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May 7, 2017
#NGHW 500-word Horror Blogs, the Runners Up
#NGHW 500-word Horror Blogs, The Runners Up featured on #139
Daphne Strasert and Quentin Norris
# 2 HORROR BINGE by Daphne Strasert
Fear evolved to be a fleeting physical reaction. Fight or flight is only supposed to last long enough to escape danger. Psychologically speaking, humans aren’t built to endure hours of sustained terror. Yet, whether it’s Penny Dreadful or Stranger Things, horror addicts love to curl up with Netflix for a marathon of dread. Watching horror isn’t like it used to be. With the rise of streaming services, the horror genre faces the new challenge of binge-watch culture. What effect does this medium have on scare factor and can it take horror to new heights?
How did we get here?
Before streaming, television horror was constrained by weekly time slots. Creators had to contend with an unreliable audience, so they structured series for casual viewing. Shows adopted a…
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May 6, 2017
HorrorAddicts.net, 139 #NGHW Guest Judge: The Count
Stay on #TeamSumiko, follow #NGHW
Horror Addicts Episode# 139
SEASON 12 – The Next Great Horror Writer Contest
JUDGES:
Horror Hostess: Emerian Rich
Judge: H.E. Roulo
Guest Judge: The Count
Intro Music by: Valentine Wolfe
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The top 8 / 500 Word Blog Posts.
Find all articles and interviews at: http://www.horroraddicts.net
179 Days till Halloween
Intro of judges, prizes, and contest.
Read of the top 8 / 500 Word Blog Posts.
Contestants: Feind Gottes, Naching T. Kassa, Jess Landry, AE Kirk, Timothy G. Huguenin, Sumiko Saulson, Cat Voleur, Quentin Norris, Jonathan Fortin, Adele Marie Park, JC Martinez, Harry Husbands, Riley J. Pierce, Daphne Strasert.
HA.Net News:
*Jenn Vix / The Sound of the Possessed.
*Midnight Syndicate Live! Will be back at Cedar Point this fall.
*ScareLa 2017 August, 5&6
*Women in Horror film festival September 21 – 24 Peachtree City, GA
*Free Fiction by J.C. Eickelberg installment 2 of C. DARWIN DECAY
*David’s Haunted…
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May 2, 2017
HorrorAddicts.net Press presents…Clockwork Wonderland.
So excited to be a part of this anthology
Source: HorrorAddicts.net Press presents…Clockwork Wonderland.
April 23, 2017
#NGHW TOP Seven 300-word Stories
Check out all of the great stories that made it into the Top 7 for the Next Great Horror Writer #NGHW – including mine, the first story. Larvae – check out the podcast / earlier post to hear the fabulous reading of Larvae by Emerian Rich, all of the other 7 readings, and find out who got in the top 3, and who won!
TOP 7 / 300-WORD STORIES featured on #138
1: LARVAE by Sumiko SaulsonLARVAE – A sliver of sunlight pierced the stagnant air of the subbasement, illuminating claw marks in the mossy walls. Under the stream of light I observed bloodstains at the base of my torn nailbed. I winced. The iron-rich smell would attract the creature.
Its piteous mewling arose from the depths. I nervously kicked soil into the tunnel at my feet. I had to escape before it returned. Clutching the soil, my fingers dug deep within. Quickly, I ascended. I was six feet up when I felt a tug at my feet. Looking down in horror, I witnessed the creature’s bloated, white body creeping up my pants leg.
“Get off me, foul thing!” I screamed, kicking the hideous larvae. It was three feet long. Its maw oozed putrescent yellow fluids reeking of fetid lard. That evil oral emanation…
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April 8, 2017
April 6, 2017
#NGHW Prizes and Sponsors
So many awesome prizes!
GRAND PRIZES (One lucky winner):
Crystal Lake PublishingGrand Prize: Book Contract
With unmatched success since 2012, Crystal Lake Publishing has quickly become one of the world’s leading indie publishers of Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense books with a Dark Fiction edge.
Crystal Lake Publishing puts integrity, honor, and respect at the forefront of our operations. We strive for each book and outreach program that’s launched to not only entertain and touch or comment on issues that affect our readers, but also to strengthen and support the Dark Fiction field and its authors. This is what we believe in. What we stand for. This will be our legacy.
Welcome to Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths
Dario Ciriello, Editor
Grand Prize: Full edit of winner’s novel up to 50,000 words.
HorrorAddicts.netGrand Prizes:
Short story contract with HorrorAddicts.net “Horror Bites” series.
Horror Writer gift box. Supplies and inspiration for the Next Great…
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April 5, 2017
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March 22, 2017
10 Black Speculative Fiction Anthologies You Should Read
I’m so excited to see Forever Vacancy on this list – it’s out now, and I have a story “The Honeymoon Suite: Jacob’s Reunion” which is about a black gay man who has to go to his dead lover’s high school reunion in Atlanta and makes the mistake of booking into the accursed Kretcher Motel. Revenge, hexes, and the need to “get out” ensue.
If novels are the meat and bones of Black Speculative Fiction – science fiction, fantasy and horror written by and about people of African descent – then short stories are the lifeblood.
Anthologies are great because the short fiction found within them allows readers to expand their reading horizons in a relatively short amount of time through diverse stories written in a variety of writing styles.
Here are 10 Black Speculative Fiction anthologies that will show you just how Blacktastic science fiction, fantasy and horror storytelling can get.
Black Power: The Superhero Anthology
This groundbreaking anthology brings together twenty authors to craft original short superhero stories.
BLACK POWER: THE SUPERHERO ANTHOLOGY offers BANG-POW-THOOM action, searing satire, and thoughtful social commentary from a people too often overlooked in mainstream comic books and heroic cinema and television.
The superheroes in BLACK POWER: THE SUPERHERO ANTHOLOGY come from all walks of life. Some…
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March 18, 2017
#NGHW Contestants Announced!
I am so excited to be one of the contestants in the Next Great Horror Writer Contest! Please follow the contest, click through and follow the blog, get to know the contestants in #NHWC and give us your support. ❤
The Next Great Horror Writer Contest
At last! After months of submissions, judging, and deliberating, We have our top 14 writers competing in the #NGHW contest! Follow your favorite, cheer them on, and keep up with the show to find out who wins. For more information, subscribe to the #NGHW blog.
JONATHAN FORTINAge: 29
From: El Cerrito, CA, USA
As a child, Jonathan Fortin was perpetually terrified, so of course he grew up to be a horror writer. Haunted by tales that grow in his head like demonic children, Jonathan believes that a good horror story is first and foremost a good story—just one where particularly awful things happen.
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FEIND GOTTESAge: 44
From: Dewittville, NY, USA
A late night viewing of Phantasm lit a terrible spark that led Feind to Stephen King then to the fantastical worlds of Clive Barker. Feind attempts to weave all the many facets of horror…
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