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Book Review: I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas

August 5, 2016
6 mins to read

“Nick Mamatas has shown himself again and again to be one of the best, most conceptually diverse authors in genre fiction today.” When we think of weird Lovecraftian fiction, many things come to mind, things we’ve heard and read of so many times they’ve practically become embedded in our subconscious minds. Places and monsters like …

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TOD A03 S.P. Miskowski: Tall Tales & Little Lies

August 4, 2016
6 mins to read

In this archival podcast Scott Nicolay interviews S.P. Miskowski, author of The Skillute Cycle (Omnium Gatherum). It was recorded on July 5, 2015 and originally aired on July 7, 2015. This broadcast also includes bonus new content featuring a review of The Skillute Cycle by Gemma Files, author of the Shirley Jackson Award-winning novel Experimental Film. Show Notes …

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The Cutting Room – Let Her Out

August 4, 2016
2 mins to read

Twenty-three years after her hooker mother tried to kill her in the womb Helen remains psychologically damaged goods—a mindset that gets worse when she suffers a traumatic head injury in an accident. Awakening in hospital, it’s discovered that Helen has a tumour growth in her brain causing her to experience dark visions, disembodied voices and …

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Audiobook Review: End of Watch by Stephen King, read by Will Patton

August 4, 2016
5 mins to read

“Highly recommended, especially on a dark and snowy night when the wind is calling and there might be murderers just around the corner.” End of Watch is the last in Stephen King’s Bill Hodges trilogy of crime thrillers which started with the excellent Mr Mercedes and continued with the slightly disappointing but still fun Finders …