Bit of a mixed bag this one. Eight individually directed tales of modern horror collated by one of the masters of the genre. Some of them hit the mark, others not so much. There’s a couple of really dodgy monsters which lean toward parody rather than horror. The first tale, “Lot 36”, has a solid …
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Jul 31
160 Black Women in Horror
Eugen Bacon is honoured to feature among some the most prolific Black women horror writers of this century in the newly released edition of 160 Black Women in Horror (2023). This book celebrates black history, and women writers in history. Her book Mage of Fools is also a silver award winner in the Foreword Book …
Sep 06
StokerCon 2018 Report by Dan Rabarts
AHWA Member Dan Rabarts of New Zealand gives us a rundown on his trip to Providence, Rhode Island, USA for StokerCon 2018. I know it’s a bit late, because life, but at last here it is, my report on StokerCon 2018, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Sometime in the middle of 2017, I was nudged …
Apr 03
The Case for Conventions – StokerCon 2018
For the past three years, I’ve attended the HWA’s annual horror convention in the United States: in Las Vegas, in Long Beach, California, and more recently, at Lovecraft’s Providence, Rhode Island. A meeting place for all manner of horror creatives, from writers, artists, filmmakers, gamers, and podcasters, the StokerCon convention is also home to the …
