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Aces of Weird: Watership Down (Martin Rosen, 1978)
Remembered as the kids' movie that terrified a generation, this classic British fantasy still casts a deep, dark and enthralling spell
Nov 11
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Alec Worley
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October 2024
What Hawk the Slayer Got Right
Defending a sword and sorcery kinda-classic
Oct 25
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Alec Worley
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September 2024
Science Fiction Double Feature: The Crow (comic book vs. movie)
The 1989 comic by James O'Barr and the 1994 movie starring Brandon Lee share the same melancholy heart, though it beats in very different ways
Sep 18
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Alec Worley
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Science Fiction Double Feature: The Crow (comic book vs. movie)
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August 2024
Aces of Weird: Starve Acre (Andrew Michael Hurley, 2019)
This bleak and atmospheric folk horror novel unearths new horrors in old haunts
Aug 20
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Alec Worley
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Aces of Weird: Starve Acre (Andrew Michael Hurley, 2019)
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Science Fiction Double Feature: Planet of the Vampires (1965), It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
Did these drive-in classics really inspire the 'Alien' franchise?
Aug 1
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Alec Worley
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Science Fiction Double Feature: Planet of the Vampires (1965), It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
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July 2024
Lessons From Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin’s 'A Wizard of Earthsea' is a classic, no question. But does anyone still care? Writers and creators of fantasy, neglect this book at…
Jul 24
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Alec Worley
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June 2024
Mapping the Labyrinth: A No-Mucking-About Beginner’s Guide to Starting Out as a Writer
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a young person in possession of a desire to write, must be in want of advice from an old fart
Jun 14
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Alec Worley
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Mapping the Labyrinth: A No-Mucking-About Beginner’s Guide to Starting Out as a Writer
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Evolve or Die: Is this the End for Sword and Sorcery?
Can the genre ever move on from Robert E. Howard's Conan? How can writers possibly innovate within this narrow fantasy subgenre? Is the sword and…
Jun 5
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Alec Worley
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Evolve or Die: Is this the End for Sword and Sorcery?
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April 2024
Helpless Monsters, Hopeless Writers, and How to Write Horror Comics
Ones from the vaults...
Apr 24
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Alec Worley
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Helpless Monsters, Hopeless Writers, and How to Write Horror Comics
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March 2024
M.R. James and the Craft of Fear
Learn the subtleties of writing terror from a master of the scary ghost story
Mar 14
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Alec Worley
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February 2024
Old Sorcery, New Edge: Q&A with Molly Tanzer
The award-winning author of 'The Diabolist's Library' trilogy on her route to writing, taming research and penning the official resurrection of Jirel of…
Feb 12
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Alec Worley
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Old Sorcery, New Edge: Q&A with Molly Tanzer
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January 2024
The Horror Masterpiece You May Have Missed
How 'The Rolling Giant' builds tension, embraces the uncanny and gives viewers the virtual creeps
Jan 25
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Alec Worley
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The Horror Masterpiece You May Have Missed
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