Oct 28, 2014 | Horror, On Books, Past Notes
Christopher Buehlman weaves together some truly fascinating mythology with the gritty reality of a “modern” warlock to create a downbeat story of love, loss, addiction and magic. I love the concept of a modern-day set of wizards who use materials at hand...
Oct 15, 2014 | Horror, Past Notes
So what is All Hallow’s Read? All Hallow’s Read is a Hallowe’en tradition. It’s simply that in the week of Hallowe’en, or on the night itself, you give someone a scary book. Scholars have traced its origins as far back as this blog post. Is this instead of...
Oct 8, 2014 | Horror, Past Notes
For the month of October, my alter-ego Nicholas Hallum (who writes horror and strange horror-inflected SF) created a chilling tale designed to keep you up at night. This is also my first experiment with Kindle PRE-ORDER. The NEW 20-page story “SANCTUARY”...
Oct 6, 2014 | Horror, Past Notes
I found a thread on Reddit that asked this question: “What is the best horror story you can come up with in two sentences?” I posted the best ones I found, as well as one more scary tale I created on my own. See if you can figure out which one is mine! With Halloween...
Jul 28, 2014 | Horror, Past Notes
The Necromancer’s Bones is a subtly slow-burning fantasy novel that is set in a unique and creative world. Instead of the same-old medieval English worlds we’re familiar with (from Game of Thrones to Name of the Wind to Tolkien), Fredericks gives us a...
Jul 28, 2014 | Horror, On Writing, Past Notes
BRIDE OF THE RAT GOD is a marvelous historical novel (with an element of fantasy to it) that belies its kitschy title. The title makes the story, of course, because it is, in fact, about a silent film star who gets caught in a sorcerous web of complications involving...
