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Enter at Your Own Risk: Old Masters, New Voices (A Review)

by Alex Mcdermott: Every Halloween produces a slew of anthologies and this season is no different. On FaceBook and Twitter, I’ve seen zombies, bloody knifes, mutilated corpses, more zombies, demonic leering creatures, and more zombies drift by. Most don’t catch [...]

Arts and Literature

Ghosts, Ghouls, and things that go bump in the night…

by Alex Mcdermott: Gothic horror was a staple of the 1800’s and early 1900’s with everything from short stories and poetry to full-length novels. Master storytellers like Lovecraft, Poe, Maupassant, and Stoker haunted the literary world. Writers like Yeats even [...]

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“Having grown up in England I was fascinated with Stonehenge. I wanted to incorporate the historic site into my books.” -V.M.K. Fewings

DarkMedia Interviews V.M.K. Fewings: In the wildly popular, highly acclaimed, Stone Masters Vampire Series, author V.M.K. Fewings has done what many have set out to do, and few ever accomplish; she has breathed new life into a well-worn genre.  Her [...]

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The Order of the Blood: An Interview With Authors Nicole Vlachos and Lane Morris

DarkMedia Interviews Nicole Vlachos and Lane Morris: The Order of the Blood, written by authors Nicole Vlachos and Lane Morris, is not your typical piece of vampire literature.  This fast paced tale of politics, war, and impossible choices is exactly [...]

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A sneak preview of things that go bump in the night with Gerald Rice!

by Alex Mcdermott: Alex Mcdermott: Your short story for DMC, Turn It Off, has a subtle big-brother corporation feel to it. Can you give us more insight into this angle? Is it deliberate or a sign of our times? Gerald [...]

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“…if there’s something I want to know about, I find a way. I’m not a fearful person and I hate missing opportunities. I love that line in the song about people saying I shouldn’t tempt fate, but I say that fate shouldn’t tempt me.” -Katherine Ramsland

DarkMedia Interviews Katherine Ramsland: When author Katherine Ramsland takes you on a journey into places where few dare to tread, whether it be the dark recesses of the mind of a serial killer, or a subculture with a universe all [...]

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Into the Darkness with Robert Dunbar

by Alex Mcdermott: In the world of dark fiction, few names call up the shivers quite like Robert Dunbar. With his debut novel The Pines, he established his reputation for haunting, eerie tales that shouldn’t be read late at night! His [...]

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Grave Robbers Point II

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 [...]

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Pushing The Bloodsoaked Envelope

Pushing The Bloodsoaked Envelope

by Richard Jay Parker Do you try to shock yourself? It was a question I was asked recently and I’m sure they were referring to my writing and not my private life. It’s true that there are some very mild-mannered [...]

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