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Friday Feels- March 12th, 2021
I also love a book with good balance. Balanced characters. Balance between gore and emotional horror. Balanced pacing. It’s all so important. One of the books that has the perfect-chef’s-kiss-balance is
Night Worms Book Party: THE GULP by Alan Baxter
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Celebrating Women's HERstory Month: Women Writing Extreme Horror by Kenzie Jennings & Janine Pipe
Celebrating Women's HERstory Month: Women Writing Extreme Horror by Kenzie Jennings and Janine Pipe
You mean a woman can write extreme horror? No, there must be some mistake. Exploring the myths are two Splatterpunk Award nominees, Janine Pipe and Kenzie Jennings.
An actual conversation:
Me – hey, have you read any extreme horror?
Normie – what???
Average horror reader – oh yes you mean Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Bentley Little, Whitley Strieber etc etc etc
Me – Oooooookay, but what about Kenzie Jennings, Christine Morgan, Monica J O’Rourke?
AHR...
Playlist for SHELTER FOR THE DAMNED by Mike Thorn
Introduction
Music plays an integral role in my creative process, almost as integral as the role it plays in my memories. Set in an environment modeled partially after the suburbs of my own youth, my debut novel Shelter for the Damned echoes feelings from the bands and artists who carried me through periods of adolescent angst (Alice Cooper, Korn, Rob Zombie, David Bowie, and The Cure, among others).
I have curated two playlists that aim to capture the novel’s spirit, one with vocals and one without. The former playlist includes songs recorded...
Exclusive Cover Reveal: CERTAIN DARK THINGS by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
CERTAIN DARK THINGS by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Published by Tor Nightfire
Synopsis:From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic, comes Certain Dark Things, a pulse-pounding neo-noir that reimagines vampire lore.
Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life....