Author Joshua Jabcuga delves into horror, where every Friday is Friday the 13th!
This review is being written on the day Borders has begun liquidating the last of its bookstores. It’s a sad day, and many feel it was inevitable, but personally, the loss stings and frustrates all at once. Borders was once a thriving epicenter of culture and ideas.
Does that sound over-the-top? I assure you, at one time, Borders was fairly influential. Hell, the store offered its own horror section, a place where one could procure copies of Brian Keene, Richard Laymon and Jack Ketchum, right beside Stephen King and Richard Matheson.
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Author Joshua Jabcuga delves into horror, where every Friday is Friday the 13th!
Bob Fingerman’s novel PARIAH was given the prestigious honor of being named “Zombie Book of the Year” in the 2010 ’Cuga’s Cuts year-end awards. I have no doubt that that was the highlight of his year. PARIAH also received quite a bit of buzz from other places as diverse as ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (an A- review), to FANGORIA (“Book of the Month”), as well as blurbs from Robert Kirkman, Brian Keene, Jonathan Lethem, Trey Parker and Augusten Burroughs.
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Author Joshua Jabcuga delves into horror, where every Friday is Friday the 13th!
Time for a candid, uncensored conversation with storyteller Philip Nutman: co-screenwriter of THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, author of ChiZine Publication’s CITIES OF NIGHT and 29-year veteran of FANGORIA magazine.
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Author Joshua Jabcuga delves into horror, where every Friday is Friday the 13th!
Novel of the Year:
RED SKY by Nate Southard
If you’ve been paying attention, Southard has been building quite the buzz over the last couple of years. It started with a short story here and there, and then — bam! — when he earned his way up to the plate, he just knocked that fucker right out of the park. Southard is clearly a student of the game, honing his craft, voice and talent through old-fashioned hard work, and there’s no bullshit about that. I’d tell you to look out for this guy, but I think you’ll be hearing plenty about him in the very near future.
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Author Joshua Jabcuga delves into horror, where every Friday is Friday the 13th!
Nate Southard is the author of RED SKY, now available for pre-order from Thunderstorm Books. It’s the best novel I’ve read this year.
BOOKGASM: Elements of your soon-to-be-released debut novel, RED SKY, reminded me of early Jack Ketchum, visceral and gritty. It’s also very cinematic. If I had to describe it, I might say it’s THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE if Ketchum had directed it, and not just because of the setting. It’s also got a dash of Sam Peckinpah tossed in for good measure. How much of your writing is influenced by where you live?
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