Robert P. Ottone is an author and cigar enthusiast from East Islip, NY. He delights in the creepy. He can be found online at www.SpookyHousePress.com, or on Instagram/Twitter (@RobertOttone). His collections Her Infernal Name & Other Nightmares and People: A Horror Anthology about Love, Loss, Life & Things That Go Bump in the Night are available …
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From deep within the wild Welsh countryside, Catherine McCarthy spins dark yarns that deliver a sting in the tail. She is the author of the collections Door and other twisted tales, Mists and Megaliths, and also the novella, Immortelle (published by Off Limits Press July 2021): a Gothic tale of grief and revenge, set on …
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S. L. Edwards is a Texan who travels the world. He enjoys dark poetry, dark fiction and even darker beer. His second collection The Death of An Author is available from Journalstone Publishing, and his debut novel, In the Devil’s Cradle will be released in April 2022 from Word Horde. What first attracted you to horror writing? I blame …
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1980s’. Times Square, New York City. Specifically … 42nd Street. Called The Deuce, home of The Roxy in the theater district, and scores of porn stores and junk shops. Decadence reigned supreme. Not just the place, but the people, the movers and shakers, the storytellers and creatives. Artists from all walks of life, up and …
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The fifth book in the Charitable Chapbook line from Nightscape Press, Michael Wehunt’s Everything Is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here, is an unflinching, poetic novella that, as described in our recent review of the book, “holds a mirror up to a modern America which, despite making some progress, still finds itself haunted …
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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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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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We sat down with Tim Seeley, creator of Hack/Slash and Revival (among others), to ask him a few questions about the horror genre in graphic novels as well as his own work. How did you get started in the comics industry? TS: After college, I was working at a children’s book company, and doing some …
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Since 2008, the retail sector has been hit time and time again as well loved stores have succumbed to the financial crash. With major retail outlets such as Woolworths, Virgin and Borders collapsing and disappearing from the high street in the UK, it seems that entertainment stores are reducing more quickly than others. With this …
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In this exclusive interview, we visit with Tom Rory Parsons, the man responsible for the stunning original music for the Small Town Horror Podcast. Tom was gracious enough to answer our questions as well as provide some music samples for you to enjoy. Small Town Horror Theme Music How did you get your start with …
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Simon Bestwick recently chatted with the legendary British horror writer, Ramsey Campbell. Author of such classics as The Parasite, The Influence, The Face That Must Die, Ancient Images, and more recently, Ghosts Know, Holes for Faces, The Booking, and the forthcoming The Searching Dead, Campbell has won more awards for his writing than any other …
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This is part two of Shane Douglas Keene’s interview with Josh Malerman. Malerman is the author of the breakout debut novel, Bird Box, and has stories published in the recent anthologies Lost Signals from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, and in Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories from Crystal Lake Publishing. He’s also got a story in the …
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Josh Malerman is an individual who needs little introduction to the horror community at large. His novel, Bird Box, is one of the most remarkable and unique visions of a post-apocalyptic world that’s ever been penned, and it’s also one of the best debut novels to come along in recent years. That book received high …
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This is part two of Shane Douglas Keene’s interview with John F. D. Taff. Taff is the author of numerous novels, novellas, and short stories, including the groundbreaking novella collection, The End In All Beginnings. Recently, he’s branched out into the editing field, co-editing the extremely unique novella anthology, I Can Taste The Blood, with …
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Though he’s been called an overnight success by some, John F. D. Taff has been writing dark fiction, primarily in the short form, for more than 25 years now, with stories appearing in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Cemetery Dance, Eldritch Tales, Morpheus Tales, Deathrealm, Schrodinger’s Mouse, Night Chills, Big Pulp and One Buck Horror, …
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