The Reformatory by Tananarive Due followed up its June win for best novel at the Bram Stoker Awards by winning the Novel category at the 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards on July 13. Billed as "a haunting work of historical fiction," The Reformatory is a novel that pieced together the life of a relative that Due's... Continue Reading →
Rants From The Black Lodge Podcast released the YouTube video version of its 2023 sixth anniversary show titled "Reign in Blood: A Carrie Retrospective" on July 1. Host Brandon A. Lane and his sidekick Fat Tony take an irreverent but substantive deep dive into the 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel. Hopefully, the... Continue Reading →
Fresh off wins at the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards for their novels, Tananarive Due and Christa Carmen received nominations for the 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards, which were announced June 7. The Reformatory by Due and The Daughters of Block Island by Carmen are two of the six books nominated in the Novel category for the... Continue Reading →
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due won the 2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel during a June 1 ceremony at StokerCon 2024 in San Diego, California. It was the first win for Due whose "Rumpus Room" was also nominated in the Long Fiction category. Her novels My Soul to Keep and The... Continue Reading →
Two of my long-time favorite authors plus a new favorite are releasing horror fiction books in October. JOHN EVERSON Bram Stoker Award-winning author John Everson returns with his 15th novel, The Bloodstained Doll. The book is set for release October 8 from Flame Tree Press and is billed as a modern giallo in the style... Continue Reading →
FrankenCon 2024 is hosting the debut screening of the indie horror film Solitude on Friday, May 10, at 5 p.m. at the Hilton Knoxville Airport in Alcoa, Tennessee. The showing is free for anyone with a ticket to the third annual convention. Mick Strawn is excited for the public to see Solitude, a movie he co-directed with... Continue Reading →
Season 19 of the HorrorAddicts.net podcast begins April 19, and that means The Bigfoot Files is back. Kicking off the new season of The Bigfoot Files is a review of the novella Bog Beast, which includes an exclusive interview with author Brian Gatto. It's live on the HorrorAddicts.net site right now. The Bigfoot Files debuted... Continue Reading →
The Bram Stoker Awards Committee reported a correction to the 2023 Final Ballot after concluding Chuck Tingle's novel Camp Damascus was in the wrong category. Camp Damascus, which was initially announced as a nominee for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel, was moved to the Novel category, joining The Reformatory by Tananarive Due, How to... Continue Reading →
Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror led the Final Ballot of the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards with four nominations, according to a February 21 release by the Horror Writers Association. Edited by Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith, Unquiet Spirits scored a nomination in the category for Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction. Three of its... Continue Reading →
Credit: KillerConAustin.com A pair of two-time past winners, Bryan Smith and Candace Nola, each received two nominations for 2024 Splatterpunk Awards, leading a field that features 12 first-time nominees among the 25 works of fiction being honored. Smith's Dead End House earned a nomination for Best Novel and "Night People" (a bonus story from his... Continue Reading →
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