Review: Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

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Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
Quirk Books (September 2019)
352 pages; $14.01 paperback; $11.99 e-book
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

Quick, name two classic female horror writers. I’ll wait while you blurt out “Mary Shelley and Shirley Jackson.” While there’s no doubt that both of those two have more than earned their place in horror history, there are multitudes that belong alongside them, but whose names have been lost to history. That’s a wrong that Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson are here to right. Their new book, Monster, She Wrote, sheds light on over a hundred women who, as the cover says, “pioneered horror and speculative fiction.”Continue Reading

Review: A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs

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A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs
Harper Voyager (October 8, 2019)
384 pages; $19.99 hardcover; $12.99 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann

The cover of A Lush and Seething Hell depicts two figures standing in some brambles; a darkness looms behind them, above them, all around them. It’s a menacing tower of darkness bearing down, but also rising up. Upon closer inspection, the figures aren’t so much standing as they are cowering.

I know because I stared at the cover and the title for awhile before I ventured past it to get at the meaty insides. And it’s that posture of cowering I remembered after I finished this book. Continue Reading

The Girl on the Porch by Richard Chizmar: Brand New Signed Limited Edition Shipping Soon!

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As the sale on the hardcover editions of Gwendy’s Button Box and Gwendy’s Magic Feather winds down (both are currently under $20 at Amazon.com for a limited time), we’re pleased to report Richard Chizmar’s brand new novella from Subterranean Press, The Girl on the Porch, will be shipping very soon and we’re down to our very last copies!

“From New York Times bestselling author Richard Chizmar, author of Gwendy’s Button Box (with Stephen King) and The Long Way Home, comes a thriller that will forever change the way you look at your neighbors and best friends…”

The Girl on the Porch

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Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Brian Keene’s History of Horror Fiction, Chapter Seven: The First Horror Novel

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Welcome back. We are still traveling through time, you and I. And though it seems like it has been a year since our last column, we can undo that. We can pretend that I wasn’t almost burned to death in a terrible mishap and that no time has passed at all.

For indeed, it hasn’t. Continue Reading

Review: Walk the Darkness Down by John Boden

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Walk the Darkness Down by John Boden
Macabre Ink (June 2019)
170 pages; $10.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book
Reviewed by Chad Lutzke

In the 1800s, it’s easier to kill and get away with it—if that’s your thing. Walking into a saloon, collecting body parts, and leaving out the front door doesn’t exactly trigger sirens and a team of forensic scientists, but there’s always someone you’re likely to run into that’ll try and put a stop to your slaughtering ways.  Continue Reading

Return to Stephen King’s Castle Rock in this appealing chiller!

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SPECIAL ALERT! The hardcover editions of Gwendy’s Button Box and Gwendy’s Magic Feather are both currently under $20 at Amazon.com for a limited time! Just click on those linked titles to place your order!

Gwendy’s Magic Feather
A Brand New Castle Rock Novel by Richard Chizmar
A New Review Has Arrived and It’s Another Good One!

Hi Folks!

A new review for Gwendy’s Magic Feather. an original full-length Castle Rock novel by Richard Chizmar, has arrived and while we don’t want to give away too much about the story (which they do in their full review!), here’s a little bit of what Publishers Weekly had to say:

Chizmar returns to Castle Rock, Maine, after the 2017 novella Gwendy’s Button Box, co-written with Stephen King, in this appealing chiller… Short, punchy chapters keep the pages turning… the charming protagonist and thrill of temptation will enthrall fans and new readers alike.

Gwendy's Magic Feather

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You can also preorder on Amazon.com if you’d like!

Review: Violet by Scott Thomas

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Book Cover for VioletViolet by Scott Thomas
InkShares (September 24, 2019)
446 pages; $17.99 paperback; $7.99 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie Hartmann

Did Scott Thomas peek inside our horror-loving brains while we weren’t looking and use what he found there to write the most appealing book just for us? He might have. In fact, the more I sit here with all my review notes, the more I’m convinced he overheard us talking about all our favorite things to read about and he used ALL OF THEM in this one book: Violet. Continue Reading

Bev Vincent reviews Mr. Mercedes Season 3

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Stephen King News From the Dead Zone

“A Series of Dreams”

Today is publication day for Stephen King’s new novel, The Institute, which I reviewed last week. Book release day is always a big one for fans. However, that’s not the only thing happening today. Season 3 of Mr. Mercedes launches on AT&T Audience Network, and it’s a good one! [Note: Everything I’m going to discuss in this review is covered in the trailer, more or less.]Continue Reading

Review: In the Garden of Rusting Gods by Patrick Freivald

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Cover of In the Garden of Rusting GodsIn the Garden of Rusting Gods by Patrick Freivald
Barking Deer Press (September 2019)
210 pages; $14.95 paperback; $4.95 e-book
Reviewed by A.E. Siraki

Patrick Freivald has released a new short story collection from Barking Deer Press entitled In the Garden of Rusting Gods. An established novelist, Bram Stoker Award-nominee (and, with Andrew Wolter, winner of the Richard Laymon President’s Award in 2015), he writes horror for both young adult and adult audiences alike. His short fiction has mostly tended toward science fiction horror, which he excels at, so for readers wanting their fix, his collection will fit the bill. Continue Reading

Seasons of Terror: Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Robert McCammon

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Seasons of Terror
Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Robert McCammon
An Epic New Special Edition For Horror Collectors!

Hi Folks!

We’re very pleased to announce Seasons of Terror from the imaginations of Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Robert McCammon!

These four classic tales of terror are each set during a different season of the year, and the text has been adapted to graphic format by Richard Chizmar and lavishly illustrated by four of our favorite artists: Ray Fawkes, Dennis Calero, Francois Vaillancourt, and Steve Wands!

To celebrate this incredible publication, we’re planning an epic set of special editions with some features that are unprecedented in the 30+ year history of Cemetery Dance Publications — and the Artist Edition and Lettered Edition are already selling out fast due to higher than expected demand from the Cemetery Dance Collectors Club!

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Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Kevin Lucia on Walking Lazarus — The Movie

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The premise of my column “Revelations” is a reflection on fiction I encountered during a specific time in my career; fiction which changed the way I thought about horror, or influenced me in some way. The column has wandered from contemporary writers to masters of the genre, and it will at times wander off the “horror map” and into that hazy borderland of “speculative fiction.”

An author I’ll eventually feature is speculative fiction writer T. L. Hines, and how he shaped my thoughts about speculative fiction, most especially in terms of flawed characters, and how those flaws made those characters stronger. Today, however, I’m writing about Tony’s current project, and that’s his indie effort to bring his first novel, Waking Lazarus, to cinema life. Continue Reading