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Searchlight: Supernatural Horror in Literature

August 29, 2017
5 mins to read

Most horror fans celebrate H.P. Lovecraft’s birthday this month—August 20th to be exact—as the recent NecronomiCon festival just ended in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft’s birthplace, with a massive celebration of all things Weird. Lovecraft’s fiction is rather polarizing, stemming from obvious racism in some of his works. My friend Gabino Iglesias, recently commented on social …

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Book Review: Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

August 29, 2017
4 mins to read

“Fans of Stephen Graham Jones will find their expectations shattered in all the right ways, while newcomers will find themselves introduced to their new favorite writer.” Stephen Graham Jones is a true master of storytelling in any format. Novel, short-story, novella, comics, it doesn’t matter, because you know he’s going to pack a ton of …

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TIH 164: Gemma Files on Films and Fiction, Planning Stories, and Memory Work

August 29, 2017
3 mins to read

In this podcast Gemma Files talks about films and fiction, planning stories, memory work, and much more. About Gemma Files Born April 4, 1968, in London, England, Gemma Files is the child of two actors (Elva Mai Hoover and Gary Files), and has lived most of her life in Toronto, Canada. Previously best-known as a film …

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In Memoriam: Tobe Hooper (1943–2017)

August 28, 2017
4 mins to read

William Tobe Hooper, legendary director, writer, and producer, passed away of natural causes 26 August, 2017. He was 74 years old. Hooper was directly involved in eighteen films and several television shows, but will always be remembered for his 1974 film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Considered one of the most influential horror films of …