Midnight Mix-Tape: June 2017- Our Dark Companions

Mixtapes Scattered

  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. From …

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Book Review: The Changeling by Victor LaValle

The Changeling by Victor LaValle - cover

“Filled with compelling wonder and deeply-disturbing horror, The Changeling is an extraordinary novel.”   In his follow up to his 2016 novella, The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle writes a beautiful, emotional, and terrifying fairy tale in The Changeling. Apollo Kagwe is a “book man”, searching estate sales and dark basement corners for rare …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 June 2017

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: Why The Shining Deserves Another Adaptation Where Alien Covenant’s Box Office Leaves The Franchise Favourite Horror Performances According To You, The Audience Sandbox Hopping With Philip Fracassi Artist Turns …

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Book Review: Palladium at Night by Christopher Slatsky

Palladium at Night by Christopher Slatsky - cover

“Slatsky has produced a genuinely disturbing story complete with great characterisation, a creepy setting and unsettling ties to real-life mysteries.” Christopher Slatsky is a weird horror fiction author living in L.A. whose debut collection, Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales (Dynatox Ministries, 2015), was universally praised by fellow horror authors such as Adam Nevill, Michael Wehunt, …

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News Round-up Week Ending 9 June 2017

Made for the Dark

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New short story collection Made for the Dark Coming September 2017 John Llewellyn Probert’s (Cthulu Cymraeg, The Hammer of Dr Valentine) first short story collection in seven years is coming this September and is being published by Black Shuck …

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Look Out For … The Mailman by Jeremy Bates

Look Out For … The Mailman by Jeremy Bates “Dangerous liaisons and forbidden fruit are always good starting points for a good, tense horror novel.” When 1970s housewife Sally Martin begins a torrid affair with the new, young mailman, she has no idea the nightmare she is about to land herself in. Why We’re Excited …

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TIH 150: Philip Fracassi on Biggest Fears, Story Structure, and Screenwriting

TIH 150 Philip Fracassi on Biggest Fears, Story Structure, and Screenwriting

In this podcast Philip Fracassi talks about his biggest fears, story structure, screenwriting, and much more. About Philip Fracassi Philip Fracassi, an author and screenwriter, lives in Los Angeles. His brand-new collection of stories, Behold The Void, was published by JournalStone on March 10, 2017. He has a novella, Fragile Dreams, that was released in November 2016, …

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Searchlight: Forensic Files

Logo Forensic Files

In the age of bingeable television, Forensic Files is one of those television series that ranks top of the list, both in quantity and quality. Debuting on TLC in 1996, it was originally called Medical Detectives. Over 400 episodes exist, each dealing with how science is used to solve suspected crimes. I say suspected because …

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Book Review: I Wish I Was Like You by S.P. Miskowski

I Wish I Was Like You by S.P. Miskowski -cover

“At times delicate and poetic, yet can turn as sharp and deadly as the stroke of a knife through flesh.” Never open your story with a corpse? S.P. Miskowski smashes that rule with a tale of a young woman who is forced to solve a murder. She has no choice because the corpse is her …

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Writing the Future: Thoughts on the Writers of the Future Contest

Jake and His Award

I can admit that when I first heard about the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest, I was skeptical. On the surface it seemed too good to be true. It’s a free contest, open to international authors who are still looking to break into the industry. There’s prize money, there’s the promise of publication …

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