This definitive edition includes:
• A foreword by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)
• Author notes for all 16 original stories
• 17 essays on horror cinema
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Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Now Available
Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Featured in Calgary Herald
In the introduction to Calgary writer Mike Thorn’s short-story collection, Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition, American horror aficionado Sadie Hartmann offers a list of the complex subgenres found inside.
Hartmann, who goes by the name Mother Horror, found traces of everything from “gross-out body horror,” to “satirical black comedy,” “slasher,” “urban legends” and even the “Satanic panic” of the 1980s in Thorn’s work.
Review of Shelter for the Damned on Well Worth a Read
“As Mark’s friendships begin to deteriorate, so too does his school and home life, making the shack feel like the only good thing in his world. I felt that one reason Mark may have been easily swayed was his own proclivity towards violence but another may have been the implied physical abuse at the hands of his father.”
Hellnotes Book Review: Shelter for the Damned
“High-octane horror that really delivers while never being too predictable. Mike Thorn respects the genre and […] is a well-read student of horror.”
Read Ray Palen’s review of Shelter for the Damned on Hellnotes.
New Review on Horror Bound: “A Supernatural Shack with Vile Motives”
“Shelter for the Damned is a supernatural horror story that touches on the needs of the young who have hard, sometimes abusive lives. […] I left this book with an aftertaste of unending horror and a real sense of loss.”
Sunshine Somerville’s AuThorsday with Mike Thorn
“Today I’d like to welcome Mike Thorn, author of the horror novel, Shelter for the Damned, which I recently had the privilege of reviewing.”
Review of Shelter for the Damned on Tome Tender
“[D]ark horror at its most intriguing as readers can simply read for the thrill of the darkness or interpret events in a much deeper way.”
Read the full review.
“Normalcy, not harmony” : Author Mike Thorn speaks on his debut horror novel Shelter for the Damned
For many fans of fiction writing, the horror genre is exciting, tense and leaves uncomfortable impressions regarding characters set in everyday life. For Calgary-based author Mike Thorn, the uncomfortable nature of the horror genre is what inspired him and his debut novel Shelter for the Damned.
