horror movies and Christopher Pike paperbacks, Max Booth III now lives in San Antonio, TX where he is constantly trying not to get shot. It is …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 4 Mar 2019

MadeforTVhorror

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 LA Times explains how YouTube is breathing new life into cult made-for-TV horror films Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing serve up some Saturday Morning Horror for arachnid lovers Signal …

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TIH 263: Adam Howe on Wrestle Maniacs, Scapegoat, and Collaborative Writing

TIH 263 Adam Howe on Wrestle Maniacs, Scapegoat, and Collaborative Writing

In this podcast Adam Howe talks about Wrestle Maniacs, Scapegoat, collaborative writing, and much more. About Adam Howe Adam Howe writes the twisted fiction your mother warned you about. A British writer of fiction and screenplays, he lives in London with his partner, their daughter, and a hellhound named Gino. Writing as Garrett Addams, his short story …

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News Round-up Week Ending 1 March 2019

Great Big Teeth

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from author Eddie Generous (Radio Run, Dead is Dead But Not Always) comes Great Big Teeth Released through Severed Press and following on from the monster story, Radio Run, Great Big Teeth is the new …

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TOD 043 Petrified Trees, Enchanted Mirrors: The Gothic Universe of Female Mexican Horror Writers Panel from Worldcon 76

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents ‘Petrified Trees, Enchanted Mirrors: The Gothic Universe of Female Mexican Horror Writers,’ a panel from Worldcon 76 featuring Gabriela Damián Miravete, Raquel Castro, Andrea Chapela and moderated by Pepe Rojo, plus an exclusive interview with Gabriela Damián Miravete, also a guest at The Outer Dark Symposium 2019. The panel and presentation were …

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Look Out For … The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

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“In a dark cave on another planet, alone and disoriented, at the mercy of a secretive and manipulative AI support system, Starling’s debut novel brings the paranoia and dread, blending psychological suspense with science-fiction horror.”  Gyre Price was looking to score a nice paycheck, and a way off-planet and back on the trail of her …

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Announcing This Is Horror Audiobooks: Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley Available Right Now

This Is Horror readers may have noticed a few social media posts, but we’ve largely kept quiet about our move into audiobooks. But not any longer because Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley is available on Audible right now and we’re excited. So excited, in fact, we’re just going to drop an audio preview (it’s not the beginning …

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Why I Wrote … Devouring Dark by Alan Baxter

Devouring Dark by Alan Baxter

British-Australian multi award-winning author Alan Baxter writes hard-hitting supernatural thrillers, often with a heavy dose of horror. Novels, novellas, short stories, typically featuring monsters, magic, and often, martial arts. He runs the Illawarra Kung Fu Academy, so he definitely know what he’s talking about. Alan is the author of Bound, Obsidian, and Abduction (The Alex …

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