A few chapters into Universal Harvester, you might be forgiven for thinking you were reading an unusually artful novelization of some forgotten X-Files episode. John Darnielle—front man of the Mountain Goats and author of the National Book Award–nominated novel Wolf in White Van—opens his story in a Nevada, Iowa, video store, a shop that, like the town itself, is poorly weathering the final years of the 20th century.* One day, a customer returns a tape, telling the clerk, Jeremy, that there’s something on it, something wrong with it. Soon after, Jeremy hears similar news from another nonplussed regular. Hesitant at first, he begins to investigate. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie rocker Liz Phair's "Horror Stories" is an explosive, unconventional memoir with a jumble of memories that play out like life. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-12 14:00:45 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Strout creates a world almost unbearably addictive for its beautiful, agonized truths. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-08 13:00:00 UTC ]
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"The female body is a nexus of pain almost by design, but it is also potentially monstrous—an object traditionally subjugated, both for its presumed weakness and its perceived threat." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Just in time for Halloween, Poisoned Pen Press, the Sourcebooks mystery imprint, has announced a new line, the Haunted Library of Horror Classics, which will debut in January 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad Age’s Coming Attraction offers brief previews of TV shows, movies and more of interest to marketers and media people. Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, FX’s fan-favorite horror anthology series “American Horror Story” will kick off its ninth season, titled “1984”—a nightmarish string of episodes... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-18 16:35:40 UTC ]
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Get your scaries on with these 10 horror book series recommendations for readers of all ages. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-09-13 10:36:00 UTC ]
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PRH imprint William Heinemann has pre-empted an “unsettling” horror novel debut from BAFTA-winning writer Will Maclean. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 05:31:43 UTC ]
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Telling original, Indigenous-focused stories in different genres, filmmaker Jeff Barnaby is helping to normalize the presence of Indigenous people in a variety of realms: horror, science fiction and the broader cultural world. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-09-10 17:00:00 UTC ]
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The book is animated by a central concern that could not be more relevant: the inhumane treatment of children. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-09 23:55:38 UTC ]
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Scenes from NecronomiCon, an event that celebrates the work of H.P. Lovecraft and others Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-04 16:38:52 UTC ]
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Svetlana Alexievich collects the memories of those who witnessed tragedy at a young age. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-16 12:33:20 UTC ]
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For 40 years, the magazine was a guide to Britain’s pulsating underground and a champion of thrilling weirdos. Its closure leaves a chasm in the grassroots music sceneWhen much-loved magazines fold, tributes quickly gush about how they captured new trends or scenes. But some magazines, like... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-07-08 09:55:29 UTC ]
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You’d think ABC’s live re-staging of “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” seemed to have offered marketers a rare opportunity to dust off some long-forgotten creative from the leisure-suit era, but as it turns out, most of the brands that advertised in Wednesday night’s retro showcase didn’t... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-24 00:12:30 UTC ]
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Firefly Press has landed a “scary and heart-warming” middle grade sci-fi horror by Jennifer Killick. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 11:03:47 UTC ]
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Nightfire is the name of a new horror imprint coming from Tom Doherty Associates in early 2021.The imprint will publish across all areas of horror and in a range of formats. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Press Herald turns tweet aghast at plan to drop Maine content into chance to attract 100 digital subscriptionsA Maine newspaper that horrified the bestselling author Stephen King by dropping its local book review coverage used his complaint to boost digital subscriptions. Related: 'Judge me by... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harvill Secker is publishing a collection of feminist, literary horror stories from Scottish writer Kirsty Logan next October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Horror and ghost stories are rising from the literary grave and seeing a resurgence in sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kara Thomas (The Cheerleaders), Kiersten White (The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein), and Marisha Pessl, whose first YA novel is Neverworld Wake, talk about the benefits of reading scary books, navigating boundaries in YA fiction, and finding their stories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Blackwell's bookshop at the University of Portsmouth may be forced to close if it is unable to come to an agreement about new premises. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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