TIH 201: Kristi DeMeester on Growing Up, Important Life Lessons, and MFAs

TIH 201 Kristi DeMeester on Growing Up, Important Life Lessons, and MFAs

In this podcast Kristi DeMeester talks about growing up in a fundamentalist religious household, important life lessons growing up, and MFAs. About Kristi DeMeester Kristi DeMeester is the author of Beneath, a novel published by Word Horde, and the author of Everything That’s Underneath, a short fiction collection published by Apex Publications. Her short fiction has appeared in …

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Book Review: Cry Your Way Home by Damien Angelica Walters

Cry Your Way Home by Damien Angelica Walters - cover

“Tackling the ‘difficult second album’, Walters gives us a collection which builds on the talent and imagination she brought to Sing Me Your Scars, reaching further in scope, voice, and technique.”   One of the most exciting and talented of the most recent crop of horror and weird writers is Damien Angelica Walters. For a …

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News Round-up Week Ending 13 April 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing readying Patrick Lacey’s Bone Saw for 15 May release Bone Saw, the new novel by Patrick Lacey (Dream Woods, We Came Back), is the story of Liam Carpenter, a normal guy whose life descends …

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Look Out For … Compulsory Games by Robert Aickman

Compulsory Games by Robert Aickman - cover

“While all Aickman’s stories are excellent, it’s high time for a volume containing the best of the best.”     Robert Aickman’s fiction is in a class by itself. His self-proclaimed “strange stories” are indeed among the strangest tales ever written. Within the pages of his stories, you will not find the common tropes we …

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Tattered Tomes: Volume Two of Clive Barker’s The Books of Blood, Revisited

Books of Blood, Volume 2 by Clive Barker

Already smitten by the first volume of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood series, when volume two hit the streets it was an instant purchase. The book was a treat to myself, a present for raising my GPA enough to justify my parents paying for my college education. The book couldn’t have come at a better …

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TIH 200: Celebrating 5 Years and 200 Episodes of the This Is Horror Podcast with Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella, and Dan Howarth

TIH 200 Celebrating 5 Years and 200 Episodes of the This Is Horror Podcast with Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella, and Dan Howarth

In this podcast Michael David Wilson, Bob Pastorella, and Dan Howarth celebrate five years and 200 episodes of the This Is Horror Podcast. Show notes [02:40] Israel Finn message [10:00] Episode one with Jennifer Lynch [17:25 If starting over what would be done differently [26:45] Episode two with David Moody [29:45] Episode seven with Booked. …

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Searchlight: Horror Literature Through History

Horror Literature Through History edited by Matt Cardin

The history of horror is spread through-out the pages of hundreds and hundreds historical reference guides, some penetrating deep into the darkness, while others simply skim the surface. One could spend a small fortune collecting these tomes as part of their horror education and, considering out of print books or guides in the ‘collectable’ market, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 9 Apr 2018

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: The Economist eulogises about the crafting of the concepts in new John Krasinski film, A Quiet Place Deadline Hollywood feature Ryan Murphy’s revelations of what and who to expect in American …

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News Round-up Week Ending 6 April 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New tribute anthology, C.H.U.D. Lives!, released through Crystal Lake Publishing 27 April Set in the universe first imagined in the 1984 sci-fi horror film, C.H.U.D., this new anthology from Crystal Lake Publishing includes C.H.U.D. related stories from authors …

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TOD 034 The Outer Dark Symposium 2018 Friday Night Readings Presented by WordHorde Featuring Rios de la Luz, Michael Griffin, Scott R Jones, Tiffany Scandal, and Ross E. Lockhart

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In this podcast The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2018 kicks off with Friday Night Readings Presented by Word Horde featuring Rios de la Luz, Michael Griffin, Scott R Jones,  and Tiffany Scandal. This episode was recorded live on Friday March 23, 2018 at The Plaza Suites Santa Clara. The podcast also includes an …

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