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The Things We Do To Escape Writing…
Horror writer Benjamin Langley turned a lockdown hobby into something that attracts attention to
5 Tips For Kickstarting a Fantasy Book
From one of the team behind the much-lauded I Want That Twink Obliterated comes another Kickstarter
Tags: Crowdfunding, Fantasy, Kickstarter, marketing, sci-fi
Cover Reveal: Land of Oz, From Editors Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane
We’re excited to reveal the cover for the latest anthology from superstar editors Marie O’Regan and
Tags: anthologies, cover reveal
From Pen to Print: Amelie Wen Zhao on The Dragon and the Sun Lotus
New Yorker Amélie Wen Zhao tells us about the sequel to The Scorpion and the Night
Classic Genre Films: The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Allen Ashley is training his eye on classic genre films, looking at not just the film but the
Tags: classic films, Gothic Horror, Vincent Price
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The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey
Something stalks the streets of New York, and all that remains of its victims are their bones and
The Haunted Vintage Marjorie Bowen
Unless a book or author is randomly selected to be part of a school or exam curriculum, once they
Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella
1745. War has come to the Scottish Highlands, and most of the men from Kilmartin, a small village,
Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
‘Oh, the horror!’ wails a student damned to the first circle of R. F. Kuang’s hell. ‘Oh, to
Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins
Her mother and father were both there when Piper Screed had that seizure. After that, when she was
The Mad Butterfly’s Ball Ed by Preston Grassm & Chris Kelso
There are a number of creatures that provoke terror in more people than any others. At the top of