(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review short stories from horror anthologies, collections, and zines.) Illinois author John Everson’s horror novels and short stories often use the disturbing combination of the occult and taboo sex to explore infidelity and obsession. While he won a Bram Stoker Award for First Novel with Covenant …
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April’s DOUBLE FEATURE | Allison & The House by the Cemetery
(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.) April’s DOUBLE FEATURE: Allison by Jeff Strand and The House by the Cemetery by John Everson. Allison The 2020 novel Allison is one of Splatterpunk Award-winning author Jeff Strand’s best …
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Interviewing three of my horror heroes for Horror Tree
My first three author interviews for the wonderful website Horror Tree have been with three of my top ten literary horror heroes: Jeff Strand, John Everson, and Bryan Smith. Not surprisingly, they've written three of my top ten favorite horror novels. I'm a horror writer myself, but I'm a much bigger horror fan, so I …
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The 5 Most Hyped Horror Novels of 2018 (Source: My Twitter Feed)
I follow several professional book reviewers in the horror genre because I learn a lot from their passionate and pinpoint critiques. I also get a lot of recommendations for my towering to-be-read pile. As I’ve scrolled my Twitter feed this summer, I’ve seen the hype for various horror novels, and some have received noticeably more …
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Zombie Beavers and Spider Babies
I received a comment from a fellow blogger, Nthato Morakabi, on my post last week about why I write horror. Nthato is a South African writer and a darn talented poet who shares a love for the horror genre like I do. Besides having the coolest name of any blogger I’ve seen, Nthato is one …
Why I Write Horror
When I tell people I write horror, they invariably ask why horror. They joke about my twisted mind and how I’ll never babysit their children. They say it like babysitting their children is some kind of awesome experience that I’m missing. I don’t tell them that I'd never want to babysit their children anyway. Never. …
Life is horror and fantasy … and dreams
"Life is horror and fantasy, not necessarily in that order." When I was thinking of a defining quote for my website blog, I considered a number of quotes from my favorite horror and fantasy authors. My favorite quote of all time is Gandalf the Grey saying, "All we have to decide is what to do …
The Official Website of Horror and Fantasy Writer Lionel Ray Green 