Brian Keene’s History of Horror Fiction: Chapter One: Not the Man for the Job

Hi. My name is Brian Keene. You might remember me from my previous Cemetery Dance column, End of the Road. Or perhaps you know me from the many novels and comic books and short stories I’ve written—too many, if you ask some critics. Or maybe you know me from my popular podcast, The Horror Show … Continue Reading! “Brian Keene’s History of Horror Fiction: Chapter One: Not the Man for the Job”

Full Circle

The second to last weekend of October, I made my way up north again, this time for the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival in Haverhill, Massachusetts—a mass-signing event organized by Christopher Golden and involving about twenty or thirty horror authors. Podcast co-host Dave Thomas accompanied me for this part of the tour, and we stayed … Continue Reading! “Full Circle”

Camelot

“So,” author John Urbancik said as we drove across Florida from Tallahassee to Land O’ Lakes, “let me see if I understand this correctly.” (That’s how John talks. If you’re writing dialogue for John Urbancik, he would never say something like, “Let me get this straight” or “You’ve gotta be shitting me.” He would say, … Continue Reading! “Camelot”

Genre Gentrification, or, “Queers Hate Techies”

Genre Gentrification, or, “Queers Hate Techies” Last week, I mentioned that I’ve visited San Francisco’s Mission District well over a dozen times. One of those times was back in 2006, when Christopher Golden and I led a group of writers on what was supposed to be a trip to James Simes’s legendary Isotope Comics, but—due … Continue Reading! “Genre Gentrification, or, “Queers Hate Techies””

A Message to the Next Generation

A Message to the Next Generation Alan Beatts and Jude Feldman are badasses. Alan is a former private investigator, bodyguard, firearms instructor, and motorcycle repairman. Jude is a former welder and computer micro-assembly technician. They also run Borderlands Books in San Francisco, a name inspired in part by William Hope Hodgson’s horror-fantasy-science fiction classic House … Continue Reading! “A Message to the Next Generation”

Cemetery Dance at Maryland Horrorfind 2004

Cemetery Dance at Maryland Horrorfind 2004 (L to R) Micheal Hyuck, Paul Melniczek, Edward Lee, Brian Freeman, David Barnett, Wrath James White, and Geoff Cooper F. Paul Wilson & Thomas F. Monteleone Thomas F. Monteleone, Elizabeth Massie, Kelly Laymon Edward Lee & Pamela Herbster Cemetery Dance Shivers display More Shivers and new releases Shivers, new … Continue Reading! “Cemetery Dance at Maryland Horrorfind 2004”

Night Time Logic with Gwendolyn Kiste

“The Summer of Love: Wild. Psychedelic. Like a super-feminst Hammer film.” Night Time Logic is the part or parts of a story that are felt but not consciously processed. Those that operate below the conscious surface. Those that are processed somewhere, somehow, and in some way other than… overtly and consciously. The deep-down scares. The … Continue Reading! “Night Time Logic with Gwendolyn Kiste”