2022 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot announced

The quintet of talented authors vying for Superior Achievement in a Novel at the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards already have 22 nominations and four wins among them, but all five are looking for their first win in the most notable category of the night. Winners of the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards will be announced June …

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Digital ezine Horror Curated releases second issue

Publisher HorrorAddicts.net released the second issue of its new digital magazine Horror Curated with the theme “Bloody Tea.”  The brainchild of creator and horror lifestyle podcaster Emerian Rich, Horror Curated features 48 full-color pages packed with interviews, reviews, and interesting articles on horror history, spooky locations, and crafts. To visit the ezine’s Etsy site, click here. For this issue, I had the honor of interviewing …

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Lee, Nelson score multiple nominations for 2023 Splatterpunk Awards

Lee's The Television is nominated for Best Novel. Legendary Extreme Horror author Edward Lee received three nominations and rising star Bridgett Nelson earned two when the final ballot for the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards was announced by Awards co-founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene on February 8. The sixth annual Awards recognize superior achievement in the …

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SHORT SHOTS | ‘They Say the Sky Is Full of Snakewolves’

(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review short stories from horror anthologies, collections, and zines.) I almost cut myself on the satirical edge of Lucy Leitner's standout short story "They Say the Sky Is Full of Snakewolves." The author wastes no time in dropping the reader into the action as we follow …

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