(Editor's note: One of my all-time favorite features of any blog on the Internet is "One-Sentence Reviews" by horror author Priscilla Bettis. In her 3rd Quarter 2020 reads, she packs more than 40 brief but substantive reviews into one easy-to-digest post. She even included reviews of my short stories, "Dead of Winter" and "Tap.")
August’s DOUBLE FEATURE | To Be Devoured & Wither and Other Tales
(Editor’s note: DOUBLE FEATURE is a column where I read at least two horror books per month in 2020 and review them for my website.) August’s DOUBLE FEATURE: To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger and Wither and Other Stories by Sonora Taylor. To Be Devoured Released in July 2019, To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger... Continue Reading →
Born to annoy, Cal the Netflixie Pixie is unleashed
My latest short story, "The Case of the Troll with No Eyes," is in the new anthology Unveiled Secrets. Released September 22nd by Fantasia Divinity Publishing, Unveiled Secrets features eleven detective fantasy stories and is available on Amazon HERE. As I mentioned in my last post, I write mostly dark and grim horror stories, but... Continue Reading →
A boy king searches for strength in ‘A Tale of Two Shards’
"A Tale of Two Shards" is the seventh standalone short story I've published on Amazon Kindle -- my second one in the fantasy genre. I dedicated it to my dad, an awesome father who died in 2015. As I explain in the introduction, I wrote "A Tale of Two Shards" for a writing contest sponsored... Continue Reading →
The Horror Show with Brian Keene ends its weekly podcast
The Horror Show with Brian Keene ended its weekly podcast run after almost six years, the author announced in an August 27th statement on briankeene.com. The Horror Show ran from its first episode on January 29th, 2015, to its 279th episode on September 3rd, 2020, according to the show's archives. The finale's description simply read:... Continue Reading →
Sarah Read wins top honor at This Is Horror Awards 2019
After winning the 2019 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel in April, The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah Read added another honor in 2020, winning Novel of the Year at This Is Horror Awards 2019. Released by Trepidatio Publishing in February 2019, Read's debut is touted by Bird Box author Josh... Continue Reading →
July’s Double Feature | DUST & MURDER HOUSE
(Editor’s note: DOUBLE FEATURE is a column where I read at least two horror books per month in 2020 and review them for my website.) July’s DOUBLE FEATURE: Dust by Chris Miller and Murder House by C.V. Hunt. Dust Billed as Book 3 in a Splatter Western series by Death's Head Press, Dust by Chris... Continue Reading →
Deadite Press authors Morgan, Southard among winners at 2020 Splatterpunk Awards
Christine Morgan and Wesley Southard won top honors for their books published by Deadite Press at the 2020 Splatterpunk Awards, according to a press release by award founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene. The 2020 Splatterpunk Awards honored superior achievement in the literary sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror for works published in 2019.... Continue Reading →
Sonora Taylor dominates inaugural Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards
Sonora Taylor won two major categories and received two more honorable mentions for her short fiction in the inaugural Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards. Taylor's novel, Without Condition, shared Best Novel with Mona Awad's Bunny. Taylor also won Best Collection for Little Paranoias. Two stories from that collection, "Quadrapocalypse" and "Weary Bones," received Honorable Mentions... Continue Reading →
Chapter Eleven: Which CD Will It Be? JD McPherson
(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 →