Injured Eyeballs: Who the Fuck are the Horror Mood Team? Part 2

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In last month’s column I looked at the birth of the black and white horror comic boom that began in the mid 60s and flourished until the early 80s. How it was started by Warren Comics, but spawned more than a few imitators, all of whom avoided the draconian Comics Code Authority because they were …

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Book Review: Dead Souls by J. Lincoln Fenn

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“Dead Souls is one of the best, most horrifying novels to come along in ages and likely to find its way onto multiple bestseller and best of year lists.” 2016 has been one of the best and most exciting years for horror fiction in a long time, with new, outstanding dark lit being produced by …

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TIH 111: Jessica McHugh on Creative Writing, Working as a Stripper and Bizarro

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In this podcast Jessica McHugh talks about lessons learned teaching Creative Writing, the myth of writer’s block, working as a stripper at nineteen, bizarro and much more. About Jessica McHugh Jessica McHugh is a novelist, poet, and internationally produced playwright running amok in the fields of horror, sci-fi, young adult, and wherever else her peculiar mind …

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AHS: Roanoke—Series Premiere Play by Play and Nothing but Spoilers

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  Let me just preface this whole premiere by saying I was lying, I’m TOTALLY waiting on tenterhooks, hoping with every breath this is a great season. It’s possible! I dreamed it last night, dreamed there was an incredible way to tie the whole series together neatly, into an unsettling and satisfyingly frightening season, all …

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