“Every story is as unique in its subject matter as it is identical in its quality and excellence. Philip Fracassi is quickly building a reputation as a superior storyteller of incredible talent.” With the release of two novelettes (‘Altar’ and ‘Mother’) and one novella (Fragile Dreams) in 2016, Philip Fracassi has quickly become synonymous …
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Look Out For … Relics by Tim Lebbon
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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TIH 136: Ania Ahlborn on The Devil Crept In, Story Research, and Daily Habits
In this podcast Ania Ahlborn talks about her new novel The Devil Crept In, research for stories, morning rituals, advice to her eighteen-year-old self, and much more. About Ania Ahlborn Born in Ciechanow, Poland, Ania Ahlborn has always been drawn to the darker, mysterious, and sometimes morbid sides of life. Her earliest childhood memory is of crawling …
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Book Review: The Final Reconciliation by Todd Keisling
“The Final Reconciliation plays out like a nightmarish Behind the Music VH1 episode, its climax unforgettable and epic.” An aging rocker reveals the dark circumstances surrounding his band and their final gig. The Yellow Kings are a promising metal band. They are killing it on the road and leaving many fans in their wake. When …
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The Misunderstood Perfection of Shelley Duvall in Kubrick’s The Shining
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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News Round-up Week Ending 24 February 2017
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Horror collection Twisted 50 ready for haunting audiobook release What could be scarier than fifty stories of terror, leaping off the page into the reader’s imagination? How about having fifty expert narrators reading each one to you …
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The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird Comes to Atlanta in March
The Outer Dark podcast has launched an Indiegogo campaign to purchase tickets and raise funds for its inaugural The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 25 March, 2017 in Atlanta, GA. This immersive one-day event will feature 17 top writers of weird and speculative fiction participating in eight hours of panels, readings and signings. Admission …
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Book Review: The Time Eater by Aaron J. French
“Aaron J. French gives us a psychological war between man and the darkness behind the curtain of reality” Aaron J. French has used his fiction to deal with the occult, the weird, and the metaphysical. His first novel, The Time Eater, takes these concepts to the extreme and gives the readers a tale that expands …
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