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Horror Fiction: 'Only the Devil Is Here' by Stephen Michell

Horror Fiction: 'Only the Devil Is Here' by Stephen Michell | Writers & Books | Scoop.it

Michell’s mystical horror novel is a promising debut that leads off with a shocking kidnapping and rarely pauses for breath. Evan is a six-year-old child abducted by Rook, a terrifying brute. 

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Classic Appreciation: The Stark Terror of Shirley Jackson’s 'The Haunting of Hill House'

Classic Appreciation: The Stark Terror of Shirley Jackson’s 'The Haunting of Hill House' | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality * "This review of Shirley Jackson's new novel properly begins with
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Horror Fiction: 'The Changeling' by Victor Lavalle - Enchanting, horrifying, infuriating, heartbreaking - and never less than completely engaging

Horror Fiction: 'The Changeling' by Victor Lavalle - Enchanting, horrifying, infuriating, heartbreaking - and never less than completely engaging | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Victor LaValle's story of a rare book dealer whose life is torn apart after his wife commits an act of violence and vanishes is by turns enchanting, horrifying, infuriating and heartbreaking.
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26 of the Best Horror Books in the last 150 Years

26 of the Best Horror Books in the last 150 Years | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
We love a good scare, but there’s something about horror books that take it to the next level. From the truly terrifying to the horrifically gruesome, these 26 frightening horror books comes in all shapes and sizes.

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Reflections: Novelist Jac Jemc on finding inspiration in haunted houses and the photography of Roger Ballen

Reflections: Novelist Jac Jemc on finding inspiration in haunted houses and the photography of Roger Ballen | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
The questions of where a story should go can be paralyzing, especially in the beginning, when anything is possible, and especially if you’re not the type of
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Jac Jemc is the author of My Only Wife, a finalist for the 2013 PEN / Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award, and the short story collection A Different Bed Every Time. She has been the recipient of two Illinois Arts Council Professional Development Grants, and in 2014 was named one of 25 Writers to Watch by the Guild Literary Complex and one of Newcity’s Lit 50 in Chicago. She recently completed a stint as the writer in residence at the University of Notre Dame and currently teaches at Northeastern Illinois University and StoryStudio Chicago, as well as online at Writers & Books and the Loft Literary Center, and she is the web nonfiction editor for Hobart.
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Interview with Victor LaValle, award-winning horror novelist, about 'The Changeling,' the horror of parenthood, H.P. Lovecraft and more

Interview with Victor LaValle, award-winning horror novelist, about 'The Changeling,' the horror of parenthood, H.P. Lovecraft and more | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Victor LaValle weaves social issues like racism into horror and speculative fiction

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Horror Fiction: 'The Changeling' by multi-award-winning Victor Lavalle - Blends social criticism with horror  and the supernatural, while remaining steadfastly literary

Horror Fiction: 'The Changeling' by multi-award-winning Victor Lavalle - Blends social criticism with horror  and the supernatural, while remaining steadfastly literary | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
This New York Love Story Subverts Its ‘Happily Ever After’
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Unnerving Magazine: A quarterly magazine of horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy and dark literary short stories, as well as reviews and interviews

Unnerving Magazine: A quarterly magazine of horror, dark sci-fi, dark fantasy and dark literary short stories, as well as reviews and interviews | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
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