Kristopher Triana and Ryan Harding won Best Novel on a night the 2022 Splatterpunk Awards honored the horror subgenre's inaugural Hall of Legends at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, on August 13th. Hosted by Wrath James White and Shane McKenzie, the fifth annual Splatterpunk Awards celebrated the best of Extreme Horror fiction published in 2021 by... Continue Reading →
Chapter Fifteen | Which CD Will It Be? George Ducas
(Editor’s note: I moved from an apartment into a house starting January 1st, 2020, and I had to toss all my CDs into a big garbage bag during the move. The idea for this feature is I write a review about each CD as I unpack that bag, one CD at a time, and rank... Continue Reading →
One-Sentence Reviews: My 2nd Quarter 2022 Reads
(Editor's note: Author Priscilla Bettis' quarterly one-sentence review posts are just the bee's knees.)
SHORT SHOTS | ‘Slashbacks’
(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review horror short stories.) "Slashbacks" by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tim Waggoner is a vicious little wish-fulfillment tale of vengeance set inside a horror movie lover's dream video store. The short story appears in the 2022 anthology Attack from the '80s edited by Eugene Johnson and... Continue Reading →
Rachel Harrison’s CACKLE wins 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Novel
Rachel Harrison's witchy tale, Cackle, won Best Novel for the 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards, according to an announcement by the LOHF on June 29. The LOHF also announced winners in the other seven categories. Zakiya Dalila Harris’ The Other Black Girl won Best Debut. The Best Collection category resulted in a tie with Isabel... Continue Reading →
Nominees announced for 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards
V. Castro, Hailey Piper, and Isabel Yap each received multiple nominations for the 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards, according to announcements by the LOHF team on its website. Castro's The Queen of the Cicadas is nominated for Best Novel and Goddess of Filth for Best Novella. Both works also received nominations for 2021 Bram... Continue Reading →
AUTHOR INTERVIEW | Emerian Rich
Horror Hostess Emerian Rich created HorrorAddicts.net as a forum for other creators to explore all aspects of the horror lifestyle. Her latest project, Horror Addicts Guide to Life 2, brings together years of that exploration and packs everything into one book. And we're talking EVERYTHING. Here's the book's description: "Do you love the horror genre?... Continue Reading →
AUTHOR INTERVIEW | Jeff Strand
Jeff Strand holding his first Bram Stoker Award on May 14 in Denver, Colorado. It's 2022 and horror author Jeff Strand now lives in Chattanooga. But he still watches Survivor, his cat Chaos is still spoiled, and he's still writing his unique blend of horror and comedy. What else? Oh, he won a Bram Stoker... Continue Reading →
2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards honor eclectic mix of movies
Credit: http://www.fangoria.com Unlike the past three years, voters decided to spread the love with a dozen different films represented on the winner’s list of the 2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards streamed May 15 on Shudder. Featuring two new categories, the Chainsaw Awards honored an eclectic mix of horror movies with no film winning more than two of the... Continue Reading →
SHORT SHOTS | ‘Quiet Embers’
(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review horror short stories.) “Quiet Embers” opens with the heart-wrenching line, “My neighbors house burned down six months ago with their children inside.” The tale then gently explores how the now empty lot haunts the narrator, a new resident of the neighborhood. “Quiet Embers” is one... Continue Reading →