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Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

  • March 15, 2017

  • 6 mins to read

The Ballad of Black Tom

If there is one name that pops up lately on the radar when it comes to weird fiction, Victor LaValle’s name is one seen repeatedly. LaValle’s been in the scene for a while, primarily writing hard-to-classify novels that cross the bridge between weird and horror, while maintaining a strong literary aesthetic throughout. Author of The …

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Midnight Mix-Tape: March 2017- Whiteout in the Mountains of Madness

  • March 8, 2017

  • 6 mins to read

The Thing -UFO Discovery

  Uncle Jake’s here to hook you up with some of the latest and greatest horror short stories available online right now. Stories that will challenge, evolve, and redefine what horror is, and what it will become. These are themed mix-tapes of fear, dread, danger, and gore, lovingly curated just for your reading pleasure. Antarctica …

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Look Out For … Relics by Tim Lebbon

  • March 2, 2017

  • 2 mins to read

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Look Out For … Relics by Tim Lebbon “A mirror universe version of the world of Harry Potter if it were steeped in horror and shadow instead of magic and wonder.” There’s an underground black market for arcane things. Akin to the trade in rhino horns or tigers bones, this network traffics in remains of …

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The Misunderstood Perfection of Shelley Duvall in Kubrick’s The Shining

  • February 27, 2017

  • 6 mins to read

The Shining -The Torrence Family - All together

Let’s be clear from the start: Stephen King’s book The Shining and Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining are two completely different animals. All further understanding and appreciation of either incarnation spawns from that fact. Yes, the source material for the film is the book, but it’s just that: source material that Kubrick used to mold …

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