(Editor's note: The 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Awards are based on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 Lists compiled by lionelraygreen.com in 2024. Today's list features the Top 10 Authors of the Year. Later this month, lionelraygreen.com releases the Top 10 Books of the Year.) In between watching AI-generated videos of kittens singing the Rosé/Bruno Mars song... Continue Reading →
The 2024 Bram Stoker Awards feature a high-profile showdown of familiar names for Superior Achievement in a Novel as the Horror Writers Association announced its Final Ballot on February 23. Overall, 65 works of fiction and nonfiction published in 2024 were nominated in 13 categories. Winners will be announced on June 14 during the annual... Continue Reading →
I don't have a vote for the Bram Stoker Awards, but if I had one, I'd nominate What Hides in the Cupboards by Cassondra Windwalker as the best novel I read in 2024. As 2025 begins and I look back on the previous year, Windwalker's gothic tale set in the New Mexico desert is the... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review short stories from horror anthologies, collections, and zines.) SPOILER ALERT! "Close Encounters of the ER Kind" by N.J. Gallegos begins as a typical night in the emergency room for Dr. Seline; however, it quickly transforms into an intense life-altering confrontation with one of the most... 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 →
In the past month, I’ve had three of my author interviews appear on The Horror Tree, which is one of the best sites for speculative fiction writers on the Interweb. Writer’s Digest agrees and has regularly featured The Horror Tree as one of the top genre websites. I’m always excited when The Horror Tree accepts... Continue Reading →
