“Mon Cher Apollinaire”: Jordan A. Rothacker’s Death Day Letter to the Father of Surrealism

November 9, 2018 Mon Cher Apollinaire, It has been one hundred years to this day since … More

GUIGNOL & OTHER SARDONIC TALES, Orrin Grey’s third short story collection, reviewed by Maxwell Malone

Guignol & Other Sardonic Tales, by Orrin Grey. Petaluma, California: Word Horde, October 2018. 220 pages. $15.99, paper. “Upstairs, … More

I was twelve. We had just moved to a new town that August, and I hadn’t yet made any … More

I want to talk about the limitless possibilities of what horror is and what horror can do. I want … More

All day, rats had bolted through my body. I spilt my coffee. I couldn’t hold a pen. To an old … More

A barmaid closing up for the night stopped polishing a glass when a telegram dropped through the slot of … More

Landscape with tree and leg Then you come across a tree, and hanging from its branch you find a … More

I’d been thinking about that swimming hole for nearly half a year, since the middle of winter. I first saw … More

Warning: Spoilers abound!

Horror has been with me from a very early age. I found several copies of The House of Hammer … More

My previous collection, Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts, was specifically and self-consciously assembled around an idea of … More

Steven Dunn’s second novel, water & power, is published by Tarpaulin Sky and available to order now. Shortlisted for Granta’s … More