Pumpkin Lanterns - a short story for Halloween
CW: Psychosis Mandy screwed the lid back onto her mascara wand and placed it in her velvet wash bag. Without looking away from the...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 12, 20182 min read
Horror as a Comfort Blanket
Horror is supposed to make you uncomfortable. Claiming the genre as a comfort blanket is counter-intuitive, is it not? We are pummelled...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 11, 20185 min read
October Frights 2018 – Jagged Jaws
It is painful and frustrating that sexual assault remains a dominant problem in society. The Kavanaugh Trial has brought it to the fore...
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carmillavoiez
Sep 25, 20187 min read
Ribbons, Freya's story continues
Beware this blog post contains spoilers for anyone who has not yet read the Starblood trilogy, soon to be known as the first three books...
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carmillavoiez
Sep 24, 20181 min read
Black Sun, the graphic novel, and Ribbons
The continuing story of Starblood. Things are happening in the Starblood universe. Vamptasy Publishing will be releasing all FOUR, yes...
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carmillavoiez
Sep 22, 20182 min read
Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti - a review
If you are intrigued with the strange and dark worlds of Lovecraft, but cannot stomach the overt racism and misogyny the you might want...
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carmillavoiez
Aug 27, 20184 min read
Psychonaut the Graphic Novel
What would you do for the one you love? Satori would travel worlds and battle demons, but however much Star begs he just can’t let her...
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carmillavoiez
Aug 26, 20182 min read
The Ruins, by Simon Smith - a review
“The Ruins” is the story of a group of Europeans who arrive in a hostile alien environment where the rules are very different and...
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carmillavoiez
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Banquet for the Damned, Adam Nevill - a review
There are two aspects of Adam Nevill’s stories that I love, and “Banquet for the Damned” has both – his preoccupation with the occult...
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carmillavoiez
Jul 1, 20181 min read
The Elementals, Michael McDowell - a review
I’m ashamed to admit that this was the first book by Michael McDowell that I’ve read. I asked friends and followers on Facebook to make...
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carmillavoiez
Apr 21, 20182 min read
Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell - a review
Ramsey Campbell wrote the first horror novel that I fell in love with. I was a teenager when I first read that one and it stayed with me....
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carmillavoiez
Mar 21, 20185 min read
Writing Horror While Trying to Avoid Stereotypes
It’s not as easy as it sounds. While tropes, clichés and stereotypes might be easy to spot in others work, they can become embedded in...
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carmillavoiez
Dec 21, 20173 min read
The Twenty Days of Turin, by Giorgio de Maria - a review
Originally published in the 1970s and recently translated into English, Giorgio de Maria’s short novel “The Twenty Days of Turin” is...
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carmillavoiez
Dec 15, 20171 min read
Teatro Grottesco, by Thomas Ligotti - a review
“He showed them the way into the nightmare, but he could not show them the way out…” Thomas Ligotti. “More a singer than a writer,” was...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 19, 20173 min read
Hasty for the Dark, by Adam Nevill, a review
It was with great pleasure that I received a review copy of Adam Nevill’s latest release - “Hasty For the Dark”. The collection is...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 12, 20173 min read
Adam Nevill, six days of October Frights, day three
That wonderful feeling when someone you’ve thought of as a contemporary and peer makes it to the big time. With the release on Friday...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 11, 201710 min read
Political Vampires, six days of October Frights, day two
Yesterday, for the October Frights blog hop I wrote about zombies, so today it's vampires. At the bottom of this post you'll find links...
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carmillavoiez
Oct 10, 20175 min read
Zombie Punks Fuck Off - six days of October Frights, day one
Happy Halloween brain-eaters. Z Nation season 4 is alive and kicking and The Walking Dead will start again very soon. Add to these...
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carmillavoiez
Aug 1, 20174 min read
My inspiration for Broken Mirror #2 Jagged Jaws
Today (Aug 1) is the release day for my short story collection, Broken Mirror and Other Morbid Tales. To celebrate and explain the...
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carmillavoiez
Jun 2, 20171 min read
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
I am not sure why I came to this book so late. The Haunting of Hill House is a wonderful novel. Four people gather together in a...
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