It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada and we at the Library are thankful for many things – good friends, good food, good health, good healthcare (forget that nonsense Trump spouted at last night’s debate) – but we should aim to keep things bookish, so let’s just say: Currently, we’re thankful for female horror writers and all those who work toward greater diversity in our genre, in general. Which brings us to today’s installment of 31 Days of [READ MORE]
Yesterday we ventured out of the Library in the search of some Halloween decorations. The Library can never be spooky enough, after all – and not just at Halloween! We were soon mortified to discover that the skeletons, pumpkins, witches and spiders were now sharing shelf space with, gasp, wait for it… Christmas! *insert screeching, head-spinning horror here* We fled back to the safety of the Library, stroked our pet snake, brewed a pot of coffee, and [READ MORE]
Lest you think our scary stories launch bash is a little North America-centric, allow me to tag in award-winning author and editor Lee Murray, who is based way, way across the pond in New Zealand. She brings some welcome lesser known works to our list of literary scares. * * * 31 Days of Halloween… with Lee Murray Describe a time when a scene in a horror novel really unnerved you or caused you to [READ MORE]
It’s Friday! And it didn’t slip by on me this week. Since it’s always kind of dark here in the Library, the days have a tendency to blur together – I know, I know, get out more, stop getting lost in all the books. But, but, the to-be-read pile, so hulking, so threatening to crush me… Anyway, speaking of Friday and books, it’s also that day of the week where folks on social media (okay, Twitter mostly) [READ MORE]
You’ll notice that the tagline of our site does not say “horror fiction.” That’s because here at the Library have an appreciation for non-fiction as well. Hell, we even like poetry. The good stuff anyway. But for today’s installment of 31 Days of Halloween, we’re pleased to add a more academic voice to the discussion. Jess Peacock is the author of Such a Dark Thing: Theology of the Vampire Narrative in Popular Culture from Wipf and [READ MORE]
On Day 5 of 31 Days of Halloween event, we tap in musician, writer and Moth StorySlam Champion Nathan Carson. The Portland-based Jack of all artistic trades (or of music and stories, at least) is perhaps best known as the co-founder and drummer of doom metal band Witch Mountain, but he’s also the host of the FM radio show The Heavy Metal Sewing Circle and the owner of the boutique music booking agency Nanotear. Carson’s byline [READ MORE]
Josh Malerman broke onto the horror fiction scene in 2014 with Bird Box – one of those name-making first novels that anyone who complains that there’s nothing original left in the horror genre should definitely check out. When he’s not writing fiction – his second novel Black Mad Wheel is due out next year – he fronts the rock band The High Strung. I first interviewed Malerman when he was doing the press tour for [READ MORE]
For the last two days, the boys have been having all the fun, talking about what literary tales of terror have had them shivering, shaking and quaking. So for today’s installment of 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN we’re changing it up and picking the brain of Janet Joyce Holden, author of the vampire series Origins of Blood (Crossroads Press), novels Carousel and its sequel The Only Red Is Blood (Omnium Gatherum), and a number of short stories [READ MORE]
The second victim… um… no, that’s not right… I mean… volunteer for this month’s “31 Days of Halloween/Scary Stories” launch event is Stoker Award-winning author John Palisano, whose short stories have appeared in anthologies from PS Publishing, Terror Tales, Lovecraft eZine, Horror Library, Bizarro Pulp, Written Backwards, Dark Continents, Darkscribe, DarkFuse, Dark House, and many more. His novels Dust of the Dead and Ghost Heart are available from Samhain; Nerves is out from Bad Moon; and Starlight Drive: [READ MORE]
Wow. Here we are. Launch day. The online incarnation of Library of the Damned is born. Thank you for joining us. I hope we can turn this place into something really cool and valuable to you, the readers and the genre community. I’ll talk more in a future post about why I decided to throw myself into this project and why now, but for the next few days, let’s focus on the books and the [READ MORE]
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