TOD 094 Weirder Side of the Fantastic Panel at World Fantasy Con 2020

The Outer Dark presents The Weirder Side of the Fantastic panel at Virtual World Fantasy Convention 2020, featuring Brian Evenson, Craig Laurance Gidney, teri.zin, Michael Kelly, and Lesley Wheeler, and moderated by Anya Martin. PLUS Justin Steele returns with a News from The Weird round-up of 2021 publishing announcements. This episode’s content was recorded on …

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Look Out For … Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman

Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman

“With his latest, Chapman dives into the 1980’s Satanic Panic fears and how those reverberations of past accusations can have horrifying consequences.” For Richard, there is no past, only the present. A new marriage, his son, and living the quiet life as an art teacher in Danvers, Virginia. Then, at the Elementary school where Richard …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 1 March 2021

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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: Crime reads ask what’s left to write about strange and frightening houses Writer Jennifer Soucy tells Divination Hollow why she writes creepy stuff The Ginger Nuts of Horror feature …

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TOD 093 Quarantine Readings: Nadia Bulkin and Eric Schaller

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Nadia Bulkin and Eric Schaller. This episode’s content was recorded on Sat. Feb. 13 and Tues. Feb. 16, 2021.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series continues with  Nadia Bulkin and Eric Schaller (0:42:09). Nadia reads the beginning of her story ‘Some Girls Wander by Mistake’ (Uncertainties, …

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News Round-up Week Ending 26 February 2021

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New anthology, Prisms, edited by Darren Speegle and Michael Bailey, available for pre-order now from PS Publishing Prisms are instruments, mirrors, metaphors, gateways humankind must pass through in order to achieve, to overcome, to realize, to become. Contained …

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Look Out For … Near the Bone by Christina Henry

Near the Bone by Christina Henry

“Henry’s latest is the tale of a woman trapped by horrifying psychological and human forces, as well as something deadly and hungry in the woods.” Mattie doesn’t remember how long she’s been living on the mountain with William. She just knows to never make him upset. She realizes they’re not that alone on the mountain …

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TIH 387: Gemma Amor on Cruel Works of Nature, Mental Health and Creativity, and Writing for Audio

TIH 387 Gemma Amor on Cruel Works of Nature, Mental Health and Creativity, and Writing for Audio

In this podcast Gemma Amor talks about Cruel Works of Nature, mental health and creativity, writing for audio, and much more. About Gemma Amor Gemma Amor is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Dear Laura, Cruel Works of Nature, Till The Score is Paid, and White Pines. She is also a podcaster, illustrator and voice actor, and is based …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 22 February 2021

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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: Horror DNA discuss the phantom female in Asian horror as part of their WiHM coverage The Ginger Nuts of Horror feature the new Twisted Anatomy anthology from Scifi and …

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News Round-up Week Ending 19 February 2021

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Dim Shores Presents: Volume 2 available for pre-order now Coming soon from Dim Shores comes Dim Shores Presents: Volume 2, featuring short stories by J. W. Donley, Jennifer Loring, C. M. Muller, Erica Ruppert and This is …

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TOD 092 Sarah Read: Weaving Broken Bones Back Together Again

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Sarah Read, author of the novel The Bone Weaver’s Orchard and collection Out of Water (Trepidatio, 2019), plus Sarah reads ‘The Hope Chest’ (Best Horror of the Year, 2020). The episode was recorded on Sunday Feb. 7, 2021 Show Notes In this podcast during Women In Horror Month, Anya …

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