The Cutting Room: The Shelter

The Shelter On a star-filled night, widower and homeless man Thomas finds shelter in a vast two-story house with the lights on and an inviting open front door. Figuring that he’s caught a lucky break he helps himself to the comforts of home before getting some shut eye. All is well until he wakes up in …

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Book Review: The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth

“An ambitious yet accomplished piece of work.” The Devil’s Detective is the debut novel from British genre stalwart Simon Kurt Unsworth. Unsworth has previously published three collections of short stories – Lost Places, the portmanteau piece Quiet Houses and Strange Gateways, which came out last year. The novel is the story of Thomas Fool, one …

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Look Out For… The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth and Leytonstone by Stephen Volk

Look Out For… The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth “In The Devil’s Detective, Unsworth gives us his own personal and idiosyncratic version of Hell.” Welcome to hell… …. where skinless demons patrol the lakes and the waves of Limbo wash against the outer walls, while the souls of the Damned float on their surface, …

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TIH 034: Nathan Ballingrud on The Visible Filth, Stephen King Novels and Story Endings

Nathan Ballingrud

In this podcast Nathan Ballingrud talks about his forthcoming This Is Horror novella The Visible Filth, Stephen King Novels, Story Endings and why he doesn’t like writers writing stories about writers.  About Nathan Ballingrud Nathan Ballingrud is an American writer of horror and dark fantasy. His first book, the short story collection North American Lake Monsters, was …

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