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While there are a great many zombie anthologies on the market these days, few are as comprehensive as Otto Penzler’s newly published collection Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!. Following on the success of his prior anthology of supernatural horror, The Vampire Archives, Penzler’s massive tome exhaustively surveys the breadth of popular literature for the finest tales of [...]
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Dracula is the king of the vampires. While modern vampire fans may thrill to tales of Edward Cullen and Lestat, no other nosferatu has the kind of name recognition that the Count enjoys. From his first appearance and (spoiler alert!) death at the point of Quincy Morris’ bowie knife, Dracula has shown a talent for returning from the grave over and over again.
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Ben H. Winters’ Bedbugs (September 6, Quirk Books) is the horrific story of a woman coping with a persistent infestation of bed bugs in her new apartment. Or is she? Are the bed bugs real, or all in her head? Or maybe this is something worse than bed bugs. Zombie novels may disgust you. Ghost stories [...]
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Kirsten Imani Kasai is the author the 2009 novel Ice Song, a New Weird science fiction tale of predatory corporations, human/animal genetic hybrids and gender-switching protagonists. This week Kasai returned to this world with the release of her novel Tattoo. She recently spoke with me about her early wanderlust, the fluidity of gender roles and what inspired the genetic hybrids of her novel.
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This year, Tobe Hooper, director of the classic grindhouse shocker The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, brings his bloody vision to a new venue: the cinema of the mind. Hooper, along with some help from Paul is Undead author Alan Goldsher, has released his first novel: Midnight Movie. A meta-fictional horror novel that’s one part pseudo-biographical documentary [...]
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We’ve got the scoop on Tobe Hooper’s new novel ‘Midnight Movie’ and a run-down of thirteen creepy horror flicks that walk the line between fantasy and reality. Live now at sister site Word & Film!
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If you’re a fan of the zombie genre that you will absolutely devour (we mean that) this week’s excerpt. Daryl Gregory’s newest yarn RAISING STONY MAYHALL has turned the zombie novel up to 11. It’s delicious! Click Read More to read while it’s still warm and fresh…
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In October 2010 I interviewed then newly published author Ben Tripp about his zombie novel debut, Rise Again. In the months following that interview, I’ve been peppered with numerous requests for more information about Ben and whether he has any plans for a sequel. With this in mind, I reached out to Ben this morning to get an answer to some of your questions.
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We’re flying at about half-staff here on the ‘ol podcast, but that doesn’t stop us from bringing you an interview with director Frank Woodward. Frank’s company, Wyrd Films, has produced the documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown, a film that details who Mr. Lovecraft was and why his work has inspired and terrified so many people. By the way, you can now view the film online on SnagFilms.com or through Netflix.
Here he talks with Matt Staggs about the making of the film and Lovecraft himself.
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Howard Sherman
I absolutely know for a fact that some of the personality traits in the characters in books I've...