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Four Stories Set Underwater
by H.J. Dutton Thousands of years of experiences with unpredictable tides and unreliable ships have hammered in a deep fear of the world beneath the waves. Even if their plots don’t center around the sea, horror stories – especially those of the modern Gothic variety – often take place near the ocean. Less common, though,
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER: Teaser Quotes from the Stories
PART ONE: Extremely Weird Sex Whenever she called him to arrange an assignation, she always signed off by saying, I’ll get myself ready, turning up to meet him with a little bag of make-up to touch up the candyfloss-pink lipstick he always kissed away and a bottle of lube to counter vaginal dryness, because even
Interview with Maxim Volk, Author of Deadbeat and “My Love, Like Moss, Envelops You”
by L. Andrew Cooper I caught up with Maxim Volk, author of the story “My Love, Like Moss, Envelops You” in the anthology Extremely Weird Splatter forthcoming from Horrific Scribblings, to talk about their book Deadbeat just in time for its release. About the Author Maxim Volk (they/he) is not in a cult anymore. Now
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER Written in Its Authors’ Guts: Group Interviews, Part Three
by L. Andrew Cooper As I put together the table of contents for the forthcoming anthology Extremely Weird Splatter, I asked authors to answer three basic questions about why they and their stories fit with a project aiming to fuse extreme horror and splatterpunk with weird fiction. Not entirely randomly, I’ve sorted responses into three
Four Stories About Dogs
by H.J. Dutton Dogs often enjoy more diverse roles in horror than cats. While the feline almost always plays a spooky set piece or antagonist, the canine might play victim, protagonist, tragic villain, or maybe an agent of evil. Of these options, the last is least common. Historic and evolutionary connections between dogs and humans
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER Written in Its Authors’ Guts: Group Interviews, Part Two
by L. Andrew Cooper As I put together the table of contents for the forthcoming anthology Extremely Weird Splatter, I asked authors to answer three basic questions about why they and their stories fit with a project aiming to fuse extreme horror and splatterpunk with weird fiction. Not entirely randomly, I’ve sorted responses into three
EXTREMELY WEIRD SPLATTER Written in Its Authors’ Guts: Group Interviews, Part One
by L. Andrew Cooper As I put together the table of contents for the forthcoming anthology Extremely Weird Splatter, I asked authors to answer three basic questions about why they and their stories fit with a project aiming to fuse extreme horror and splatterpunk with weird fiction. Not entirely randomly, I’ve sorted responses into three
Snuff and Stuff: A History of Internet Shock Content
by H.J. Dutton It’s eighth grade. You’re at a cafeteria table picking through dry salad when the boy next to you nudges your side. Turning, you see he has his phone out. He says something along the lines of, “Hey man, check this out. You gotta see this; it’s nuts. Seriously crazy shit.” So, curious,
Interview with Author Joseph Hirsch: Scribe of Mutating Histories, Humanities, and Other Horrors
About the Author Joseph Hirsch (he/him) is the author of several published novels and novellas and many short stories, articles, and essays. His new horror novel, Church of the Last Lamb, is available in print and eBook from Underground Voices. His nonfiction has appeared in Fight Hype and Film International. He holds an MA in German Studies from the University of
Five Tales of Avian Terror
by H.J. Dutton No animal in mythology and fiction has had stronger associations with horror than the bird. Millennia before James O’Barr’s brooding series The Crow was collected into a graphic novel in 1993 and adapted into a cult film classic in 1994, corvids were associated with death and other ill tidings. Their natural role