(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review short stories from horror anthologies, collections, and zines.) SPOILER ALERT! I like receiving newsletters in my email from my favorite horror writers, and one of the best is The Fear County Chronicle by Splatterpunk Award-winning author Ronald Kelly. His newsletter provides an introspective and sometimes... Continue Reading →
Top 13 List of Halloween Horror Fiction Reads
If you're looking for Halloween scares inside your mind instead of inside a theater or haunted house, here are thirteen books to get you into the spooky spirit. I like these selections because all but one are short story collections or anthologies, so you get a lot of different variations on the Halloween theme. I think... Continue Reading →
Kolesnik wins two Splatterpunk Awards at 2021 event; Hall of Fame announced
Samantha Kolesnik garnered two wins and Wile E. Young's western won Best Novel at the fourth annual Splatterpunk Awards, according to a press release by founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene. Presented at KillerCon 2021 on August 21st, the Splatterpunk Awards honored superior achievement in the horror subgenres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror published... Continue Reading →