10 Shorter, Sharper Stories For A Quick Hit of Horror

Month: September 2021

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10 Shorter, Sharper Stories For A Quick Hit of Horror

10 Shorter, Sharper Stories For A Quick Hit of Horror

Posted on by Sam Reader

Ten super-short horror stories to scare the shorts off you in four pages or less. […]

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September 30, 2021 Books
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Richard Chizmar is Still Chasing the Boogeyman Decades Later

Richard Chizmar is Still Chasing the Boogeyman Decades Later

Posted on by Janelle Janson

Richard Chizmar talks Cemetery Dance, true crime, and his latest novel Chasing the Boogeyman in a new interview. […]

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September 29, 2021 Books
Alex Pheby's Trope-Shredding Mordew is Gothic Fantasy at Its Finest - 793

Alex Pheby’s Trope-Shredding Mordew is Gothic Fantasy at Its Finest

Alex Pheby’s Trope-Shredding Mordew is Gothic Fantasy at Its Finest

Posted on by Sam Reader

Mordew’s insistence on subverting familiar genre tropes about power and magic makes it a can’t-miss read for dark fantasy fans. […]

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September 20, 2021 Books
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Into the Night: August 2021’s Best Horror Short Fiction and Poetry

Into the Night: August 2021’s Best Horror Short Fiction and Poetry

Posted on by Aigner Loren Wilson

Let us guide you through the dark corridors of the best short horror fiction and poetry the internet has to offer in our monthly series. […]

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September 16, 2021 Books
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The Same Old Fears: Crafting a Horror Short Story Collection

The Same Old Fears: Crafting a Horror Short Story Collection

Posted on by Aliya Whiteley

Aliya Whiteley writes about the tricky process of choosing and compiling short stories for her new collection, From the Neck Up. […]

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September 16, 2021 Books
"The Final Girl is the Vessel We Keep Our Hope In": Interviewing Stephen Graham Jones - 261
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“The Final Girl is the Vessel We Keep Our Hope In”: Interviewing Stephen Graham Jones

“The Final Girl is the Vessel We Keep Our Hope In”: Interviewing Stephen Graham Jones

Posted on by Janelle Janson

My Heart is a Chainsaw author Stephen Graham Jones stops by to talk writing excuses, sharp objects, and final girls in this new interview. […]

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September 15, 2021 Books
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Announcing Maeve Fly, a Debut Novel from CJ Leede

Announcing Maeve Fly, a Debut Novel from CJ Leede

Posted on by Emily Hughes

CJ Leede’s Maeve Fly, a provocative blend of transgressive horror, upmarket thriller, and slasher romance, will be published by Nightfire in Summer 2023! […]

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September 15, 2021 Books, News
David Liss Talks Victorian Magic, Terrifying Rabbits, and The Peculiarities - 729

David Liss Talks Victorian Magic, Terrifying Rabbits, and The Peculiarities

David Liss Talks Victorian Magic, Terrifying Rabbits, and The Peculiarities

Posted on by Sadie Hartmann

David Liss, author of The Peculiarities, talks research, fear of change, and bunnies in a new interview. […]

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September 14, 2021 Books
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Lover’s Leap and Vana Mohini: Ghost Stories from Sri Lanka

Lover’s Leap and Vana Mohini: Ghost Stories from Sri Lanka

Posted on by Amanda Jayatissa

Amanda Jayatissa introduces some of Sri Lanka’s spookiest ghost stories & haunted locations, including Vana Mohini, featured in her new novel My Sweet Girl. […]

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September 13, 2021 Books
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My Heart is a Chainsaw is an Anthem for Slasher Superfans

My Heart is a Chainsaw is an Anthem for Slasher Superfans

Posted on by Aigner Loren Wilson

Stephen Graham Jones’ newest novel, My Heart is a Chainsaw, is a masterclass in voice and character and a love letter to the slasher genre. […]

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September 8, 2021 Books
Alone in the Garden of Good and Evil: Daryl Gregory on the Southern Gothic - 81
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Alone in the Garden of Good and Evil: Daryl Gregory on the Southern Gothic

Alone in the Garden of Good and Evil: Daryl Gregory on the Southern Gothic

Posted on by Daryl Gregory

Revelator author Daryl Gregory investigates why Southern gothic horror is such an interesting proving ground for humanity. […]

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September 8, 2021 Books
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Broken Windows to the Soul: 5 Books Featuring Eye Horror

Broken Windows to the Soul: 5 Books Featuring Eye Horror

Posted on by Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca’s most recent novella asked the question “What have you done today to deserve your eyes?” Now he rounds up five horror books about all the horrible things that can happen to your delicate eyeballs. […]

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September 7, 2021 Books
The Sublime Silliness of Shark Horror Movies - 61
47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), aka "The Descent, but wet"

The Sublime Silliness of Shark Horror Movies

The Sublime Silliness of Shark Horror Movies

Posted on by Austin Gilkeson

In a post-Jaws world, shark horror movies like 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and The Shallows are often pretty silly. Here’s why that’s great, actually. […]

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September 2, 2021 On Screen
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This Month in New Horror Books: September 2021

This Month in New Horror Books: September 2021

Posted on by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in September 2021, featuring new books from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Catriona Ward, John Langan, Eric LaRocca, and more! […]

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September 1, 2021 Books