New Praise for The Notch by Tom Holland: First Novel Ever by director and screenwriter of Fright Night and the original Child’s Play!

We’re very pleased to share some recent praise for The Notch by Tom Holland, the very first novel ever by the director and screenwriter of Fright Night and the original Child’s Play, which is in-stock and ready to ship now:

“Tom Holland has always been a first-rate storyteller, whose work mingles a wicked vision of evil with a welcome element of humanity. By turns scary, funny and moving, The Notch is a horror novel that will make you remember sitting up until dawn to finish a book, because you’ll be doing it all over again.”
 — Clive Barker, writer/director of Hellraiser

“Tom Holland’s The Notch is his first novel, but you wouldn’t know it from this strange and wondrous book.”
 — John Landis, writer/director of The Blues Brothers

“Tom Holland weaves a thrilling and suspenseful novel that feels more and more relevant as the days go on.  A fun story with hints of The Stand and Carrie, the story takes us to a world of greed, paranoia and the approach of a worldwide epidemic through the eyes of a small boy whose powers can have global consequences.”
— Greg Nicotero, Director/Executive Producer of The Walking Dead and Creepshow

“All of us start with a What If question and let our imaginations roam. Tom Holland has created a character that does one better: he stirs the what if in the mind of the readers with The Notch. It is truly the kind of novel that gets the reader to be part of the story. There is nothing like turning a page in your own mind.”
— Andrew Neiderman, author of The Devil’s Advocate and the V.C Andrews novels

“With The Notch, Tom Holland shows that he is as distinguished a storyteller on the page as he is on the screen. His novel, with echoes of Stephen King’s The Stand, is a mysterious, horrifying, and imaginative adventure tale that will keep you turning the pages.”
— Mick Garris, Creator/Producer of Masters of Horror

The Notch

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Review: Eden by Tim Lebbon

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Titan Books (April 2020)
384 pages; $11.99 paperback; $8.99 e-book
Reviewed by Kevin Lucia

It’s amazing how quickly nature overcomes what man has built. During quarantine, I’ve spent hours walking paths in the woods I haven’t for years, visiting old camping spots, and one spot in particular: a clearing near a creek where, five years ago, we built a fire pit with cinder-blocks, erected a small, portable charcoal grill, and built several wooden tables and chairs.Continue Reading

Review: These Evil Things We Do by Mick Garris

cover of these evil things we do by mick garrisThese Evil Things We Do by Mick Garris
Fangoria/Cinestate (May 2020)

$9.99 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie Hartmann

I’m going to go with total honesty and transparency by revealing that I didn’t know who Mick Garris even was when I accepted the review copy from the team at Cinestate/FANGORIA. I just read whatever they give me because it’s always entertaining; if not amazing.

After finishing the first three stories of These Evil Things We Do and feeling totally blown away by how much I had enjoyed them, I decided to look this Mick Garris guy up on Google.

Oh.

Mick Garris is kind of a big deal.Continue Reading

Seasons of Terror: Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Robert McCammon!

Seasons of Terror
Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Robert McCammon

An Epic New Special Edition For Horror Collectors!
A Few Copies of the Signed & Slipcased Artist Edition Available!

We have a few copies left of the Signed & Slipcased Artist Edition of Seasons of Terror, a very special book born from the imaginations of Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Robert McCammon!

This edition is signed by the artists and editor, features a different binding and full-color dust jacket, and is housed in a custom-made slipcase.

PLUS: Each copy includes a SIGNED LIMITED EDITION Art Print of a very special piece of artwork from the book!

Best of Cemetery Dance 2

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Review: watch the whole goddamned thing burn by doungjai gam

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Nightscape Press (May 2020)
50 pages; $30 Limited Edition
Reviewed by Kevin Lucia

If you’ve read doungjai gam’s glass slipper dreams, shattered and savored that collection’s wonderfully  raw emotion, then her recent novella from Nightscape Press—llustrated by the immensely talented Luke Spooner—is a must buy. In it, gam takes all of the intensity and power of her verse and packs it into prose, weaving a highly emotional and devastating tale which will leave you gasping for breath and, quite possibly, weeping at its end.Continue Reading

Sleeping Beauties Limited Edition Vinyl Die Cut Sticker!

We thought we’d try something different and offer a die cut sticker based on our artwork for Sleeping Beauties. These are being printed on 6 mil calendared vinyl with pressure sensitive adhesive. Gloss white finish for a high quality look and feel. LIMITED TIME ONLY!

Sticker

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Review: The Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre edited by Joe Mynhardt

cover of The Horror WriterThe Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre edited by Joe Mynhardt
Hellbound Books (January 2020)
216 pages; $14.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

Books on writing have been churned out by the dozens, and while many have been worthy reads, few have been standouts. In the horror genre, even fewer come to mind, although there are a few classics.

Joe Mynhardt has compiled a wonderful, useful, and frightening insight into the minds of some of the best dark minds writing today. It’s like someone tore straight into the souls of these authors and culled their best, and darkest secrets.Continue Reading

Hope and Miracles: The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile by Frank Darabont!

Hope and Miracles: The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile
by Frank Darabont
Includes the screenplays for both films!
A new introduction by Richard Christian Matheson!
Introductions to each film by Darabont and Stephen King!
Essays, interviews, b
ehind-the-scenes photographs, storyboards, and more!

Hi Folks!

We are very pleased to report we will be getting copies of the Limited Edition and the Lettered Edition of Hope and Miracles: The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile by Frank Darabont from Gauntlet Press!

This includes Darabont’s screenplays for both films; a new introduction by Richard Christian Matheson; introductions to each film by Darabont and STEPHEN KING; and essays, interviews, behind-the-scenes photographs, storyboards, and more!

Shawshank Redemption Green Mile

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Kevin Lucia talks Mystery Road on “Into the Abyss”

While taping a recent episode of their YouTube show Into the Abyss, author CW Briar launched into a Q&A session with co-host Kevin Lucia regarding Kevin’s new book, Mystery Road. We thought you would enjoy it, so Kevin has made it available below!

Mystery Road, released as part of the Cemetery Dance Novella Series, is now available as a limited edition hardcover and an eBook.Continue Reading

Review: Tales of the Lost Vol. 1: We All Lose Something! edited by Eugene Johnson and Steve Dillon

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Things in the Well (December 2019)
283 pages; $15 paperback; $3 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

Horror anthologies seem to be emerging like gremlins dunked in fetid water these days. While some are stellar, others fill up the pages with reprints from the greats, and some just fall through the cracks because the authors within aren’t household names.Continue Reading

Review: The Best of Both Worlds by S. P. Miskowski

cover of The Best of Both WorldsThe Best of Both Worlds by S.P. Miskowski
Trepidatio Publishing (May 2020)
80 pages; $9.95 paperback; $4.95 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

Skillute is one of those towns that has quickly become one to remember in horror fiction. It’s creeping like a tainted tide, inspired by Oxrun Station from Charlie Grant and Cedar Hill from Gary Braunbeck. The land has been poisoned, seeping into the soil of a town that should be long forgotten, but things that refuse to die grasp hold of the frayed threads of reality in this Pacific Northwestern hell. Good people still reside there, and S.P. Miskowski has made them pawns in her playground, a setting that never can shed the shadows which infect everything that breathes within.Continue Reading

Borderlands 7 edited by Thomas F. Monteleone and Olivia F. Monteleone!

A new addition to one of the most acclaimed horror anthology series of all time!

We are very pleased to report we WILL be getting copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of Borderlands 7, a new addition to one of the most acclaimed horror anthology series of all time!

About the Book:
Borderlands 7 is the current volume of the continuing anthology series that has garnered awards and praise for its contributors and editors for more than twenty-five years. It is a non-themed gathering of stories which push the boundaries of genre fiction with provocative tales of the surreal and the weird.

You will find no zombies, no serial killers, no vampires, no ghosts… or any other familiar genre tropes or icons within these pages. Borderlands fiction is typified by its absolutely untypical nature. The editors offer herewith a wide range of fiction varying in tone, length, style, and theme. The path to the Borderlands of contemporary, imaginative fiction is traveled by writers who believe they can write a story that is so unique and memorable it demands to be a part of this current volume. The result is a grand amalgam of respected masters, solid veterans, and bold newcomers.

After reading many hundreds of submissions, the editors are proud to present an All-Star cast.

And they are: Meghan Arcuri, Michael Bailey, Gary A. Braunbeck,  Michael Scott Bricker, Cory Cone, Roby Davies, John DeChancie. Louis Dixon, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Felicia Lee, Bentley Little, Lisa Mannetti, Richard Christian Matheson, Robert McCammon, Donna J. W. Munro, Stephanie Pendley Paul, Bill Pronzini, Stephen Mark Rainey, Lucy A. Snyder, Daniel Waters, Tim Waggoner, Paul Wilson, and Leo Zaccari.

Borderlands 5 and Borderlands 6 both won the Bram Stoker Award for Anthology. With such a line-up of talented writers,  Borderlands 7 is primed for a Three-Peat!

Borderlands 7

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Review: The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni

The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni
William Morrow (April 2020)

368 pages; $19.61 hardcover; $14.99 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie Hartmann

I have never wanted to live in the pages of a horror novel as much as I did while reading The Ancestor. Alberta Montebianco lives a stressful, emotionally complicated lifestyle in New York. With almost magical timing, a letter shows up addressed to her but with a new title in front of her name— “Countess.” As it turns out, Alberta discovers that she is possibly the sole, living heir to a noble title, and a castle in Turin, Italy.Continue Reading

Dead Trees: Joe Bob Goes to the Bookstore

Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Bob Briggs

I first saw Joe Bob Briggs when he was on The Movie Channel. This was in 1986, before he even had his own weekly show on the network. My initial impression was something like, “Who is this chicken-fried cornball?” I was not much of a fan of redneck humor.

I didn’t give JBB a chance until I stayed up late one Friday to watch David Cronenberg’s The Brood. It was on The Movie Channel, and at first I was disappointed to see that hillbilly hayseed doing an introduction. I watched, not wishing to miss the opening credits of The Brood. I was taken aback when Joe Bob said some fairly astute things about David Cronenberg. He obviously wasn’t another braindead movie host going through the paces.Continue Reading

Review: The Darkling Halls of Ivy edited by Lawrence Block

Cover of The Darkling Halls of IvyThe Darkling Halls of Ivy edited by Lawrence Block
Subterranean Press (May 2020)
328 pages; $50 limited edition hardcover
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

A life in academia always struck me as a somewhat safe, even enviable career choice. I mean, what could be so bad about a career dedicated to increasing knowledge—your own, and that of others? What could be bad about a workplace where you’re surrounded by books and intelligent colleagues, and you’re encouraged to pursue whatever niche interest catches your eye?

Turns out there’s a lot that can be bad about it. Continue Reading