Horror Tree Interviews S.P. Miskowski
As Women in Horror Month continues, Trepidatio author S.P. Miskowski gets a killer interview over at Horror Tree! ...[T]he horror community has been shining its beam on Miskowski’s work for nearly a decade. Her 2019 novel The Worst is Yet to Come and 2017 novel I Wish...
Women in Horror: “A Dark Adapted Eye” at The Wicked Library
Listen here: https://thewickedlibrary.com/wihm2020-2/ Today we celebrate Women in Horror Month at the Wicked Library with a special collection of six deeply dark and disturbing short tales by Scarlett R. Algee. Be warned though, these tales may be far too much for...
Book Review: SPECTRAL EVIDENCE
Over at Considering Stories, an excellent review of Gemma Files' collection Spectral Evidence! By the third story...I realized Spectral Evidence might well be one of those precious books you clutch to your chest and declare your undying love for.... This is one of...
2019 Stoker Award Finalists Announced
The finalists for the 2019 Bram Stoker Awards® have been announced, and we're thrilled to say that five JournalStone/Trepidatio titles are up for consideration in three categories! Superior Achievement in a First Novel Eric J. Guignard, Doorways to the Deadeye...
Comic Review: THE EMPTIES
The Empties Kristen Renee Gorlitz (author), Eli Powell (artist) February 18, 2020 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale The Empties takes place in Detroit, and people in Michigan have been acting strangely. The local news is contributing the zombie-like behavior to bath salts. ...
Advance Review: SWITCHBOARD
Switchboard Andrew Post February 28, 2020 JournalStone Publishing Review by Bret McCormick At an unspecified time approximating the present in the Rust Belt dystopia, desomorphine, a semi-synthetic opioid first patented in 1922 in Germany, has become all the rage...
Women in Horror: “Train Man” at the Wicked Library
Listen at https://thewickedlibrary.com/wihm2020-1/. Ever since she was a child, Rissa has been terrified of the trains that rumbled past her house at night and the nightmares that came with them - especially those of the Train Man. While Rissa finds ways to cope with...
Movie Poster: Del Toro’s ANTLERS
Over at Gamespot, Antlers (coming April 17th) is getting some attention. Here's the poster for Guillermo Del Toro's newest dark film:
Amazon Prime Trailer: THE PALE HORSE
Based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name, The Pale Horse follows the story of Mark Easterbrook (Rufus Sewell) whose name appears on a list found inside the shoe of a dead woman. He begins an investigation into how and why his name came to appear on the...
Book Review: COLD COMFORT
Cold Comforts Marianne Halbert Crossroad Press June 24, 2019 Reviewed by Elaine Pascale While I find nothing comforting about the cold, I do seek solace in well written horror stories, and this anthology has plenty of them. Cold Comforts is a clever, creative...
COLOR OUT OF SPACE Drops February 25th
Press Release: LOS ANGELES – RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release the critically-acclaimed sci-fi/horror film COLOR OUT OF SPACE on VOD, Digital, DVD and Blu-ray on February 25, 2020. Based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story, COLOR OUT OF...
Blu-ray Release: IN FABRIC
Available today! A lonely woman (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), recently separated from her husband, visits a bewitching London department store in search of a dress that will transform her life. She's fitted with a perfectly flattering, artery-red gown-which, in time, will...
MY BLOODY VALENTINE: Blu-ray Review
My Bloody Valentine – Blu-ray Director: George Mihalka Stars: Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons 1981's My Bloody Valentine is one of the best slashers ever made, easily beating better-known entries in some of the big franchises like...
WHISPERS IN THE EAR OF A DREAMING APE: Book Review
Whispers in the Ear of a Dreaming Ape Joshua Chaplinsky October 15, 2019 (CLASH Books) Reviewed by Bret McCormick Consciousness is a surging, dynamic thing, shaped by our experiences and relationships. For the majority of us, a gentle ride on the lazy wide channel of...
Hulu Trailer: MY VALENTINE
Coming to Hulu February 7th: Influenced by some of the biggest pop scandals over the past decade, My Valentine follows Valentine, whose songs and artistic identity have been stolen by her ex-boyfriend/manager - and shamelessly pasted onto his new girlfriend/protégé,...







