Mike Thorn's Blog, page 17

“Lovecraftian Horror for Metal Lovers”: Darkest Hours Reviewed on Plagued by Visions

"[A] delightful love letter to the 'metal band t-shirt' generation, with a sensible and grotesque treatment of a variety of topics plaguing aimless youth: drugs, peer pressure, the erratic and tragically passionate first pangs of love, and there’s even quite a bit of satirization and lampooning of pompous academia, which I quite enjoyed."

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Jeremy Fee Reviews Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition

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Mike Thorn Interviewed on Cursed Morsels

Eric Raglin talks to Mike Thorn about the horrors of academia, formative metalhead experiences, and addiction in horror fiction. In the second half of the episode, they have a spoiler-filled discussion of “A New Kind of Drug” from Thorn’s collection Darkest Hours (Raglin provides a warning in advance, and the rest of the episode is spoiler-free).

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Review of Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition on IndieMuse

“In the short story notes, Thorn cites a lot of influences (both literary, musical and cinematic) that inform his work, but Thomas Ligotti seems to be a name that crops up throughout. While Darkest Hours covers a lot of the same themes (nihilism, anxiety, and the human condition), Thorn’s work approaches them in a far more mainstream and accessible way. Still, I think this says a lot about the prevailing tone of his work, and there are stories here that scared (‘Long Man’, ‘Sabbatical’), disturbed (‘The Auteur’, ‘Fear and Grace’) and disgusted (‘Fusion’) like few other collections have managed for me.”

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Candace Nola Reviews Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition

“I was already a fan of his work, but the range he displays in this collection for both fiction and non-fiction writing is mind-boggling. I loved every word, and every creepy minute.”

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Review of Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition on Hellnotes

"Highly recommended—whether Thorn is composing his own horror fiction or opining on horror cinema, he’s a gifted writer and craftsman of the written word, and I very much look forward to much more from him."

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Mike Thorn Interviewed on Ali’s Book Binge

“I discuss the new horror release Darkest Hours with the author. Mike Thorn is also author of Shelter for the Damned. Many people have recently been discussing his books on booktube. The attention and praise is well deserved.”

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Kayla Lenzen Reviews Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition

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Mike Thorn Interviewed on Jason’s Weird Reads

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Mike Thorn Discusses Tod Browning’s Freaks on The Necronomi.com, Episode 111

Mike Thorn joins the hosts of Necronomi.com to talk social commentary in Tod Browning’s 1932 masterpiece, Freaks. They discuss physical difference, exploitation vs. empowerment, and more.

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