Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: Robert Aickman

  • September 28, 2016

  • 8 mins to read

Writer and editor Robert Aickman described his fiction as ‘strange stories’, though today most would agree his works exists fully in the weird. At first glance, especially for the uninitiated, his tales would seem to lean to the gothic side of literature, but once readers take the plunge and invest a little time in his …

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Book Review: Eternal Frankenstein, edited by Ross E. Lockhart

  • September 28, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

Eternal Frankenstein - cover

“These stories and characters are sewn together to create one hell of an exquisite monster.” Ross E. Lockhart and Word Horde have a reputation for putting out some wonderful anthologies, among those are The Book of Cthulhu and Giallo Fantastique. Eternal Frankenstein shines alongside them with an intensely dark and beautifully macabre mix of tales. …

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TIH 112: Jon Grilz on Small Town Horror Podcast, Crazytown and Audio Drama Production

  • September 27, 2016

  • 3 mins to read

Jon Grilz on This Is Horror

In this podcast Jon Grilz talks about the Small Town Horror podcast, his Crazytown series, audio drama production and much more. About Jon Grilz Writer and podcaster Jon Grilz is Minnesotan, born and bred. He has an undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and a MFA in Writing from Hamline University …

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AHS: Roanoke Chapter 2: Recap, Spoilers and Predictions

  • September 27, 2016

  • 6 mins to read
AHS Little girl

So much optimism for the new season and second episode! Not for the characters, of course, they will all most likely and hopefully die a bloody death (Season 5 delivered a happy ending, this season owes us in blood). Optimism for gore and dirt and jump scares. American Horror Story has been incredibly shiny and …

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