Ten horror movies to get to know what (kind of) horror movies I like:
Get Out
The Thing
Ringu (1998)
Lake Mungo
Jaws
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Alien
Let the Right One In
Rosemary’s Baby
Eyes Without a Face
Bonus #11: Audition
Today's treat on This Is Horror Patreon, submit questions for Dan Howarth (@danhowarth20.bsky.social) as he returns to the show to discuss his new novella, DRONE.
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Parker Dillon can’t win. Just as she’s trying to start her journalism career, her aunt sells the website where she works, and the new owner is keen to replace employees with AI. But her luck seems to turn when she discovers an intriguing cold pitch buried in her aunt’s files...
Parker Dillon can’t win. Just as she’s trying to start her journalism career, her aunt sells the website where she works, and the new owner is keen to replace employees with AI. But her luck seems to turn when she discovers an intriguing cold pitch buried in her aunt’s files...
Look at the new babyyyy
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And now, the FULL TRAILER for THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER.
I’m going to say this trailer “rips.” It might even be “a banger.”
This show has taken four years of my life. You finally get to see it May 7th.
From @victorlavalle.bsky.social, Karyn Kusama, Ridley Scott & me.
LOOK AT THIS CAST!
Looking forward to it!
He's also shrinking. As he tells more lies, he sinks more deeply into his little suit to hide his smirk.
I've pre-ordered. Can't wait. ❤️
Markov’s haunting collection of short stories features a variety of ghosts and monsters. Many of the stories collected here have an Eastern European feel, and several take place in Bulgaria. In some of the tales, such as “Nine Tongues Tell Of” and “Convalescence,” the main character speaks with or interviews a monster or one of the dead, revealing more personal information than facts about the creature who is the ostensible subject. Other stories follow characters desperate to fulfill an unspeakable need, like the impulse to travel to a specific place (“The Mall on the Hill by the Horizon”). Some unlucky souls find their home, and eventually their own bodies, taken over by the berries that grow in their yard in “When Raspberries Bloom in August.” While the stories include frightening creatures, family curses, and monsters that emerge from under the bed, these are also narratives in which people stick together and find resilience, families reunite, and strange forms of love emerge. The endings are largely left open to interpretation, and every story will leave readers with questions, which may add to their fear or offer relief. Markov provides a wide range of stories—there’s something for almost anyone in this collection, but more squeamish readers may want to tiptoe past the darker tales to find the brighter side. The horror comes not from gruesome details but from the plain, direct prose, which allows readers to fill in the blanks with their own imaginations. The author does provide some stunning passages: “One by one around me I hear my kin all take a ghastly, long-waited inhale before dissolving into wherever spirits go next.” A perfect twilight read, this book will stick with readers as they devour story after story (just as some of Markov’s characters devour their prey). A stunning, thrilling, and eerie collection of short stories that will delight readers of gothic fiction.
March was rough enough that I neglected to share here that THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES by Haralambi Markov, the forthcoming debut that Mythic Delirium (ie Anita’n’me) are shepherding, earned a knockout review in KIRKUS.
**buffs nails, quaffs celebratory libation**
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Hooray! Congrats to Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social and thanks for loving horror!
Thank you!
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"I realized I could structure this story around the seven days of shiva, with tension and stakes increasing each day. It felt like an appropriate pressure cooker."
- interview with @emilyrverona.bsky.social
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Thank you so much, Michael--for everything. ❤️
Writing a sequel. Can't help it, the story haunts me. Wish me luck!
The cost of letting this mess go on and on: No allies, the U.S. is left out of new alliances that are forming, and the nation's reputation for supporting democracy and the rule of law is blown, it's gone.
"...the thing that kept me going through more than two years of writing was my fascination with people who lack self-doubt. As someone who’s experienced sometimes debilitating anxiety from an early age, I marvel at anyone who wakes up feeling great and proceeds to make life hell for everyone else."
Parker Dillon can’t win. Just as she’s trying to start her journalism career, her aunt sells the website where she works, and the new owner is keen to replace employees with AI. But her luck seems to turn when she discovers an intriguing cold pitch buried in her aunt’s files...
I just finished Ivy Grimes' THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR and absolutely loved it. Creepy, absurd, and poignant. Recommended for fans of weird fiction with complex themes and lots of voice.
Excerpt of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR By Ivy Grimes. Apex Magazine, Issue 152.
"If the world had carried on as it was, I might have given Pastor Dan a second chance after he showed me his demon collection." ☄️🫙❤️🔥
New novel excerpt today by @ivygrimes.bsky.social: "Excerpt of THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR"
Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
The Cellar Below the Cellar
#bookmail The Cellar Below the Cellar by Ivy Grimes (real name, no gimmicks). Have you read @ivygrimes.bsky.social? Because you should. No one is doing it like Ivy in the weird/fantastic space. A one of a kind voice.
I've heard something similar.
It didn't seem hyperbolic then. Some of us--including you--are good at reading character, and others want so badly to believe in a dream world, they'll follow anyone carrying a sign that reads, "Dream World This Way."
When I was a college student scribbling my way through a workshop full of man-child geniuses, T.C. Boyle was one of the writers we were encouraged to emulate. I've read a lot of Boyle's stories over the years, and I learn something new about storytelling every time.
Congratulations to @pfracassi.bsky.social on release day for Sarafina!
