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Continue reading →: October Country
So, it’s been October for four days now. Like last year, I’m participating in the Countdown to Halloween, and I had originally planned to post a book suggestion a day for the entire month. Obviously, that’s not going to happen. I’ve been busier than anticipated, and it doesn’t really look…
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Continue reading →: Fungus of Terror
For years (since at least 2007) I’ve wanted to edit an anthology of dark fungus stories. I love fungus monsters, from William Hope Hodgson’s “Voice in the Night” to Matango to various comic books and video games to the “moldy corpse” enemies from Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. Fungus monsters are (some…
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Continue reading →: Important Collection Update
My first short story collection is coming out sometime early next year from Evileye Books! For most of you reading this, that’s probably not news, though the “early next year” part might be. The fact is there’s still not a date set in stone, but we’re shooting for March. The…
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Continue reading →: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Here’s the thing: There’s no way that Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark could have been as good as I hoped it would be. I sort of hoped it would be the best movie ever. I mean, the haunted house genre might be my favorite genre, and you know what’s…
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Continue reading →: Gothic!
I’ve mentioned before that I’m going to have a story in Candle in the Attic Window, coming September 20th from Innsmouth Free Press (20% off pre-sale starting September 5th), but I wanted to talk about it again. I’m really excited about this anthology, and not just because the story in…
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Continue reading →: Death is Not the End
I avoided talking about this for awhile, in order to avoid spoilers, but I think we’re past that time now. It’s been reported by major news outlets, it’s plastered up all over the Internet, there’s a big banner at Dark Horse.com, the comic has been out for a week now,…
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Continue reading →: Weird Horror Manga
I-don’t-know-how-long ago, Jesse Bullington suggested to me that I check out some manga by Junji Ito. Much to my chagrin, it took me until now to do it. More’s the pity, as it turns out that Jesse was (unsurprisingly) absolutely right: Junji Ito is a genius. I started out with…
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Continue reading →: Supernatural & Occult Fiction
I’ve talked before about the uncertainties I have when it comes to genre designations. What I write is horror, almost certainly, but horror is a big country, and I’m far from the first person to wonder where exactly my flag is planted in that dark territory. This isn’t really a…
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Continue reading →: Cover!
Those of you who were around this weekend may’ve already seen this, but it deserves a good big post of its very own. The pre-production (so not necessarily final, but probably close) front cover of my forthcoming collection Never Bet the Devil & Other Warnings has been revealed: You can…
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Continue reading →: Suspiria & Others
I recently watched Dario Argento’s Suspiria for the first time (right before it got pulled from Netflix’s Watch Instantly) and I’ve been a little obsessed with it ever since. I’m somewhat (rightly) famous for my hyperbole and my enthusiasm for the things I like, but it’s been awhile since I…








