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Mike Thorn Interviewed About Peel Back and See in The Gauntlet

“When you have the wide open world of a fictional medium, you can allow yourself to explore, to be a little bit reckless and go to some really uncomfortable places. Peel Back and See probably goes further, in terms of my discomfort as a writer, than either of my previous books. We’ll see how readers feel about that, but it was liberating for me.”

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Friday Conversation: Mike Thorn - Happy Publication Day! (Peel Back and See, Darkest Hours)

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Peel Back and See Now Available

In spaces both familiar and strange, unknowable horrors lurk.

From the recesses of the Internet, where cosmic terror shows its face on an endless live feed, to a museum celebrating the sordid legacy of an occultist painter, this chilling collection of sixteen short stories will plunge you into the eerie, pessimistic imagination of Mike Thorn.

Peel Back and See urges its readers to look closer, to push past surface-level appearances and face the things that stir below.

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Mike Thorn Interviewed on This is Horror

Bob Pastorella and Michael David Wilson sit down with Mike Thorn to discuss his three 2021 releases, Jim Thompson, Kathe Koja, writing horror within academia, and much more.

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Randy Nikkel Schroeder Reviews Peel Back and See

“Be warned: unlike most traditional horror, this latest collection from rising horror star Mike Thorn will make you feel less at home with yourself and your world. And the feeling may be permanent. That’s not some blurbic exaggeration or nifty hook. It’s the truth.”

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Mike Thorn on The Force Five Movie Podcast 2021 Halloween Special

“Horror expert and author Mike Thorn joins me this year for the annual F5 Halloween Special! I’ve got reviews for David Gordon Green’s Halloween (2018) and the new spectacle, Halloween Kills (2021). I also announce the Force Five’s first Blu-ray giveaway! For the Halloween Special, we each chose movies you need to watch from five scary categories: Exorcism, Witch, Ghost/Supernatural, Zombie, Monster/Creature Feature.

Buy Mike Thorn’s newest book, Peel Back and See, available here on October 29th.”

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Sunshine Somerville Reviews Peel Back and See

“[T]hese stories are like a collection Poe might have written if he lived today, like Poe in the era of COVID.”

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Optimism Vaccine: “Slam in the Back of Shawn’s Dragula” feat. Mike Thorn

Mike Thorn makes a guest appearance on the Optimism Vaccine podcast to discuss Rob Zombie’s films House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects, and The Lords of Salem.

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Peel Back and See Reviewed on Plagued by Visions

"Today, I will be reviewing Mike Thorn's short story collection, Peel Back and See, which is due for release on October 29th. Let's explore the pessimism and heavy nihilism oozing out of these visceral tales!"

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Mike Thorn on Largely the Truth, with Brennan Storr

“It’s almost Halloween and so I’ve brought in an expert on scaring the hell out of you. On this episode, horror author Mike Thorn joins me to talk his latest short story anthology, the darkly powerful Peel Back and See, out on October 29th from Journalstone Publishing. We also talk about horror on film, salvia trips, sleep paralysis, and a whole lot more.”

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