American Horror Story: The Land of Yes—Retrospective and Recommendation

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Fan or not, American Horror Story is the kind of show that cannot be judged on the regular merits of television programming—or storytelling, for that matter. One can’t outline plot points and arcs, or argue conventional strengths and weaknesses. It isn’t built that way. As an anthology show, there is no quality or tone guarantee …

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Tattered Tomes: Stephen King’s It Revisited

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As college and girls consumed my life right out of high school, my reading slowed down tremendously. With the exception of my British Lit class and my composition class thesis contrasting and comparing Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Stephen King’s ’Salem’s Lot, there wasn’t much fiction reading in my life. It came out in 1986 when …

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TIH 109: Writers’ Craft Talk: Best Writing Advice with 20 Writers

In this podcast twenty writers discuss the best writing advice they’ve received. Contributions from Stephen Graham Jones, Mercedes M. Yardley, Helen Marshall, Paul Tremblay, George Ttoouli, Nina Allan, David Moody, Jessica McHugh, John F.D. Taff, John C. Foster, David Bowles, Lisa L. Hannett, Bob Pastorella, Josh Malerman, Richard Thomas, Vincenzo Bilof, Jasper Bark, Sarah Langan, S. …

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Look Out For … Chills by Mary SanGiovanni and Ghost Highway

Look Out For … Chills by Mary SanGiovanni “The claustrophobic setting creates an atmosphere of mounting and nightmarish tension.” True Detective meets H.P. Lovecraft in this chilling novel of murder, mystery, and  slow-mounting dread from acclaimed author Mary SanGiovanni… It begins with a freak snowstorm in May. Hit hardest is the rural town of Colby, …

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