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Book Review: Coffle by Gemma Files

  • December 18, 2017

  • 3 mins to read

Coffle by Gemma Files - cover

“For anyone who enjoys tales of post-apocalyptic gloom!” Coffle plunges the reader immediately and unceremoniously into a viscerally bleak world of slavery, pseudo-zombies and horror, in the truest sense. After an apocalyptic war, Ardenne—herself an escaped former slave—stands at the head of a coffle train of escapees, fleeing servitude across what appears to be one …

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The Outer Dark Symposium 2018 Gets Really Weird at the Winchester Mystery House

  • December 15, 2017

  • 5 mins to read

Outer Dark Symposium 2018 poster

This past March, Atlanta, Georgia hosted the first annual Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird to a smashing success. With 2018 right around the corner, The Outer Dark is poised to turn San Jose, California weird as the symposium returns with panels and readings from the very best in contemporary weird fiction. On 24 …

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Look Out For … Angel of the Underground by David Andreas

  • December 14, 2017

  • 2 mins to read

Angel of the Underground by David Andreas - cover

“This fish-out-water dropped into a dysfunctional family is the perfect setup for a creepy thriller tinged with danger.” A brutal triple murder forces the state to foster the remaining children of a Catholic group home in Long Island. Now living with a completely new, and quite dysfunctional, family, fifteen-year-old Robin Hills discovers her new family …

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Book Review: Strange Weather by Joe Hill

  • December 13, 2017

  • 7 mins to read

Strange Weather by Joe Hill - cover

“Continues to push the boundaries between horror, weird, and literary.” Though still in the early stages of his writing career, Joe Hill has already carved out an impressive body of work. With four novels (including the exemplary Horns) a collection of short stories (20th Century Ghosts) and an award winning and wonderful graphic novel series …

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