Tag: Horror Literature
If you’ve never read any of Grady Hendrix’s other books, you might find Horrorstor’s mash-up of comedy and horror slightly disconcerting. It blends the main character’s bleak and oftentimes sardonic sense of humor with a rising feeling of unease and paranoia. Throw in a few bizarre Swedish-themed torture devices and you’ve got a hell of
Adam Nevill’s Last Days came highly recommended by fellow horror aficionados, so it was an obvious choice for my first horror review. Nevill’s other works are, perhaps, more well-known, but Last Days has a bit of a cult following (pardon the pun) and promises an unsettling and dizzying experience that will stick with readers long
Todd Keisling was born and raised in a small town in rural Kentucky; those of you who’ve read Devil’s Creek were treated to a dark mirror image of the town in which Keisling first started to realize his true artistic power. Cutting his teeth on the fiction of R. L. Stine and John Bellairs, Todd
Ronald Kelly hails from small town Tennessee, where he was born on November 20th, 1959. Having grown up on a steady diet of EC Comics and the old Universal Monster movies, Ronald initially had aspirations of being a comic book artist (alongside his classmate Lowell Cunningham, the creator of Men in Black). That was until
Bringing you a list of the most terrifying books we’ve read this past year. Hold onto your hats, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. List: Becoming the Boogeyman – Richard Chizmar The Eater of Gods – Dan Franklin Cold, Black, and Infinite: Stories of the Horrific and Strange – Todd Keisling The Mobius Door –
Demonic possession has always fascinated and terrified many. The idea of losing oneself both physically and mentally to an intangible force feels akin to a dreadful disease. However, as depicted in classic films dealing with this subject matter, medicine can’t do much when someone suffers from a spiritual affliction. That is when the figure of
Paraphrasing the words of a certain author, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a book will be almost always better than its movie adaptation. Yes, almost always because, despite the clear propensity of the written source being much more interesting and developed, sometimes flukes happen and the movie is indeed superior. That is why
The featured art is by Chris Cote Ill-advised records have been providing music as “Beats to Lie Awake and Succumb to Crippling Anxiety to” for some time. From their signature, never-ending lo-fi beats channel to their custom comps that evoke imagery from such iconic games as Silent Hill, the creator behind Ill-advised has also dabbled
For the long-awaited conclusion to the Gwendy trilogy, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar reach the final frontier of “don’t push that button!!” horror to bring us the last installment of The Gwendy’s Button Box Trilogy. These books are well-known for being close to the heart for many, as the previous two novels take place largely in
The Unhallowed Horseman is a novel that does homage to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. The debut novel of Jude S Walko, this tale takes place close to the present day, and the characters are based on the ones from the original story written in 1820. This novel takes place in Sleepy