Short Film: THE STYLIST
A psychopathic hairstylist collects scalps and wears them -- in an attempt to escape herself.
Short Film: THE iMOM
Ariel Martin's "The iMom" explores the future of A.I. and asks who is to blame when technology turns on us.
Free National Theatre: FRANKENSTEIN (Cumberbatch Version)
A new play by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Watch Danny Boyle's monster hit Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature is streaming for...
Book Review: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
The Best of Both Worlds S.P. Miskowski Trepidatio Publishing May 1, 2020 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale The Best of Both Worlds is a sequel to The Worst is Yet to Come in the sense that the plot runs parallel and the characters’ story arcs intersect in subtle yet...
Book Review: STRANGER STILL
Stranger Still Michaelbrent Collings Written Insomnia Press, 2020 Reviewed by Andrew Byers Stranger Still is a stand-alone sequel to Michaelbrent Collings’ horror thriller Strangers, which I reviewed way back in 2013. I enjoyed Strangers a lot, so was very pleasantly...
SHOWTIME Releases The First Episode Of ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’ For Free!
Penny Dreadful was a smash hit and now Showtime is revisiting the world with a new series. However, if you no longer have access to the service you may have been wondering if you want to subscribe again to check it out? The network has graciously released the first...
Movie Review: KILLER SOFA
Killer Sofa Bernie Rao, Director High Octane Pictures, 2019 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Until last weekend, I was unaware of how much I needed Killer Sofa in my life. The Amazon blurb reads as thus: “When a killer Lazy Boy chair falls in love with a girl, it’s up to a...
THREADS by B. Renard
“Oh, good. You found him for me.” The door rattled as it shut, jingling the small cascade of bells attached to it. Both of the lobby’s current occupants looked up, one flinching back and the other rising from the shabbily-worn sofa to greet the tall, thin young man....
Read Wins Stoker for First Novel
We're thrilled to announce that Sarah Read's debut, The Bone Weaver's Orchard (Trepidatio) has won the 2019 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First Novel! Congratulations to Sarah for this well-deserved honor. Sarah's reading from The Bone Weaver's...
Bram Stoker Awards® Set for Livestreaming
The 2019 Bram Stoker Awards® will now be livestreamed on Saturday, April 18th, 2020, with readings by finalists beginning at 5pm PST (8pm EST).
Short Film: TYPE
A young woman gets a tip for her photography project and ends up finding something rather strange...
Book Review: THE WORST IS YET TO COME
The Worst is Yet to Come S.P. Miskowski Trepidatio Publishing February 22, 2019 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale Middle school student Tasha Davis meets new girl, Briar Kenny, and it feels like fate. The girls are in sync with each other even though they don’t seem to have...
AND DROWN MELANCHOLY by Scarlett R. Algee
AND DROWN MELANCHOLY by Scarlett R. Algee The headache has lasted nineteen days. Nineteen days. Charlotte can count every one of them. It had started the day after she'd spiked her Coke a little too vigorously and stumbled into the pond at the company picnic: an...
Q&A with Adam L. G. Nevill
Editor’s note: The following is a Q&A between reviewer Ray Palen and Adam L. G. Nevill, author of The Reddening. RP: Are 'the red people' based on any particular historical people. or are they fully a product of your fertile imagination? AN: The idea for the...
Book Review: ARTERIAL BLOOM
Arterial Bloom Edited and illustrated by Mercedes M. Yardley Crystal Lake Publishing (April 3, 2020) Review by Bret McCormick Arterial Bloom is a beautiful book: beautiful in its design, with memorable illustrations, and beautiful in its use of the language. Mercedes...







