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Book Review: Ornithology by Nicholas Royle

  • August 11, 2017

  • 8 mins to read

Ornithology by Nicholas Royle - cover

“These stories are compelling, artful, and hypnotic; they are stories which tread the line between the literary and genre with absolute ease, mixing in the surreal, the ambiguous.”   Nicholas Royle is a name which has long been associated with genre writing, having been published in various horror anthologies such as The End of the …

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Something Weird is Heading Back to Providence: An Exclusive Preview of NecronomiCon 2017, Part I

  • August 11, 2017

  • 10 mins to read

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NecronomiCon 2017 will be descending August 17-20 on Providence, RI in the United States. The biannual convention began as a celebration of H.P. Lovecraft but now has expanded its programming to cover the broad tapestry of Weird Fiction from classic authors to the contemporary Weird Renaissance. As such, it’s evolved into closest thing to a …

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Book Review: Looming Low, edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan

  • August 10, 2017

  • 10 mins to read

Looming Low, edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan - cover

  “Boasting a who’s who of weird fiction authors, one look at the roster is enough to have any fan thoroughly excited.”   Looming Low is a huge collection of twenty-six new stories of weird fiction from Dim Shores publishing. Boasting a who’s who of weird fiction authors, one look at the roster is enough …

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Book review: Pacific Rising by John W. Dennehy

  • August 8, 2017

  • 3 mins to read

Pacific Rising by John Dennehy - cover

“It’s one part Kaiju, one part military thriller, equaling an action-packed fight for survival.”   Something stirs after its slumber is broken by a hurricane. Tokyo won’t be safe once it emerges from the turbulent seas. The beast of legends attacks with full force, ravaging everything in its path. A joint effort by the U.S. …

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