Latin authors Gabino Iglesias and Cynthia Pelayo made history at the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 17. Iglesias won Superior Achievement in a Novel for his book The Devil Takes You Home and became the first Latino to win the award. Iglesias is a Puerto Rican native who lives in... Continue Reading →
The third time was the charm for Gabino Iglesias. His book The Devil Takes You Home won Superior Achievement in a Novel at the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards. It was Iglesias's first Stoker win, but he was previously nominated in 2020 for Long Fiction (“Beyond the Reef”) and in 2018 for Fiction Collection (Coyote Songs).... Continue Reading →
Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jeff Strand likes a good twist, and his new novel Veiled features one of his biggest. Released June 6, Veiled is about an average guy named Nate who meets and starts dating Alice, a woman who harbors a shocking secret. Strand explained his theory on what makes a good twist in... Continue Reading →
Splatterpunk Award-nominated author Bridgett Nelson released her first new standalone project in more than a year. Actually, she released two. Her collections Sweet, Sour, & Spicy and What the F*** Was That? dropped on June 6. The two books follow Nelson’s Splatterpunk-nominated collection A Bouquet of Viscera, which hit shelves in March 2022. So, what... Continue Reading →
The Black Phone and Terrifier 2 led the winners at the Fangoria 2023 Chainsaw Awards aired by Shudder on May 21. The Black Phone, an adaptation of the 2004 short story by Joe Hill, won Best Wide Release Movie and Best Screenplay by C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson. The film also earned two actor awards. Madeleine... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
The Night Stockers by Kristopher Triana and Ryan Harding won Best Novel at the 2022 Splatterpunk Awards. Nominations for the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards are being extended through January 29th, according to a post by co-founders Brian Keene and Wrath James White at briankeene.com. Only works published in 2022 are eligible for the sixth annual awards... Continue Reading →
Publisher HorrorAddicts.net released its debut edition of the new digital magazine Horror Curated with the theme "Haunted Holidays" on November 13th. Another labor of love from 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, crafts, and other yuletide-related... Continue Reading →
