The “What if” Multiverse

This morning I woke up and ate a bowl of Special K for breakfast, but there's another universe where I woke up and ate a bowl of frosted flakes, because in that world I never lost my taste after getting sick and puking frosted flakes everywhere. The Multiverse theory posits that there exists a universe...

Every Alien Adaptation EVER!

*People fiddle with weird egg-looking things Ripley: That's not a good idea... *People get mauled/impregnated/farmed/dismembered by aliens Ripley: *weary sigh* When I was a kid of unspecified age, I remember sitting in an unspecified library, reading Star Wars novels, expansions of the universe that numbered in the dozens. Shelves and shelves of Star Wars novels. I don't remember...

Fish to Live: The Fisherman and The Dog Stars

The sadness of our world, it underlies everything like a water - The Dog Stars, Peter Heller Two different men in impossible worlds find solace at the side of a stream, fishing rod in hand. They have known death and will come to know much more. The protagonist of John Langan's The Fisherman (winner of the Bram Stoker award)...

2017 in Review – Best Doggos

 Who am I kidding? Every dog is the best dog. Here's a tribute to the dogs of 2017, sponsored by my favrit dergs, Aggie and Charlotte: Dogs don't fare well in books. Unless they are the star of the show (The Chet and Bernie series), the dog is either noble sacrifice, hapless victim, or, typically in non-horror...

2017 in Review – Horror Through the Eons

Horror is good. 80's horror is good and gross. Read more horror.

Tentacles and Racist Dirtbags: Approaches to Lovecraft

I'm just going to get this out of the way: The question of separating Art and Artist is never going to be answered to anyone's satisfaction. Whether we dismiss the art completely, or grant it begrudging respect, or make just make exceptions for our favorite artists, we can draw lines in the sand all day...

Guest Post: Three Video Games to Give You a Fright!

Today post is written by Josephine B., my younger sister. Enjoy! Hey dudes! Halloween is almost upon us, so here are some spooky games to play! 1. Five Nights at Freddy's In the game you work as a security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. The animatronics are allowed to wander at night, so you sit...

TFW Your Jewelry is CURSED: The Amulet by Michael McDowell

Meet The Amulet, the most travelin' piece of jewelry around. It passes from heir to heir to heir and when it clasps  around your neck, you find yourself with an unquenchable thirst to kill. The only catch (though the catch on the necklace is invisible and unbreakable) is once you kill, your turn comes shortly...

Steampunk Frankenstein: This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee

Steampunk Frankenstein! Or to be obnoxious about it, Steampunk Frankenstein's Monster. This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee reimagines the Frankenstein myth in a steampunk Victorian era, where men and women with clockwork body parts tick through the streets of Europe. These gear-driven people are viewed as less than human by many, distasteful at best, abominations...

A Werewolf’s Purpose: The Wolf’s Hour by Robert McCammon

"What is the lycanthrope, in the eye of God?" I don't have much experience with werewolf literature. The unfortunate examples of recent memory extends to the lame The Wolfen by Whitley Streiber and the even lamer portrayal in Stefanie Meyers' Twilight series. Much of recent werewolf material relegates the werewolf to sidekick/nemesis status, markedly inferior to their (usually)...