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Getting Under Your Skin with Robert Hood’s Creeping In Reptile Flesh

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Robert

Robert Hood has long been a well-known name in the realm of Australian horror. A two-time winner of the Ditmar award and finalist many times over for the Aurealis award (both Australia-specific awards), he has penned numerous novels, countless short stories, … Continue reading →

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Apologies for Brief Site Outage

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Robert

My sincere apologies to anyone and everyone who over the last couple days discovered that Twilight Ridge had gone AWOL, without even leaving “croatoan” scrawled on a nearby tree.  The explanation, for those who care: my hosting provider moved the … Continue reading →

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Paranormal Hijinks – Ian Rogers’ Trio of Felix Renn chapbooks

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Robert

It should come as no great surprise that I love horror, and I also happen to love comedy. However, I’m usually not a fan of horror/comedy mash-ups. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say that I do enjoy horror-comedy when … Continue reading →

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Know-it-all: J.R. Hamantaschen’s You Shall Never Know Security

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Robert

Among other laudatory remarks, the cover copy for J.R. Hamantaschen’s collection You Shall Never Know Security states, “These are stories that, in the finest tradition of H.P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti, Dennis Etchison, and T.E.D. Klein, articulate what you’ve always suspected: … Continue reading →

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On Terror Firma with James Cooper’s Terra Damnata

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Robert

When I reviewed James Cooper’s The Beautiful Red several months ago, I briefly lamented the fact that the stories contained in that collection were for the most part surreal in nature, while I preferred Cooper’s work that features more of … Continue reading →

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Dark and Dynamic – Black Static #27

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Robert

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed an issue of Black Static magazine, and it’s high time I rectified that. The issue I chose to examine, Black Static #27, dated February-March 2012, proved to be an excellent choice, featuring five … Continue reading →

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Aickman’s Heir – Simon Strantzas’ Nightingale Songs

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Robert

In his engaging Introduction to Simon Strantzas’ Nightingale Songs, John Langan strategically invokes the names of both Ramsey Campbell and Robert Aickman, the former anecdotally because both Langan and Strantzas are big fans of Campbell, and the latter for comparison … Continue reading →

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Nobody bats .1000 — Michael McBride’s Blindspot and Tim Curran’s The Underdwelling

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Robert

In previous reviews, I’ve frequently sung the praises of both Michael McBride and Tim Curran, two prolific authors who’ve carved out deservedly strong reputations in the horror specialty press world — witness my reviews of McBride’s Quiet, Keeps to Himself, … Continue reading →

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Give me That Old-Time Feeling — Michael Reynier’s Five Degrees of Latitude and Steve Rasnic Tem’s Deadfall Hotel

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Robert

Five Degrees of Latitude, the debut collection from Michael Reynier is, in many ways, a thing of beauty — from the simple but elegantly designed physical book produced by Tartarus Press to the five intricate and highy-polished tales contained within, … Continue reading →

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Going down the rabbit hole with Tim Waggoner’s The Men Upstairs

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Robert

Tim Waggoner has always created his own special brand of reality-bending horror fiction, and I’ve been a fan ever since reading his first collection, the appropriately-titled All Too Surreal, in 2002. I’ve kept up with most of his output since … Continue reading →

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