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Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation Now Available in Paperback

“Deeply disturbing, in all the best ways.”
– Laurel Hightower, author of Whispers in the Dark

“Mike Thorn captures the essence of his characters so well in such a short space that his stories often yield the same satisfaction as reading an entire novel.”
– Erin Emily Ann Vance, author of Advice for Taxidermists and Amateur Beekeepers

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Cameron Chaney Reviews Darkest Hours

Author and critic Cameron Chaney shared his video review of Darkest Hours.

Watch here.

Gloria McNeely Reviews Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation

“This is a duo of brutal stories from writer Mike Thorn. Tied together by the theme of fulfilling a debt to a supernatural creature, the stories differ on their endings between hope for the future and dread.”

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Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation Reviewed on Kam’s Place

“Exhumation started off creepy, progressed to f***ed up and stayed firmly in that position until the very end.”

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Ballot for Seventh Row’s Best Films of 2019 Critics Survey

The folks at Seventh Row invited me to submit a ballot for their Best Films of 2019 Critics Survey.

My picks:

1. The Irishman (dir. Martin Scorsese)

2. Tommaso (dir. Abel Ferrara)

3. To the Ends of the Earth (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

4. The Halt (dir. Lav Diaz)

5. Gemini Man (dir. Ang Lee)

6. Martin Eden (dir. Pietro Marcello)

7. Atlantics (dir. Mati Diop)

8. Sibyl (dir. Justine Triet)

9. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (dir. Joe Berlinger)

10. In Dog Years (dir. Sophy Romvari)

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Mike Thorn on Losing the Plot podcast

Mike Thorn is a beloved Losing the Plot alumnus who returns to discuss his latest book, Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation, out with Demain Publishing’s Short Sharp Shocks series. We talk about the influence of location on fiction, films we’ve enjoyed recently, the challenge of long distance relationships and more!

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Ballot for The Seventh Row’s Best Films of the Decade Critics Survey

The folks at Seventh Row invited me to submit a ballot for their Best Films of the Decade Critics Survey.

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Less Human Than Human: A Decade of Rob Zombie

For In Review Online, I reflect on Rob Zombie's 2010s cinematic output. I discuss problems of solipsism in contemporary genre scholarship, Zombie as renegade anti-humanist, and more.

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Marna Larsen Reviews Darkest Hours

Marna Larsen is an insightful commentator on all things horror esoterica, so I was thrilled when she reviewed Darkest Hours . On the story “Fear and Grace,” she writes:

” … a reminder about a certain kind of predatory magnetism that simultaneously makes someone charismatic to the masses and also a horrifying monster one on one.”

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Top 5 horror films of the decade on The Pink Smoke Podcast (The Decade Of Horror III)

The third and final part of The Pink Smoke's epic “Best Horror of the Decade” series begins with Hellbent for Horror's S.A. Bradley sharing his love for one of the great under-appreciated horror films of the last 10 years. Christopher Funderburg chimes in with one of the most artful horror movies from the last decade and John Cribbs cautions to think twice before angering the Gods.

Mr. Bradley and the hosts sound off on some other great horror films from lists contributed by notable horror filmmakers, writers and experts, including freelancer writer Anya Stanley, horror film director and illustrator Patrick Horvath, horror watchdog Tim Lucas, writer-artist Tenebrous Kate, and Mike Thorn, author of Darkest Hours .

Listen to the episode for the complete lists.

Listen to the first and second episodes.