Mike Thorn's Blog, page 24
February 22, 2021
The Most Sublime: Review of Shelter for the Damned
“The writing was excellent – the author fits multiple layers to the story while making Mark a sympathetic character, despite being the weird and aggressive kid in class. I couldn’t wait to find out where the story was heading and was satisfied with the ending.”
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Read the full review.
February 18, 2021
Interview with Mike Thorn on More2Read
In his latest interview, Mike Thorn answers Lou Pendergrast’s questions about Shelter for the Damned, Darkest Hours, and his new story “Deprimer” (from the latest issue of Vastarien).
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Read the full interview.
February 13, 2021
NW.Reader Reviews Shelter for the Damned
"Wow. That was way trippier than I was expecting. Good job, Mike. I'm gonna have to think about this one."
NW.Reader reviews Shelter for the Damned, Shane Hawk's Anoka, and Chandler Morrison's Dead Inside.
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NW.Reader reviews Shelter for the Damned, Shane Hawk's Anoka, and Chandler Morrison's Dead Inside.
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February 12, 2021
Review of Shelter for the Damned on Well Worth a Read
“As Mark’s friendships begin to deteriorate, so too does his school and home life, making the shack feel like the only good thing in his world. I felt that one reason Mark may have been easily swayed was his own proclivity towards violence but another may have been the implied physical abuse at the hands of his father.”
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Read the full review.
February 11, 2021
Q&A with Mike Thorn on Hellnotes
1. What authors influenced you growing up? Who are you reading now?
As a young kid, I was really excited by J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and R. L. Stine. Discovering Stephen King as a preteen was a big deal, and the same goes for encountering Hubert Selby Jr. in my teens.
These days, I try to read as widely as possible. I’m currently making my way through Drawn Up from Deep Places, by Gemma Files, which is terrific. I was recently floored by two Henry James novels—The Portrait of a Lady and The Bostonians.
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As a young kid, I was really excited by J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and R. L. Stine. Discovering Stephen King as a preteen was a big deal, and the same goes for encountering Hubert Selby Jr. in my teens.
These days, I try to read as widely as possible. I’m currently making my way through Drawn Up from Deep Places, by Gemma Files, which is terrific. I was recently floored by two Henry James novels—The Portrait of a Lady and The Bostonians.
Read the full Q&A.
February 10, 2021
Hellnotes Book Review: Shelter for the Damned
“High-octane horror that really delivers while never being too predictable. Mike Thorn respects the genre and […] is a well-read student of horror.”
Read Ray Palen’s review of Shelter for the Damned on Hellnotes.
Read Ray Palen’s review of Shelter for the Damned on Hellnotes.
February 9, 2021
Mike Thorn Discusses Filmmaker Stacy Title with the Hosts of Hotbox the Cinema
Hot Box the Cinema welcomes a very special guest, critic and horror author Mike Thorn, for a tribute to the late filmmaker Stacy Title, the potentially vulgar auteur behind films like The Bye Bye Man, Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror, and The Last Supper.
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Listen to the episode.
February 8, 2021
Mike Thorn on The Necronomi.com: The Social Commentary of Color Out of Space
Mike Thorn joins the hosts of Necronomi.com to talk social commentary in Richard Stanley's Color Out of Space. They discuss isolation, environmentalism, family, tomatoes, alpaca milk, H. P. Lovecraft’s undying racism, and more.
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Listen to the episode.
February 2, 2021
New Review on Horror Bound: “A Supernatural Shack with Vile Motives”
“
Shelter for the Damned
is a supernatural horror story that touches on the needs of the young who have hard, sometimes abusive lives. […] I left this book with an aftertaste of unending horror and a real sense of loss.”
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Read the full review.
January 30, 2021
Coming June 16, 2021—Terrace VI: Forbidden Fruit
Coming from The Seventh Terrace, June 16, 2021: Welcome to the Sixth Terrace of Dante’s tower of Purgatory, serving up sins of gluttony in an eternal banquet…
This exciting anthology will include Mike Thorn’s new story, “Vomitus Bacchanalius.”
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This exciting anthology will include Mike Thorn’s new story, “Vomitus Bacchanalius.”
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