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Mike Thorn Reads an Excerpt of “The Auteur” for Celebrate Horror 2021

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Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Reviewed on Coffee, Cats, and King

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“Horror is the Truth” — Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Reviewed on Tuerlemot

“Each story in Darkest Hours reads like a blast of intense sound. Crisp, erudite and intense, these stories speak with uncanny voices that occasionally converse with one another (as we’ll explore in this essay). Thorn builds narrative worlds that inhabit a set of thematic coordinates that I propose we recognize with the term Thornian.’ The Thornian exists in the interplay between addiction, violence, academic pretensions and the supernatural monsters which push these other themes to their limits.”

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Taylor Caitlyn Reviews Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition

"If you're not a horror reader, but you really like horror movies, I think this would be a good collection to dive into reading horror."

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Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition — Review and Interview on The Seventh Terrace

Today on The Seventh Terrace—a review of Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition , plus an interview with the author.

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In Conversation: Jamie Blanks and Mike Thorn

Cult of Cinema hosted a conversation between Mike Thorn and Jamie Blanks (director of Urban Legend and Valentine). The two discussed future collaborations, their mutual love of the horror genre, and more.

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Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition Reviewed on Raul Reads

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Night Worms Cover Reveal - DARKEST HOURS: EXPANDED EDITION by Mike Thorn

On June 11, 2021, Journalstone will release Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition. This definitive version includes:

• A new foreword by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)

• Author notes for all 16 stories (newly revised)

• 17 essays on horror cinema

Visit Night Worms for an exclusive cover reveal (art by Mikio Murakami).

Pre-order directly from Journalstone.

Coming Saturday, May 8: Cult of Cinema’s Live Conversation with Mike Thorn and Jamie Blanks

On Saturday, May 8, Cult of Cinema's Aaron Pynn will host a conversation between Mike Thorn (author of Shelter for the Damned and Darkest Hours) and Jamie Blanks (director of Urban Legend and Valentine).

Tune in at 7 PST to watch and ask questions.

Steve Stred on Shelter for the Damned for Kendall Reviews

“Thorn gives us a slow burn story that shows a kid spiral as the shack he loves hooks its tentacles into him and begins to distort right from wrong.”

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