A New Summer Reading List
Well, the six months since my last update went by quickly! While we were all busy emerging from our […]
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Read This: SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire
SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire, edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz, collects twenty-eight stories of Black vampirism in an […]
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Read This: Day of the Arrow
Day of the Arrow by Philip Loraine is a polished piece of folk horror flavored generously by the gothic. […]
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Read This: Adventures of a Dwergish Girl
Adventures of a Dwergish Girl by Daniel M. Pinkwater is absolutely delightful. Dwegish Girl is at once straightforward and […]
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Ghost Story: Comfortable Chills
Ghost Story, the 1981 film based on Peter Straub’s novel, is a traditional supernatural thriller that promises more than […]
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Read This: The Dead Hours of Night
The Dead Hours of Night, Lisa Tuttle’s latest collection, is as wonderfully uncomfortable as I had expected. With a […]
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Read This: A Walk in a Darker Wood
A Walk in a Darker Wood collects thirty tales of folk horror, leaning heavily toward the traditional but sprinkled […]
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Fast Away the Old Year Passes
Despite the, shall we say, challenges of 2020, I saw six stories published this year. Okay, two of them […]
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Blasts from the Past: Oddball Holiday Specials
Some holiday specials are more special than others. Sure, we are all familiar with the big ones like A […]
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Eye of the Devil Deserves a Look
Eye of the Devil is a sophisticated yet familiar gothic horror movie, sprinkled with age-old rituals and inherited secrets. […]
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