Month: November 2023

New Fiction 2023 – October

Another October in the can! And now I wish I could snooze through the real horror that is the holiday season. Maybe I’ll stay in October forever… forever… forever…

Here’s the long version (since Tumblr blocks too many links in one post).

The TL;DR:

Short Stories

  • “Snatched from the Brink” by Mary E. Penn (1878)
  • “The Canal” by Everil Worrell (1927)
  • “The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror” by Carmen Maria Machado (2020)
  • “The Time Remaining” by Attila Veres & trans. Luca Karafiáth (2019)
  • “CUE: Change” by Chesya Burke (2011)
  • “Last Call for the Sons of Shock” by David J. Schow (1994)
  • “The Real Right Thing” by Henry James (1899)
  • “The Haunted House” by M.A. Bird (1865)
  • “The Island of Regrets” by Elizabeth Walter (1965)
  • “The Stolen Body” by H.G. Wells (1903)
  • “The White Priest” by Hélène Gingold (1893)
  • “The Man Who Went Too Far” by E.F. Benson (1912)
  • “Mater Tenebrarum” by Pilar Pedraza & trans. James D. Jenkins (2000)
  • “Menopause” by Flore Hazoumé & trans. James D. Jenkins (1994)
  • “Señor Ligotti” by Bernardo Esquinca & trans. James D. Jenkins (2020)
  • “Shambleau” by C.L. Moore (1933)
  • “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe (1850)
  • “The Village Spectre” by Gianna G. Maniego (2002)
  • “The Fog Horn” by Ray Bradbury (1951)
  • “The Lady of the House of Love” by Angela Carter (1979)
  • “The Woman’s Ghost Story” by Algernon Blackwood (1907)
  • “Black Bargain” by Robert Bloch (1942)
  • “Vastarien” by Thomas Ligotti (1987)
  • “The Doll” by Daphne du Maurier (1937)
  • “The Transferred Ghost” by Frank Stockton (1882)
  • “The Shadowy Third” by Ellen Glasgow (1923)
  • “The Daemon Lover” by Shirley Jackson (1949)
  • “The Interval” by Vincent O’Sullivan (1918)
  • “The Phantom Cyclist” by Ruth Ainsworth (1971)
  • “Couching at the Door” by D.K. Broster (1942)
  • “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler (1984)

Audio

  • Tales from the Crypt Presents: Dead Easy by A.L. Katz & Gil Adler, performed by Sean Astin, Jake Busey, Tia Carrere, Brett Cullen, John Kassir (1995, 2022)

Comics

  • “Birds of a Feather” by Stephanie Phillips, Maan House, Giorgio Spalleta, Justin Birch, Chris Sanchez (2021)
  • “The Origin of Vampirella” by Budd Lewis & Jose Gonzalez (1981)
  • “Do You Know… the Beast-Man?” by Richard Howell, Colleen Doran, Kevin Cunningham (1992)
  • “Good Ol’ Fashioned Vanilla” by W. Maxwell Prince, Chris O’Halloran, Martín Morazzo, Good Old Neon (2018)
  • “For Better or Worse?” by Richard Corben (2016)
  • “Werewolf!” by Frank Frazetta (1964)
  • “Chickadee!” by Aya Rothwell (2016)
  • “The Evil Dead” (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) by Richard Floyd-Walker (1986-1987)
  • “Famine’s Shadow” by Rachel Deering & Christine Larsen (2014)
  • “A Pretty Place” by Emily Carroll (2023)
  • “The Thing from the Sea” by Wally Wood & Joe Orlando (1951)
  • “The Living Ghost” by Frank Belknap Long & Fred Guardineer (1948)
  • “Essence of Life” by Gail Simone, Tula Lotay, Jared K. Fletcher (2013)
  • “Hag of the Blood Basket!” by Al Hewetson & Sean Todd (1971)
  • “The Fisherman” by Franco, Tressina Bowling, Wes Abbott, Sara Richard (2022)
  • “Dental Plan” by Joy San (2019)
  • “Frankenstein y el Hombre Lobo” by Unknown (1946)
  • “Man’s World” by Keith Giffen, Mary Sangiovanni, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes, Taylor Esposito (2017)
  • “Shadow of Death” by William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels (1953)
  • “Smoke and Cedar” by Abby Howard & Alina Pete (2016)
  • “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison & John Byrne (1994-1995)
  • “A Dog and His Boy” by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jill Thompson, Jason Arthur (2006)
  • “The Horror Beneath” by Leah Moore, John Reppion, Timothy Green II, Michelle Madsen, Nate Piekos (2006)
  • “Shadows on the Tomb” by Joe Certa (1952)
  • “The Muck Monster” by Bernie Wrightson (1975)
  • “The Duel of the Monsters” by Archie Goodwin & Angelo Torres (1966)
  • “The Willowdale Handcar or The Return of the Black Doll” by Edward Gorey (1962)
  • “Inside You” by Valerie D’Orazio & David James Cole (2014)
  • “Soylent Teen” by Jordan Morris, Liana Kangas, Ellie Wright, Jack Morelli (2023)
  • “The Gris-Gris” by Jim Keegan & Ruth Keegan (2004)
  • “Fair Ground” by Jo Duffy, Mike Manley, Jackson Guice, James Fry, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

Video Games

  • Haunted House dev. Atari (1982)
  • Castlevania dev. Konami (1987)
  • Clock Tower dev. Human Entertainment (1995)
  • D dev. Warp (1995)
  • Friday the 13th dev. Atlus (1989)
  • Silent Hill 3 dev. Konami (2003)
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s dev. Scott Cawthon (2014)

Movies

  • It Lives Inside dir. Bishal Dutta (2023)
  • The Company of Wolves dir. Neil Jordan (1984)
  • Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare dir. Rachel Talalay (1991)
  • Honeymoon dir. Leigh Janiak (2014)
  • Organ dir. Kei Fujiwara (1996)
  • The Bride of Frankenstein dir. James Whale (1935)
  • The Royal Hotel dir. Kitty Green (2023)
  • House of 1000 Corpses dir. Rob Zombie (2003)
  • The Nun II dir. Michael Chaves (2023)
  • The Godsend dir. Gabrielle Beaumont (1980)
  • Hatching dir. Hanna Bergholm (2022)
  • The Velvet Vampire dir. Stephanie Rothman (1971)
  • Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter dir. Joseph Zito (1984)
  • A Haunting in Venice dir. Kenneth Branagh (2023)
  • Piggy dir. Carlota Pereda (2022)
  • A Night to Dismember (The Lost Version) dir. Doris Wishman (1979)
  • The Blob dir. Irvin Yeaworth (1958)
  • Embrace of the Vampire dir. Anne Goursaud (1995)
  • Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls dir. Andrew Bowser (2023)
  • Exposed to Danger dir. Yang Chia-yun (Karen Yang) (1982)
  • Saw X dir. Kevin Greutert (2023)
  • The Birds dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1963)
  • Slumber Party Massacre II dir. Deborah Brock (1987)
  • Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island dir. Jim Stenstrum (1998)
  • The Being dir. Jackie Kong (1983)
  • Kuso dir. Steve (2017)
  • Visible Secret dir. Ann Hui (2001)
  • The Exorcist: Believer dir. David Gordon Green (2023)
  • The Love Witch dir. Anna Biller (2016)
  • Bones dir. Ernest R. Dickerson (2001)
  • Bedevil dir. Tracey Moffatt (1993)

Television

  • Regular Show – “Terror Tales of the Park” I-VI (2011-2016)
  • The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It” (2022)
  • Tales from the Cryptkeeper – Seasons 2 & 3 (1994 & 1999)

New Horror 2023 – Day 31

“Why are you in such a hurry to be old?”

“Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler (1984)

Doesn’t take much to just roll with it, does it?

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“So, who d’you want done?”

“Fair Ground” by Jo Duffy, Mike Manley, Jackson Guice, James Fry, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

Something always catches up.

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“We could’ve helped that child.”

Bedevil dir. Tracey Moffatt (1993)

We need more surreal expressionism in set design. That alone lends a movie those spooky vibes.

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“This one’s gonna make you have to change your chonies.”

Regular Show – “Terror Tales of the Park” I-VI (2011-2016)

I’ve never watched a regular episode of Regular Show, but I get the sense that the Halloween specials aren’t all that out of the ordinary.

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“Oh, you know kids. Still missin’.”

The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It” (2022)

Hm, sticking too close to the source material is a longtime problem with their parodies, and this one certainly suffers for it.

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“C’mon, how powerful could a god from a dump like this be?”

Silent Hill 3 dev. Konami (2003)

The first half kind of drags before it finally gets to the titular setting, then it’s surreal melty wall terror. That makes up for the slow start and cements it as another great entry. I’ll be back for the next one in 2024.

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“So, just be aware, the characters do tend to wander a bit.”

Five Nights at Freddy’s dev. Scott Cawthon (2014)

I always avoided this one because the jumpscare gameplay wasn’t for me, but I figured I had to at least see the first one through to the end. I don’t know that I can recommend it what with Cawthon’s problematic nonsense, but it’s an interesting product from an indie dev of the time.

nobrashfestivity:

Kawanabe Kyosai

SKELETON SHAMISEN PLAYER IN TOP–HAT WITH DANCING MONSTER, 1871–78. UNMOUNTED PAINTING: INK AND LIGHT COLOUR ON PAPER. 29.7 X 39.1 CM. ISRAEL GOLDMAN COLLECTION, LONDON PHOTO: ART RESEARCH CENTER, RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY.

fat-fem-and-asian:

beggars-opera:

beggars-opera:

I need whoever was wandering the streets of Salem today dressed as Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome, to know that you are a national hero

Spooky, elaborate costumes impress as thousands head to Salem for Halloween celebrations – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

f*cking beautiful

holy shit

I just watched Trick ‘r Treat and thought wistfully how a town that celebrates Halloween like that must be some boomer era nostalgia thing, but… this looks like exactly that?