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THE NIGHTMARE by George Yesthal

Intro by Renfield Rasputin It is no secret that in the last few months I have become a fan of George Yesthal’s work. I believe that he captures the true essence of “fear” with this short piece. I encourage all readers to read it slowly, as each time that I review it, I notice something […]

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The Strain S1E7, “For Services Rendered”

Now we’re cooking.  The vampire menace is starting to make itself known.  They congregate like packs of zombies, sniffing the air for fresh blood.  And, even though their stingers aren’t strong enough to break through glass, their elbows are very much up to the task.  The early vampires – like Crazy Lawyer Vampire – are […]

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Life After Beth mini review

Description from IMDB: A young man’s recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her. Notable actors: Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Anna Kendrick, Dan DeHaan, Matthew Gray Gubler, Garry Marshall It’s a well-known fact that I enjoy […]

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Welcome to the new Horror-Writers – Beta

Hello folks,   Welcome to the beta version of the new  horror-writers. Here’s Changelog 1.0 from the previous version. We’re now going forward with the Disqus commenting system. We’ve had a lot of people ask us to turn commenting back on and after researching it, this seems like the best way to weed out spam […]

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Hello Darkness review

Hello Darkness by Sam Best Reviewed by S. Kay Nash In the horror genre, many authors try for something new and different, something with a twist to surprise their readers. But when it comes right down to it, tales of good vs. evil have scared us for hundreds of years. Why mess with a good […]

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Willow the Wisp – part nine of ten

(This fall my first published book will be arriving from the printers. It is called The Horror of Loon Lake and it is a horror anthology comic paying tribute to the classic horror magazines and comics that many of us loved. Included also is one prose tale, which will feature several illustrations by the talented Nicole Bresner. […]

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Fresh Fear: Contemporary Horror review

Fresh Fear: Contemporary horror is edited by William Cook Review by S. Kay Nash Each story in this anthology touches on the fears of the modern world. In the introduction, a selection from W.J. Renham’s The Art of Darkness: Meditations on the Effect of Horror Fiction,  we are reminded that, “Horror serves to reconnect us […]

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The Strain S1E6, “Occultation”

Welcome back to the world of The Strain.  Here you will find exterminators who are wizards with charcoal and probably should have gone into architecture, boyfriends schooled in all manner of jackassery, and patient cabbies who act as getaway drivers and listen to the ramblings of out-of-breath old men (I assume he heard about the […]

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Renfield’s Re-Collections part 8

Alright all you little tombstone trash rejects, listen up!  After 6 hours in surgery, the insertion of two cadaver bones, six screws, two plates and one overdose in postop, I’m back! That’s right, the boogeyman always returns in part 2! It’s good to be back with you freaks and creeps. I want to send a […]

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Willow the Wisp – part eight of ten

(This fall my first published book will be arriving from the printers. It is called The Horror of Loon Lake and it is a horror anthology comic paying tribute to the classic horror magazines and comics that many of us loved. Included also is one prose tale, which will feature several illustrations by the talented Nicole Bresner. […]