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BRAINS!!!!!!!!!! A zombie fest with Dennis Finocchiaro

by Alex Mcdermott: Zombies are everywhere! The CDC is preparing for an attack. George Romero gave us the blueprint. Max Brooks gave us the fallout. Dennis Finocchiaro, author of The Z Word, continues the long line of zombie flesh-rotting fests. He [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

Death Imitating Art

by Richard Jay Parker: Was chatting with another writer this week about a storyline she formulated which outlined the perfect murder. She then became concerned that putting it out there might inspire somebody to copy the method. Is it likely [...]

Articles, Arts and Literature

Grave Robbers Point

by Jill C. Kirkham: The cemetery has long been, if you’ll excuse me, a favourite haunt of mine. I find it very soothing, especially in the fall. I love to walk the narrow tree lined paths, and read epitaphs or talk [...]

Articles, Arts and Literature

“We had no interest in drawing a monster. We wanted to see a good, patriotic man, and watch him as he makes bad choices, and things get away from him…. We want people to weep for him.” -A.J. Hartley

DarkMedia Interviews A.J. Hartley: Shakespeare’s Macbeth is frequently referred to as “The Scottish Play” or “The Scottish Tragedy” by those who believe the name itself invokes a curse when spoken inside a theatre.  Its legend of death and disaster goes [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

Jordan Reyne & Anarchy: A Short Story-Writing Competition!

Jordan Reyne, New Zealand’s premiere bloodthirsty Celtic rock and machine sounds superhero, has teamed up with Anarchy Books to bring you a dazzling short story writing competition! Jordan Reyne’s new album, Children of a Factory Nation, is released September 2011 and follows a family who lived in Wales [...]

Arts and Literature, Promotions

Voices in the Dark

By Dr. Alex Scully: The darkness has an allure. Taken at face value, this is just a phrase scrolling across your average gothic board. Reach beneath the surface, however, and you will find something lurking there. Scholarship, academia, and intellectualism [...]

Arts and Literature

And the Lightening Splits the Sky! An Interview With Author Michael J. Lee

by Alex Mcdermott: When the thunder rolls and the lightening splits the sky you know Dr. Frankenstein will be in his lab. Mary Shelley challenged us to question the nature of humanity with her monster and the sinister doctor who created [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature Interviews, Interviews

Eyes of the Bersai: The Relic

They began when the world remained shrouded in shadow and mankind had not yet evolved into being. The first of their kind, a male and a female, happened to find one another amidst the barren landscape and forged a home [...]

Arts and Literature

Cell

by Zombie Theology: Synopsis: One October afternoon a pulse is sent out through everyone’s cellphones which makes them turn violent and mindless. Clay, a graphic artist, leads a small group of survivors trying to make their way from Boston to Maine. On [...]

Arts and Literature