On October 29, 2021, JournalStone will release Peel Back and See.
Visit Night Worms for an exclusive cover reveal (art by Mikio Murakami).
Night Worms Cover Reveal: PEEL BACK AND SEE
Night Worms Guest Post: DARKEST HOURS Playlist by Mike Thorn
“Heavy metal has always shared a close relationship with the horror genre. From metal grandaddy Black Sabbath’s very name (lifted from Mario Bava’s 1963 anthology film) to the occult aesthetics of black metal and the grisly imagery of death metal, this diverse sonic universe overlaps with horror in varying noteworthy ways. Indeed, I found my gateways into heavy music around the same time I discovered horror fiction and cinema, and it all seemed somehow connected.”
Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Now Available
This definitive edition includes:
• A foreword by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)
• Author notes for all 16 original stories
• 17 essays on horror cinema
Order yours now:
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.
Night Worms Cover Reveal – DARKEST HOURS: EXPANDED EDITION
On June 11, 2021, Journalstone will release Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition. This definitive version includes:
• A new foreword by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)
• Author notes for all 16 stories (newly revised)
• 17 essays on horror cinema
Visit Night Worms for an exclusive cover reveal (art by Mikio Murakami).
Pre-order directly from JournalStone.
Night Worms Cover Reveal: SHELTER FOR THE DAMNED by Mike Thorn
On February 26, 2021, JournalStone will release Mike Thorn’s debut novel, Shelter for the Damned. This grisly, pessimistic, supernatural tale is Thorn’s contribution to the great tradition of suburban horror.
Visit Night Worms for an exclusive cover reveal (art by Trevor Henderson).
Pre-order directly from JournalStone.
Darkest Hours included on best of the year lists (Char’s Horror Corner, That’s What She Read, High Fever Books)
As 2018 ends and 2019 begins, I’m unbelievably grateful to see some book reviewers listing Darkest Hours as one of their favorite books of the year.
Check out the full lists:
Mother Horror’s Most Loved Books of 2018
Char’s Horror Corner: Top Ten Anthologies and Collections of 2018
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