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Weird History: 5 Odd Space-Related Facts
Humans have been fascinated by the stars for centuries. In writing up these history lessons every week, I often come across interesting...

Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 8, 20232 min read
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13 Fall-Flavored Reads
What is a fall-flavored read, you ask? Well, imagine a pumpkin spice latte—only, instead of a latte, it's a creepy, crawly horror book...

Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 6, 20237 min read
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Interview Reading List
We don't have a new interview for you this week. Instead, we've decided to round up some new and upcoming titles from authors and artists...

Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 4, 20233 min read
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Weird History: Your Cat Can Be the Mayor
We are going to veer away from murder and mayhem and poisonous colors this week to look a more delightful side of history. Because even...

Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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New Releases: September 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 30, 20233 min read
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Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. Interview
Never Whistle at Night is a new anthology of macabre stories from 26 Indigenous writers including Kelli Jo Ford, Tommy Orange, Tiffany...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 28, 20239 min read
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Weird History: Crinoline Fires
We're heading back to the Victorian era for this week's history lesson, because Victorian history is just teeming with bizarre and...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 25, 20232 min read
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8 Horror Novels That Take Place in Under 48 Hours
I love a confined story. A book or film that takes place in a single place or a confined timeframe. In fact, I love the concept so so...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 23, 20236 min read
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Roxie Voorhees Interview
The Longest Thirst is the story of Lillian, who flees across the desert to the town of Calico after killing her father. Billed as “The...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 21, 20235 min read
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Weird History: The Bleeding House on Fountain Drive
You know when you get home after a long day and your walls start to drip blood? No? Good. Because, apparently, this is an option. Today,...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 18, 20232 min read
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100 Gothic Tales From the Last Four Centuries
It's rainy and dark outside as I write this. Last night, there were thunderstorms. That got me thinking about gothic literature. What...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 16, 20234 min read
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Jan Stinchcomb Interview
From the author of The Kelping and The Blood Trail comes a novel about a dark family legacy that blends elements of fairy tale and...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 14, 20235 min read
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Weird History: The Woman Who Froze to Death and Survived
Jean Hillard was 19 years old on the night of December 20, 1980—when her car ran into a ditch in Lengby, Minnesota. What happened next...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 11, 20232 min read
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5 Crowdfunded Horror Anthologies
One of the great things about the internet age is that horror is expanding to include more diversity than ever. With the variety offered...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 9, 20233 min read
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Patrick Barb Interview
Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories is a new short fiction collection by Patrick Barb billed as a “collection of weird, dark...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 7, 20236 min read
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Weird History: 20th Century Axe Murders
Axe murders are horrifying enough, but the similarities between high profile axe murders seen across the world in the early 20th century...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 4, 20233 min read
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11 Books to Read if You Love/Hate Creepy Dolls
Who doesn't love a creepy doll? And by love, I mean who doesn't want to drop a creepy doll into a hole, cover it in salt, and set it in...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 2, 20237 min read
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Steph Nelson Interview
Set in 1989, Steph Nelson’s debut novel The Vein follows Syl Dixon as she returns to the Idaho town in which she was raised. Now a failed...

Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 31, 20238 min read
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Weird History: Bog Bodies
I was a tragedy kid growing up in the sense that I read everything I could about macabre histories. The sinking of the Titanic. The...

Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 28, 20232 min read
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New Releases: August 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...

Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 26, 20233 min read
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