Fans of surreal tales with a touch of humor, animation and clever visual storytelling, early consumer computer/video tech, and/or the first generations of video games should strongly consider checking this movie out.
If you’re looking for an entertaining, tightly focused horror tale with interesting, diverse characters and a strong arc for the protagonist, you should consider Seann Barbour’s new novella, It Came from the Floodwaters, coming March 13. It starts out with people trapped in their Savannah apartment building by rising floodwaters, throws in some spooky notes, and then quickly escalates to pulse-pounding action with a high body count. But because the Big Bad is particularly interested in one special person, there’s also lot of creepiness woven throughout the story, along with the adrenaline rushes.
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-853-stephen-graham-jones/SandF_853_StephenGrahamJones.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAwakenings, horror heroes, and pranks gone wrong, oh my! Daniel Haeusser and DanDan join forces to interview Stephen Graham Jones to talk about Night of the Mannequins. Together, they explore Stephen’s approach to writing and point of view, tropes in horror, mannequins (shiver), and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
Black Ambrosia is quiet, introspective and slowly draws the reader into the mind of its unreliable protagonist Angelina’s mind, slowly revealing the building consequences of her thoughts and actions.
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An amazing new talent has burst onto the Southern Gothic horror scene. On Sundays She Picked Flowers is the self-published debut novel of Yah Yah Scholfield, but I sure wouldn’t have guessed that from the text (reissued Jan. 27, 2026 by Saga Press). Protagonist Jude is a fa character, the environment she lives in is rich enough to sink into it, the love story is disturbing yet striking, and in the end, Jude finds a way to make peace with her violent past and her current situation. Violent? Oh, yes, this book contains very graphic violence, from beatings to fights and homicides, with very messy results. It is deliberatively transgressive along several other axes, too, but for the story, not for shock value. Nothing feels cheap or sensational here, but rather, thoughtful and deeply felt (and often sensual).
