Short Story Collections allow writers to have a larger scope, in which they can mix a number of different genres into one overlapping work, giving the reader a taste of different kind of stories. John Claude Smith's Occasional Beasts is an example of this. However, the one key aspect of Smith's collection is consistency. Too... Continue Reading →
John F.D. Taff is a Bram Stoker Award®-Nominated author with more than 30 years experience, 90+ short stories and five novels in print. His first fiction collection, Little Deaths, was named the best horror collection of 2012 by HorrorTalk. Jack Ketchum called his novella collection, The End in All Beginnings, “one of the best novella... Continue Reading →
Publishing Date: August 21, 2018 Publisher: Unnerving Press Page Length: 282 pages A young woman’s fears regarding the gruesome photos appearing on her cell phone prove justified in a ghastly and unexpected way. A chainsaw-wielding Evil Dead fan defends herself against a trio of undead intruders. A bride-to-be comes to wish that the door between... Continue Reading →
Ah, you can't beat a good, old-fashioned ghost story. Not the one where the ghost is terrorising a house, but one where it has a purpose. And that's what Hope and Walker is -- a story with a purpose. Em's father owns a funeral parlour where she grows a fascination with talking to and drawing... Continue Reading →
Debut works from writers can be tricky, especially the ones that are self-published. With new technologies, the market has become over-saturated in recent years. However, since releasing his collection of short stories, ITCH, A.A. Medina has gone on to release his novella, Siphon, via Hindered Souls Press, making it an exciting year for him already... Continue Reading →
When it comes to short stories, the author doesn't have the freedom to flesh-out the story to the extent of a novel, or even a novella, which is why they usually focus on one moment in time. With Tobin Rickard's Momma, the focus is on a little boy and the danger of being trapped alone, without any... Continue Reading →
If tales of the twisted and deranged are your fancy, then this new collection of short stories might be of interest to you. Sicko, by Kay Oliver, contains six stories and the titular novella, each exploring the journey of an unstable and sadictic individual, and will be released via Kindle this Friday, March 23. The... Continue Reading →
THE winners of the 2017 Bram Stokers Awards, presented by the Horror Writers Association, have been announced, with a ceremony taking place at this year's StokerCon. You can check out the winners and runners-up below: Superior Achievement in a Novel: Winner: Golden, Christopher – Ararat (St. Martin’s Press) King, Stephen and King, Owen – Sleeping... Continue Reading →
The Horror Club talks to writer, Catherine Bell, about her work, The Children of Manson, which is available via ebook. She also dicusses her influences, the genre and more. Tell us about yourself? I have a huge passion for writing; specifically horror. I absolutely love what you can do with that genre in terms of... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, the best stories are the ones that take a familiar situation, and put a unique spin on it. This is exactly the case with The Wind Cries Mary by Brian Keene. The premise is simple: a man is bordered up in his house to keep him away from zombies, and every so often, his... Continue Reading →
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