New Weird Fiction: “Sing Me Your Scars”, by Damien Angelica Walters
Laird Barron writes: "SING ME YOUR SCARS revolves in the mind's eye in a kaleidoscope of darkness and wonder."
View Article“Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales” by Christopher Slatsky
Read Slatsky at night. When you have the house to yourself. You will see the world differently afterwards. Everything will be slightly askew. In a very beautiful way.
View ArticleOn today’s show: Robert Levy, author of “The Glittering World”
Lovecraftian? Cosmic horror? Weird fiction? Horror? Supernatural? All of that, in a novel that defies description. On today's show: Robert Levy, author of "The Glittering World".
View ArticleInterview with Christopher Slatsky, author of “Alectryomancer and Other Weird...
"Most of my stories start out in a world already slightly askew, then the strange elements intrude with increasing frequency until the universe the characters inhabit becomes a very different universe....
View ArticleTales of the King in Yellow
Some say Pulver was this, some say he was that. Only I know the truth.
View ArticleNoir Explorations of the Dark Frontier with John Claude Smith’s “Riding The...
John Claude Smith is unafraid of the unflinching gaze and even more uncompromising in his task of laying it down upon the page for all to see.
View ArticleWhat does “Quiet Horror” Mean? Five Horror Writers Weigh In
I love the slow burn, the building sense of unease, and that certain sense of strain I associate with a well crafted tale of quiet horror. With that in mind I turned to five contemporary writers to ask...
View ArticleHorror As Social Control: Lovecraft eZine Talks African Horror With Nuzo Onoh
Nuzo Onoh: "In Africa, we have a proliferation of tribes (over 3000 tribes and counting), each, boasting a treasure-chest of supernatural entities, which very few cultures, not even the Japanese, can...
View ArticlePeter Clines combines a classic with the Mythos in “The Eerie Adventures of...
Clines incorporates the Cthulhu mythos into Robinson Crusoe quite ably and I’m happy to say by returning the mythos to its very source.
View ArticleNuzo Onoh Explores the Monstrous in “The Sleepless”
The very last thing I expected within a book of African Horror was a scene that transported me immediately to the mid-eighties, reading SALEM'S LOT in my Aunt’s summer house, the hackles on the back of...
View ArticleGothic, Cosmic, and Folk Horror Blend to Perfection in “The Loney”
Our beloved cosmic horror is at work, more accurately perhaps in its guise as existential horror. I wish you could see my hand tremble with excitement as I write these words, for THE LONEY by Andrew...
View ArticleThe Thrilling Tradition of the Pulps is Alive and Well in John Pelan’s...
I've lost my mind over writers that experiment with surrealistic forms, books filled with stunning art, pages of heavyweight expensive paper, and sewn in book ribbons. Yet DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND...
View Article“The Madness of Dr. Caligari”
THE MADNESS OF DR. CALIGARI is an upcoming anthology inspired by the 1920 silent horror film THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI. Stories by Ramsey Campbell, John Langan, Paul Tremblay, Michael Cisco, and others.
View ArticleBring Folk Horror and Old World Mythology to Your Tabletop with “The Pale...
This adventure concerns the legend of a witch who lives deep within the forest, deep within every forest. Known as The Pale Lady or The Flower Mistress, there’s just one catch. She’s not a witch at all.
View ArticleWriter Wednesday: Richard Gavin
"Canadian author Richard Gavin has established himself as a leading contemporary writer of weird fiction. His richly nuanced prose style, his imaginative range, and his shrewdness in the portrayal of...
View ArticleUndertow stuns with D.P. Watt’s “almost insentient, almost divine”
"almost insentient, almost divine" is a collection that will be treasured by readers for decades to come, and doubtlessly recommended to those looking for an introduction as to what makes this genre...
View ArticlePaul Roberts Comes in Under the Radar with “The Phantom Power of Purgatory”
“To evoke a demon is a sordid, dangerous affair. Call loudly over the dense cathode with offers of bleating lambs, and sometimes a fiend scratches back against your tar-paper reality.”
View ArticleAn Exciting and Distinctive Voice Crawls Forth with A(W) Baader’s...
Baader is elegant in evoking the strange in simple, unadorned lines. It’s this simplicity that disarms. His characters are instantly believable with just enough detail provided for the reader to...
View Article“The Endless Fall and Other Weird Fictions” by Jeffrey Thomas
Respected as one of today’s leading figures of weird fiction for his striking imagination, versatility, and deeply emotional stories, Jeffrey Thomas here offers up fourteen searing tales.
View ArticleJon Padgett Unleashes Philosophical Horror with “The Secret of Ventriloquism”
I’m sure you can call to mind dozens of times within horror fiction the protagonist reacting “with dawning realization”. Padgett has managed to capture that feeling and evoke it in such a way that you...
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