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PERFECT STOCKING STUFFER! "Sea Legs" available in Lovecraftian Microfiction Vol. 8!

PERFECT STOCKING STUFFER! “Sea Legs” available in Lovecraftian Microfiction Vol. 8!

How CUTE is this tiny book on a Christmas tree? I’m thrilled to announce that my piece, “Sea Legs,” is now available in Lovecraftian Microfiction Volume 8! “Sea Legs” is one of thirteen winners in the 2022 H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon Microfiction Contest, and the collection makes the perfect stocking stuffer (tiny trim size is so cute too!!). It’s also two books in one, with Tales…

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Leah Looks At - Looming Low: Vol. II

Leah Looks At – Looming Low: Vol. II

Looming Low: Vol. IIEdited by: Justin Steele and Max CowanPublisher: Dim Shores Publication Year: October, 2022ISBN: 9798985828214 Format: Hardcover and First Paperback editions limited to 150 hand-numbered copies. At the time of this post, I have seen that number now in question for First Paperback. An e-book version is promised to arrive, but timing remains uncertain.The award-winning anthology…

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Liked on YouTube: Sci-Fi Fantasy Short Film "Eureka!" | DUST | Starring Karen Gillan | Online Premiere || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muZnCSTrq0g || Explore the DUST Multiverse on our App: https://bit.ly/DUSTChannel A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas. "Eureka!" directed by Laura Moss Written by Nick Kocher Starring Karen Gillan, Jillian Bell, Karan Soni, & David Dastmalchian Connect with the Filmmakers: https://twitter.com/binderynyc https://ift.tt/x63qObz https://ift.tt/zWYFRlv https://ift.tt/ITyAC4R https://ift.tt/fgDydx6 https://ift.tt/ZnAQx42 https://ift.tt/NYCBroO https://ift.tt/fMDJqxo "Eureka!" Credits: A Bindery Film Production in Association with Fun Size Horror Cast: Karen Gillan, Jon Bass, Jillian Bell, Karan Soni, Betsy Sodaro, David Dastmalchian, Efia Pearson, Laura Zak, Sunkrish Bala, Brandon Bales Crew Producer: Adam Laupus 1st AD: Jean Pesce Director of Photography: Ben Rutkowski Production Designer: Caitlin Nicole Williams Costume Designer: Derya Derman Makeup: Jessica Eisenman Special FX Makeup: Keaghlan Ashley Sound Mixer: Kevin Terrado Composer: Ariel Marx Editor: Robert Ryang VFX: Mark Reynolds Sound Design: Mixology Post Color Correction: Nice Shoes Special Thanks: Cody Goodfellow & Joseph Baken Subscribe to the DUST and ALTER newsletter: https://ift.tt/2BgukAO Subscribe to DUST on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2aqc5vh #DUST #scifi #shortfilm About DUST: DUST presents thought-provoking science fiction content, exploring the future of humanity through the lens of science and technology. From timeless classics to cutting-edge movies, series, short films, and podcasts, DUST acquires, produces and distributes all content types. DUST is also available on Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, AppleTV, Fubo, IMDBTV, iOS, Peacock, Roku, Redbox, Samsung TV, Sling, STIRR, Tivo, Vizio, Xumo and 7Plus. On our OTT platforms, we offer cutting-edge and classic feature films, series, podcasts, and our entire shorts library. #TheFutureAwaits Watch on the DUST App: https://bit.ly/DUSTChannel Subscribe to the DUST Newsletter: https://bit.ly/signal_newsletter" Connect with DUST Website: https://ift.tt/BXzlFDC Sign-up for DUST newsletter: https://ift.tt/ESqgaeI Watch DUST on your TV: Available on Roku, Samsung TV, Apple TV, Android TV...and more Watch more on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2amTSen Follow Us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2aqYgtZ Follow Us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2amAhRt Listen to the DUST podcast: Apple: http://bit.ly/DUST-Audio Spotify: http://bit.ly/DUST-Spotify Stitcher: http://bit.ly/DUST-Stitcher Castbox: http://bit.ly/DUST-Castbox iHeart: http://bit.ly/DUST-iHeart About Gunpowder + Sky: Creating content that resonates and impacts pop culture conversation, by empowering creators to take risks and experiment relentlessly in the pursuit of novel stories and formats. https://www.youtube.com/watchdust

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Tales from the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror will be released on August 27 via Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing. It's available for pre-order in paperback ($18.95) and e-Book ($6.99).

Edited by David James Keaton and Max Booth III, the 346-page book collects 26 pizza-themed short horror stories. It features an introduction by David James Keaton and Steve Gillies and an afterword by Nathan Rabin.

Contributing authors include Cody Goodfellow, Jessica McHugh, Craig Wallwork, Rob Hart, Michael Paul Gonzalez, Brian Evenson, Tony McMillen, T. Fox Dunham, Izzy Lee, Nick Kolakowski, Tim Lieder, Sheri White, Matthew M. Bartlett, Joshua Chaplinsky, Amanda Hard, Evan Dicken, Andrew Hilbert, Emma Alice Johnson, Nancy Brewka-Clark, Matthew King, Michael Allen Rose, Betty Rocksteady, Pearse Anderson, James Newman & Desmond Reddick, Wallace Williamson, and David James Keaton & Max Booth III.

George Cotronis designed the cover art. The table of contents is below.

Table of contents:

Introduction: Pizza My Skull by David James Keaton and Steve Gillies

The Vegan Wendigo by Cody Goodfellow

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by Jessica McHugh

Rosemary and Time by Craig Wallwork

Last Request by Rob Hart

Upper Crust by Michael Paul Gonzalez

A Bloody Hand to Shake by Brian Evenson

Elude the Snood by Tony McMillen

The Blessed Hungry by T. Fox Dunham

Demons of 1994 by Izzy Lee

Bad Night Below Ricky’s by Nick Kolakowski

Introduction to “Let’s Kill the Pizza Guy”: The Love Poems of Yael Friedman concerning Hadassah Herz by Tim Lieder

Mickey and the Pizza Girls by Sheri White

The Black Cheese by Matthew M. Bartlett

Cenobio Pizzeria by Joshua Chaplinsky

Body of Crust by Amanda Hard

The Parlor by Evan Dicken

Watch Them Eat by Andrew Hilbert

Pizza_Gal_666 by Emma Alice Johnson

By the Slice by Nancy Brewka-Clark

Phosphenes by Matthew King

Ultimate Pizza Club by Michael Allen Rose

Leftovers by Betty Rocksteady

Crucifixions in the Garden of Garlic Bread by Pearse Anderson

30 Minutes or Less . . . or Else! by James Newman and Desmond Reddick

And She Answered the Door . . . NAKED! by Wallace Williamson

Bonus Slice: Pizza Party Friday! by David James Keaton and Max Booth III

Afterword: The Violent and Ugly Death of the Noid by Nathan Rabin

Whether you’re in the mood for a Chicago-style deep dish of darkness, or prefer a New York wide slice of thin-crusted carnage, or if you just have a hankering for the cheap, cheesy charms of cardboard-crusted, delivered-to-your-door devilry; we have just the slice for you.

Bring your most monstrous of appetites, because we’re serving suspense and horrors both chillingly cosmic and morbidly mundane from acclaimed horror authors such as Brian Evenson, Jessica McHugh, and Cody Goodfellow, as well as up-and-coming literary threats like Craig Wallwork, Sheri White, and Tony McMillen.

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By Cody Goodfellow

So the art and the artist can’t be separated without serious self-delusion. And it should be. He can’t be rehabilitated by even the most sincere arguments of minimize his racism, which are as wishful and silly as revisionist fantasies that place him as the heroic gumshoe absent from his stories. And he shouldn’t be. But with all due respect and sympathy to those who are done with HPL, I propose that, rather than relegate Lovecraft to the dustbin of dead white males, he should remain in the backwaters of classic literature but the forefront of outsider literature, of discordant voices whose false notes are as illuminating as their best.

That a self-taught and fiercely independent intellectual like Lovecraft could succumb so thoroughly to racist notions is an eloquent testimony to the virulent nature of racism as an intellectual pathology. It lends its cold, ugly comfort to the educated as well as the innocent by assuring the bigot they know everything they need to know about the Other, and need not feel strongly for them. The unwillingness of the modern Lovecraftian to confront the racism at the heart of his favorite stuff is an unwillingness to confront the racism and white privilege still baked into daily life almost a century after his death. It hurts to find out you’ve been wrong, and it can be devastating to find out that, hard as it’s been, you’ve always been protected.

​I learned more about the insidious corrosion of racism from reading Lovecraft than from any number of history books on the subject, and in writing my own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos, I’ve been challenged to examine my own assumptions about everything that goes into my fiction, to consider as often as possible an audience as different as conceivable from myself, and to invite them inside. But I can’t pass this off as more than a rationalization for my own quite unreasonable obsessions, and I wouldn’t seek to wave away the misgivings of people who find his work insupportable. But it’s worth examining why we even if we might not love Lovecraft anymore, we still need Cthulhu.

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Book Review: Classics Mutilated: CTRL-ALT-LIT edited by Jeff Conner

Thirteen stories in which classic tales and authors are combined with horror or fantasy tales and/or tropes.  Or, as the editor calls it, Monster Lit, only with an updated twist or two to keep the new sub-genre alive.  Each story has a black and white drawing that invokes the tale that will follow.  I’m tempted to copy some of them to frame, they are that good.  I’ve never heard of this publisher, IDW out of San Diego until I stumbled across this book at my used book store.  

As with any collection, there are highs and lows.  Sadly I DNF’d two of the stories, one due to animal/animal-human hybrid abuse.  Abuse, especially of animals and children, is a hard line for me, one I do not handle well.  If it is a main part of a story, I’m not reading, no matter who the author is or how talented they might be.  Most of the stories within this collection were good enough, a few were fantastic.  Would I recommend it?  Primarily for horror fans.  The literature side was more prevalent at the beginning compared to later in the story.  A good read overall.  3 out of 5.

“The Fairest of Them All” by Sean Taylor.  The dwarves worry about the human girl that they’ve taken into their lives and home.  Leader, believed to be the oldest, knows that sooner or later the Wicked Queen will find Snow.  Then there will be choices to be made.  When an enchanted mirror is discovered deep in the mine, with a girl trapped inside, they take it to Snow.  Wow, this really twists the two stories (“Snow White & the Seven Dwarves” and “Alice in Wonderland”) off-kilter, yet there is also a certain logic to this mashup.  As they say, “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely”.  4 out of 5

“Anne-Droid of Green Gables” by Lezli Robyn.  Matthew Cuthbert needed help on the farm so, using his savings, he purchased a refurbished prototype android that was never put into mass production.  Only he didn’t get the expected androgynous adult droid.  Instead he receives a female child overflowing with curiosity about the world and longing for both a bosom friend and a forever home.  Let’s start with that illustration, an adorable mix of android and big-eyed rag doll.  It makes you want to hug her and keep her safe.  As to the story, there are a few changes, other than the obvious.  For instance, Matthew and Marilla are a married couple rather than siblings.  I absolutely enjoyed this sweet story!  4.5 out of 5

“Little Women in Black” by Louisa May Alcott & Rick Hautala.  The March girls are knitting socks for the Union soldiers while lamenting being poor.  Their father is serving as a chaplain in Mr. Lincoln’s Army.  Beth appears to be a ghost, unable to interact with her family despite her best efforts, yet still present.  Jo is still tomboyish, although there are hints that she might actually be trans, or would’ve been in modern times.  She makes it clear that she would much prefer to be male and fights the attempts to make her into a proper woman.  Jo still meets Laurie, but here we’re given strong hints that he is from another planet.  I was fascinated by this story, but I felt it deserved expansion.  4 out of 5

“Death Stopped for Miss Dickinson” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.  Poet Emily Dickinson, very much an introvert, meets a mysterious man in the graveyard outside her window.  She becomes terrified that he could become immortal if her sister doesn’t destroy all her work after dying.  The tale is jumpy, told from different viewpoints, but never settling long enough to connect.  Perhaps a more fluid method of storytelling would’ve increased my enjoyment as there were some jewels of pure beauty in the story, but the nonlinear method just constantly jolted my enjoyment.  And, by the way, was Thomas Higgonson really needed?  I think not.  My first disappointing story.  3 out of 5.

“Twilight of the Gods” by Chris Ryall.  Loki is exiled to Jotunheim, his presence unwanted by the people of Asgard.  Fine with him as Asgard was no longer working for him.  He’s dropped into a new environment that helps Loki find himself.  That’s pretty much as far as I got.  I could blame Marvel and Tom Hiddleston giving us such a marvelous and witty version of Loki or perhaps the fact that this is a mashup with 90210, a series that I abhorred (along with all the other CW/UPN series in this vapid style), but the reality is that Ryall’s writing voice alternately bored and annoyed me.  DNF

“Pokky Man” by Marc Laidlaw.  When Hemlock Pyne was found “asleep” at a Pokkypet Reserve, his films were turned over to filmmaker Vernor Hertzwig.  Hertzwig interviews Pyne’s friends and acquaintances as well.  Huh, a skewed look at Pokeman and Werner Hertzog in this deep dive of what happened to Pyne.  Or perhaps it should be why it happened is more accurate.  After the disappointments of the last two stories, I was happy to find myself engrossed once again.  Strange and intriguing.  3.5 out of 5  

“Vicious” by Mark Morris.  Sid Vicious is sick, turning on his friends and bandmates, dealing with what is probably crabs, and not giving a shit about pretty much anything when a beautiful black woman appears in the broom closet where Sid had fucked the American fangirl.  He’s at a crossroads and must make a decision that will direct his life.  This one was hard to rate, but the writing is hardcore and, based on what I remember of Vicious, dead on characterwise.  3.5 out of 5

“From Hell’s Heart” by Nancy Collins.  Three men, all new to the trapping trade, decide to pool their resources and partner up.  It is successful until the night they trap a strange creature who manages to bite one of them in the hand.  As the hand becomes horribly infected, the unnamed narrator goes to the trading post for laudanum, meeting a man named Ahab, a former sea captain, who asks to accompany him back to the cabin where his two partners await.  Once there, they discover one man dead and the other no longer recognizable as human.  Ahab relates an extraordinary tale before following the creature into the night.  I delayed reading this for a bit as I was not a fan of either Moby Dick nor Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, the inspirations for this story.  Yet I found it surprisingly intriguing, although with a most disturbing ending.  3 out of 5.

“Frankenbilly” by John Shirley.  While working as a soundman on the set of “Billy the Kid Versus Dracula”, our unnamed narrator meets a mysterious cowboy who claims to be the real Billy the Kid, although he prefers to be called Henry now.  He relates a strange tale of how he met the doctor who inspired Mary Shelley’s Dr. Frankenstein before changing his mind about letting that story out.  The mixture of fact (the film, the location, the actors involved, some of the history of Billy and Pat) and fiction makes for an interesting horror tale.  3.5 out of 5.

“The Green Menace” by Thomas Tessier.  Fleeing Washington after his Senate censure, Senator Joe McCarthy checks into a fishing lodge in the middle of Wisconsin to reconsider his future plans, brood, and do some heavy drinking.  Instead he finds himself at war with frogs unlike any he has seen before.  I’m honestly not certain why this story appealed to me considering my absolute abhorrence of McCarthy, but it did pull me into its universe.  I was pleased to see that the narrator, young Kurt, comes to see McCarthy for what he really was as he grew up and did some research.  3.5 out of 5.

“Quoth the Rock Star” by Rio Youers.  When a raven appears at a Doors concert, Jim Morrison is drawn to follow the creature despite believing that it might be a hallucination due to LSD.  Walking through the streets of Baltimore, Jim comes to believe that it might be the soul of a broken person.  He didn’t expect to meet the long dead Edgar Allan Poe.  There begins a partial meeting of two men with much in common, merging into a fight for control, for life, for another chance to create.  Two troubled geniuses, both burning themself out through depression, in desperate search for love and a different life.  Youers’ voice is so compelling.  Knowledge of both men’s lives and works will definitely add to a reader’s enjoyment.  4 out of 5.

“The Happiest Hell on Earth” by John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow.  After 37 years in solitary confinement, the elephant man breaks loose, committing suicide, and leaving behind a manuscript that describes how the Animal Wars came to be.  I was nervous enough to read this story based on the art that preceded it, but once I started reading, I knew it was more than I could stomach.  The animal and animal/hybrid abuse is throughout the entire story, the callousness too much for me.  Before I quit, I saw references to Dr. Moreau, another story I find difficult to read, and some barely disguised swipes at Disney.  DNF

“Dread Island” by Joe R. Lansdale.  Huck Finn and Jim are convinced by Becky Thatcher to go after Tom Sawyer and Joe Hardy when they decide to go to Dread Island.  The island, set in the middle of the Mississippi River, can only be seen on the first night of a full moon.  Its reputation is that of deadly danger, but Huck cannot abandon his friend and disappoint Becky.  Jim reluctantly goes with him.  I’ve never read anything from Lansdale before although I’m aware that he has a strong fan base in SFF.  If his books are as imaginative and engrossing as this story, I can understand why.  First I love that the relationship between Jim and Huck is very father and son as well as friends.  Plus Jim is so much more knowledgeable about things and Huck is willing to listen, even if he still insists on going after Tom.  Lansdale has mixed Twain’s Huck with Uncle Remus’ Brer animals and Cthulhu into a horrifying adventure.  There are even a few recognizable guest appearances from both literature and history, giving a hint as to how this island operates.  Brilliant!  4 out of 5.

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Meet the acclaimed Nick Mamatas

Multiple nominee of the Bram Stoker, Hugo, World Fantasy, and Shirley Jackson Awards, Nick Mamatas celebrates THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF EVERYTHING with an appearance as part of The Weird Fiction Hour, Friday, September 28, 7-8:30 Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma, CA.

Andrew J. Stone, Autumn Christian, Cory Goodfellow, David James Keaton, and Sam Reeve join Mamatas for what promises to be a weird ole time!

Photo: Tristan Crane

For more info on THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF EVERYTHING, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Elizabeth Story

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The Tunnelers, by Geoff Gander

The Tunnelers, by Geoff Gander

“The following document, as well as a bundle of newspaper clippings, was found among the personal effects of Dr. Vincent Armstrong, a community psychiatrist in the Evaluation Unit at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Care Center, whose disappearance in Montreal is a matter of public record.”

Forbidden knowledge is a favorite leitmotif of H.P. Lovecraft’s, and many of his literary heirs pick up the…

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Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection (Gothic Fantasy). Foreword by Ramsey Campbell, Flame Tree Publishing, 2020. Info: flametreepublishing.com.

Featuring new stories specially commissioned for the collection this offering of H.P. Lovecraft's shared universe is a thrilling immersion into the world of Old Ones and the Elder Gods, an ancient race of terrifying beings. In Lovecraft's vision we live in a deep, but fragile illusion, unable to comprehend the ancient beings, such as the Cthulhu who lies dead but dreaming in the submerged city of R'lyeh, waiting to rise then wreak havoc on our realm of existence. Lovecraft used the mythos to create a background to his fiction, and challenged many writer companions to add their own stories. Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long, Henry Kuttner were amongst the first but over the years many others such as Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter and August Derleth added their voices to the many mythic cycles, developing themes and new fictional pathways for the town of Arkham, and the creatures Azathoth and Nyarlathotep. The Lovecraft Mythos is fertile ground for any writer of supernatural, horror, fantasy and science fiction, so for this edition we opened our submissions for brand new stories, many published here for the first time, to continue expanding the shared universe.

Lovecraft Mythos: Cthulhu-Seltzer by Hal Bodner Offspring by Evey Brett The Franklyn Paragraphs by Ramsey Campbell Foxfire Future by Helen E. Davis Grave Secrets by JG Faherty He Opens a Window by Cody Goodfellow The Innsmouth of the South by Rachael K. Jones The Damage by Scott R. Jones Black Ships Seen South of Heaven by Caitlín R. Kiernan Always a Castle? by Nancy Kilpatrick Let It Stand by N.R. Lambert Up from Slavery by Victor LaValle The Whisper of Stars by Thana Niveau My First Abomination by John Possidente By Any Other Name by John Llewellyn Probert A Gentleman from Mexico by Mark Samuels Usurped by William Browning Spencer Entirely Surrounded by Water by R.S. Stefoff Shed a Tear for Asenath by Jonathan Thomas Cloaca Maxima by Donald Tyson Tracking the Black Book by Douglas Wynne

New, recent and classic work by these authors will appear alongside stories by H.P. Lovecraft and the following: Ambrose Bierce, Robert Bloch, Robert W. Chambers, August W. Derleth, Lord Dunsany, Robert E. Howard, Henry Kuttner, Fritz Leiber, Frank Belknap Long, Zealia Bishop, Hazel Heald, Arthur Machen, Clark Ashton Smith.

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Screamfest Horror Film Festival Announces Initial Lineup for 21st Edition

Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, announced their first-wave lineup of competitive features and shorts for its 21st edition. Running October 12th through 21st at the TCL Chinese Theater, Screamfest® welcomes audiences back to the big screen for a collective experience they won’t soon forget. Tickets can be purchased here: https://screamfestla.com

The Retaliators will open Screamfest® LA on October 12th for its North American premiere with a red carpet prior to the screening. The film follows an upstanding pastor who uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. Directed by Bridget Smith and Samuel Gonzalez Jr. and written by the Geare brothers, The Retaliators also features a high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music, including Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, Escape The Fate, and more appear on screen. Marc Menchaca (Ozark), Michael Lombardi (Rescue Me), and Joseph Gatt (Game of Thrones) star in this horror-thriller which reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules.

Considered the "Sundance of Horror," Screamfest® is proud to showcase new work from independent filmmakers from across the globe. Highlights from this year’s program include the World Premieres of Father of Flies, the haunting tale of family life and the supernatural and Teddy Grennan’s Wicked Games where a long weekend at a country estate is turned into a nightmare when a group of masked intruders invades the property. Little do they know one guest has a surprise for them.

Four films will be making their North American debuts at the festival. In addition to The Retaliators, Richard Waters’s dark folk horror Bring Out The Fear traps its protagonists in an unsolvable maze where a sinister presence awaits; Clare Foley stars in the sci-fi horror The Changed where an alien presence takes possession of the hearts and minds of her city; and Isolation depicts nine tales of terror which are woven together as remote people work to survive an increasingly deadly outbreak.

US premieres at the festival include Russia’s #Blue_Whale produced by Timur Bekmambetov, which follows Dana as she works to uncover the truth behind her sister’s suicide; Argentina’s fantasy horror film Nocturna: Side A- The Great Old Man’s Night which depicts one old man’s journey to rethink his past and present and question his reality; and Kratt by Rasmus Berivoo in which children stumble upon an instruction manual to create a supernatural being.

West Coast premieres at the festival include a joint production between the US, Mexico, and Venezuela, Exorcism of God which follows an American priest working in Mexico who, due to a botched exorcism, carries a dark secret with him; hailing from Ireland, Let the Wrong One In dives into the complications of family ties when a vampire is discovered in the family; Erik Bloomquist follows twins who spend a night at a remote inn to investigate their missing father in Night at the Eagle Inn; North American distribution rights to the Argentinian The Returned (Los Que Vuelven) - which follows a woman in 1919 prays to a mythical deity to resurrect her stillborn son - were acquired in a new venture between Peter Block of A Bigger Boat and Seth Nagel, Scott Einbinder and Garrick Dion of 5X Media; What Josiah Saw explores a farmhouse haunted by the past; Alone With You stars Emily Bennett, Emma Myles, and fan-favorite Barbara Crampton in a twisted tale of memory and horror unfolding over a romantic homecoming for a distant girlfriend; and When I Consume You by Perry Blackshear where two siblings get more than they bargained for when hunting a shadowy stalker.

The festival will also feature a Special Presentation of Daniel Farrands’s Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeyman starring Peyton List and Lydia Hearst, which follows the notorious killer through a little known chapter of her life in Deland, Florida.

“After a challenging year for cinema, we are excited to return to our home at the TCL Chinese Theatre for our latest lineup of frights,'' says festival founder Rachel Belofsky. “While last year’s drive-ins allowed us to continue to celebrate horror films as a community, we have missed the magic of the traditional theatrical experience.”

Formed in August 2001 by film producer Rachel Belofsky, Screamfest Horror Film Festival is a female-run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that gives filmmakers and screenwriters in the horror and science fiction genres a venue to have their work showcased in the film industry.

Please find the 2021 Screamfest feature line-up below:

Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeyman (US, 2021) - Special Presentation Written and Directed by Daniel Farrands Produced by Lucas Jarach, Daniel Farrands, Meadow Williams, Swen Temmel, Luke Daniels, Daniel Davila Executive Producer(s) Nicolas Chartier, Jonathan Deckter, Lydia Hearst, Alan Pao Cast Peyton List, Lydia Hearst, Tobin Bell, Nick Vallelonga, Swen Temmel, Meadow Williams, Andrew Biernat Based on a little-known chapter in the life of America's most notorious female serial killer, "Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeyman" takes place in 1976 when 21-year-old Aileen (Peyton List) arrives in Florida attempting to escape her tragic past. Soon she marries wealthy yacht club president Lewis Fell (Tobin Bell) who offers her the chance to become part of Florida's high society. Ultimately, the victimized Aileen surrenders to her murderous impulses and wreaks havoc on the peaceful seaside community of Deland, Florida.

Alone With You (US, 2021) - West Coast Premiere Directed by Emily Bennett & Josh Brooks Written by Emily Bennett & Josh Brooks Produced by Andrew D. Corkin & Theo James Cast Emily Bennett, Emma Myles (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK), Dora Madison (BLISS, VFX), and Barbara Crampton (RE-ANIMATOR, YOU'RE NEXT) Charlie (Emily Bennett) is setting the atmosphere in her sleek, two-story apartment in Brooklyn for a romantic homecoming for her distant girlfriend Simone (Emma Myles) who’s been away for work. There are past glimpses of visual tension between the two, so we’re led to feel that this meticulous setting of mood may be a peacemaking gesture. Enamored beyond all good sense, Charlie begins to experience a myriad of unsettling incidents, and the horrors of what has transpired are slowly revealed in the shards of Charlie’s resistant memory.

#Blue_Whale (Russia, 2021) - US Premiere Directed by Anna Zaytseva Written by Evgeniya Bogomyakova, Anna Zaytseva, Olga Klemesheva Produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Anna Shalashina, Igor Mishin Cast Anna Potebnya, Timofey Eleckii, Ekaterina Stulova, Diana Shulmina, Olga Pipchenko, Polina Vataga, Daniil Kiselev After her younger sister Julia commits suicide, troubled adolescent Dana decides to find out what led to her death. Examining her sister’s computer, Dana finds a secret chat group where adolescents are encouraged to kill themselves through a challenge called "Blue Whale". Dana’s investigation leads her ever closer to the truth, but to really discover what happened, she herself must play the deadly game. #blue_whale // #I_want_to_play_the_game is inspired by real events that happened in Russia in 2015 and 2017.

Bring Out The Fear (Ireland, 2021) - North American Premiere Written and Directed by Richard Waters Produced by Alison Scarff & Richard Waters Cast Ciara Bailey, Tad Morari, James Devlin Rosie and Dan are a couple in a doomed relationship. While taking a final walk in their favourite forest, they find it has trapped them in an unsolvable maze. The paths lead nowhere, the trees never end, the sun never sets, and a sinister presence stalks and torments them, trying to drive them insane... There is no escape. But what exactly are they hiding? This dark folk horror will leave you questioning what is real and what is malicious trickery.

The Changed (US, 2021) - North American Premiere Written and Directed by Michael Mongillo Produced by Taylor Warren and Eloise Asmuth Cast Clare Foley, Jason Alan Smith, Carlee Avers, Doug Tompos, introducing Olivia Freer, with Kathy Searle, and Tony Todd Something has taken possession of the hearts and minds of the populace. Kim (Clare Foley), Mac (Jason Alan Smith), and Jane (Carlee Avers) try to convince themselves it's paranoia, but before long the city is besieged by the changed. By the time they realize an alien intelligence has merged with their neighbor, Bill (Tony Todd), a horde of changed is amassing outside their suburban home.

Exorcism of God (US/Mexico/Venezuela, 2021) - West Coast Premiere Directed by Alejandro Hidalgo Written by Alejandro Hidalgo, Santiago Fernández Calvete Produced by Alejandro Hidalgo, Joel Seidl, Karim Kabche & Antonio Abdo Cast María Gabriela De Faría, Will Beinbrink, Joseph Marcell Peter Williams, an American priest working in Mexico, is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a dark secret that's eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his own demon one final time.

Father of Flies (USA/UK, 2021) - World Premiere Directed by Ben Charles Edwards Written by Kirsty Bell Produced by Kirsty Bell, Phil McKenzie Cast Nicholas Tucci, Camilla Rutherford, Davi Santos, Page Ruth, Keaton Tetlow, Colleen Heidemann A haunting tale of family life. A vulnerable young boy finds his mother pushed out of the family home by a strange new woman, and he must confront the terrifying supernatural forces that seem to move in with her.

Isolation (US, 2021) - North American Premiere Directed by Larry Fessenden, Andrew Kasch, Dennie Gordon, Bobby Roe, Alix Austin & Keir Siewert, Christian Pasquariello, Alexandra Neary, Zach Passero, Adam Brown & Kyle I. Kelley Written by Larry Fessenden, Cody Goodfellow, Dennie Gordon, Zack Andrews & Bobby Roe, Kyle I. Kelley & Adam Brown, Keir Siewert, Zach Passero, Alexandrea Neary, Christian Pasquariello Produced by Nathan Crooker, James P. Gannon Cast Larry Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, Graham Denman, Damien Gerard, Bobby Roe Sunny Roe, Bodhi Roe, Adam Brown, Alix Austin, Hannah Passero Marieh Delfino, Alex Weed, Fine Belger, Hans Gurbig Woven together are nine tales of terror that follow isolated citizens from around the world as they confront their darkest fears in an attempt to survive an increasingly deadly outbreak.

Kratt (Estonia, 2020) - US Premiere Written and Directed by Rasmus Merivoo Produced by Rain Rannu, Tõnu Hiielaid Cast Mari Lill, Ivo Uukkivi, Jan Uuspõld, Paul Purga, Nora Merivoo, Harri Merivoo When children are left at Grandma's without smartphones they’re bored to tears. That is until Granny finds them loads to do. She also tells them about a magical creature named KRATT that’ll do whatever its master says. When they stumble upon an instruction on how to build one they don’t hesitate. All they have to do now is to buy a soul from the devil…

Let The Wrong One In (Ireland, 2021) - West Coast Premiere Written and Directed by Conor McMahon Produced by Trisha Flood, Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, Michael Lavelle Cast Karl Rice, Eoin Duffy, Anthony Head, Mary Murray Let the Wrong One In follows young supermarket worker Matt, who is a little too nice for his own good. When he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he's faced with a dilemma: Will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water? Or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further? The film stars upcoming Irish talent Karl Rice and Eoin Duffy, along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon Anthony Head, in the role of Henry; a taxi driver with a sideline in vampire hunting.

Night at the Eagle Inn (US, 2021) - West Coast Premiere Directed by Erik Bloomquist Written by Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist Produced by Erik Bloomquist, Carson Bloomquist Cast Amelia Dudley, Taylor Turner, Beau Minniear, Greg Schweers, Erik Bloomquist Fraternal twins spend a terrifying night at a remote inn to investigate the last known whereabouts of their father. As they dive deeper, the property's dark secrets ensnare them in a hellish labyrinth they must escape before dawn.

Nocturna: Side A - The Great Old Man’s Night (Argentina, 2021) - US Premiere Directed by Gonzalo Calzada Written by Gonzalo Calzada Produced by Alejandro Narváez, Javier Diaz Cast - Pepe Soriano, Marina Artigas, Lautaro Delgado Synopsis - Ulysses is a hundred-year-old man, he lives alone and is on the verge of death. The last night of his life, he will experience something that will force him to rethink his past, his present and his view about his reality.

The Retaliators (US, 2021) - North American Premiere - OPENING NIGHT Directed by Bridget Smith, Samuel Gonzalez, JR. Written by The Geare Brothers Produced by Allen Kovac, Michael Lombardi, Mike Walsh Executive Producer(s) Dan Lieblein Cast Michael Lombardi, Marc Menchaca, Joseph Gatt, Jacoby Shaddix, Katie Kelly, Abbey Hefer, Ivan Moody, Zoltan Bathory In THE RETALIATORS, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules. Marc Menchaca (Ozark), Michael Lombardi (Rescue Me), and Joseph Gatt (Game of Thrones) star. Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, Escape The Fate, and more appear onscreen and on THE RETALIATORS Original Soundtrack, coming soon via Better Noise Music.

The Returned (Los Que Vuelven) (Argentina, 2021) - West Coast Premiere Directed by Laura Casabe Written by Laura Casabe, Paolo Soria, Lisandro Colaberardino Produced by Alejandro Israel Cast Maria Soldi, Lali Gonzalez, Alberto Ajaka South America, 1919; a landowner's wife is desperate for a child of her own, having suffered through multiple miscarriages. She finds hope, however, in a seemingly outlandish plan: she'll pray to a mythical deity to resurrect her stillborn son. The plan works, but along with the child comes something else...something evil.

What Josiah Saw (US, 2021) - LA Premiere Directed by Vincent Grashaw Produced by Ran Namerode, Vincent Grashaw, Bernie Stern, Angelia Adzic Executive Producer(s) Cole Payne, Scott Haze Written by Robert Alan Dilts Cast Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl, Scott Haze, Kelli Garner, Tony Hale, Jake Weber Everyone in town knows about the haunted Graham Farm on Willow Road. You'll hear there's a bad history to it. Josiah and his youngest son, Thomas, are all that remain of this estranged family. But after experiencing terrifying visions from beyond, Josiah decides they must change their ways to right a great wrong. After being away for over two decades, Eli and Mary, Josiah's eldest children, are enticed to sell the property and reunite at the old farmhouse in hopes of closing this haunting chapter of their lives for good. Sins of the past will be paid in full.

When I Consume You (US, 2021) - West Coast Premiere Written and Directed by Perry Blackshear Produced by MacLeod Andrews, Perry Blackshear, Evan Dumouchel, Libby Ewing Cast Libby Ewing, Evan Dumouchel, MacLeod Andres, Margaret Ying Drake Siblings Daphne and Wilson Shaw practically raised one another. They’ve protected each other from everything life has thrown their way. Daphne’s professional life is soaring and she’s looking to adopt a child. Wilson is interviewing for a position at a local school, hoping to become a teacher. But Daphne has an unsettling, dangerous stalker whom she can’t seem to shake, and now threatens to destroy them both. They hunt for their tormentor through the shadowy streets of Brooklyn, honing their bodies and minds for a showdown. But this foe may prove to be more than they can handle. They will break and rebuild themselves if necessary to save each other, and protect the light they know is in this world for them... if only they can persevere.

Wicked Games (US, 2021) - World Premiere Written and Directed by Teddy Grennan Produced by Bennett Krishock, Heath Franklin, Burton Gray, Teddy Grennan, Christopher Walters Cast Christine Spang, Markus Silbiger, Michael Shenefelt, Conner Ann Waterman When Harley joins her new boyfriend for a long Halloween weekend at his country estate, they're invaded by a bank of masked freaks and forced to play a Wicked Game. To the intruders' unpleasant surprise, Harley's hard-boiled history has endowed her with a bag of tricks which give the game a surprise ending.

Standing out as one of the top tastemakers in the genre of horror, Screamfest has been a launchpad for top tier franchises and storytellers. Among the numerous films that have been discovered and/or premiered at the festival include box office hit The Wretched, Tigers Are Not Afraid, We Summons the Darkness, Pledge, The Master Cleanse, Tragedy Girls, American Mary, Paranormal Activity, 30 Days of Night, Trick ‘r Treat, and The Human Centipede.

Screamfest selects award winners at the close of the festival. Film entries are accepted in the categories of Best Feature, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Special Effects and Musical Score. In addition, there are special categories for Best Animation, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Student Film as well as a Screenplay competition.

Screamfest® takes the health and safety of its guests seriously and proof of vaccination or negative COVID test with a temperature check will be required for entry. Masks are required at all times while inside the venue. Hand sanitizer stations are placed throughout the theater and lobby with special cleanings in between screenings. Screamfest® will comply with all LA County regulations and policies are subject to change.

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129 Cody Goodfellow

Join Leah as she investigates the happenings around this multifaceted gentleman upon his return from BizarroCon and has chosen to speak with us here on the Legends of Tabletop channel.

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Delta Green came out of the Nineties, out of what was, in retrospect, America’s Indian Summer vacation between the fall of the Wall and the fall of the Towers. It presented a vision of a black-suited conspiracy in league with alien entities that were using the entire U.S. government as their puppets, or perhaps as their host body. Opposing that conspiracy? Our heroes? Not the heroes of previous decades; not lovers, or reporters, or Rambo. No, our heroes were guys in (slightly different) black suits, members of that same federal government, themselves forced to lie and sneak and conspire to defeat a faceless, multi-headed military-industrial-bureaucratic complex in the name of How Things Used To Be. Our enemies weren’t Us—this ain’t Pogo—but they weren’t quite Them, either. This grand jetée of navel-gazing paranoia was, to put it mildly, in tune with the Nineties. That decade’s zeitgeist perhaps most famously also created The X-Files—which debuted a year after the first Delta Green scenario saw print, a datum I must have heard Tynes adduce a hundred times in a fugue of irked pride. Like Cody Goodfellow’s Radiant Dawn (a glorious 1999 Cthulhu Mythos novel of medical horror and technocratic implacability), our fables clung rigorously to the nuts and bolts of the clandestine and the quotidian, like all proper thrillers running just a few weeks ahead of the headlines. And such headlines they were! Why, in the Nineties, conspiracy theorists used to argue about one guy dead in a park, or taped conversations about blowjobs! People hugged themselves to sleep dreaming up conspiracy porn featuring alien autopsies, black helicopters, and shadowy survivalists in the woods somewhere. Then. The next decade, everybody—not just the conspiracy theorists—argued about how many secret prisons the federal government should be allowed to run in foreign countries, and whether the president or just the vice president had connived at murdering 2,800 New Yorkers. JFK’s former press secretary declared that a missile, not a hijacked airliner, hit the Pentagon. If you wanted conspiracy porn, you had your choice of beheadings or prison experiments, depending on your politics. Surely, the days of Delta Green had passed. It was fun while it lasted, like souvenir T-shirts from Roswell or I WANT TO BELIEVE posters.“

Delta Green: Strange Authorities, by John Scott Tynes

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Novedades de Junio 3

Novedades de Junio 3

LITERATURA Ediciones Vestigio nos presenta muchas novedades. La primera es “Brecha”, antología que recopila los relatos publicados durante el primer año del Patreon de Vestigio. Con relatos de Sergi Álvarez, Luis Carlos Barragán, João Barreiros, Hank T. Cohen, Garrett Cook, S.L. Edwards, Cody Goodfellow, Stephany Méndez Perico, Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría, Nieves Mories, Karen Andrea Reyes,…

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Please join Marsha Casper Cook and Trish Wilson for a fabulous discussion with John Skipp on Thursday June 2 4EST 3 CST 2 MT 1PST. John Skipp is a New York Times bestselling author, editor, film director, zombie godfather, compulsive collaborator, black-humored optimist, and all-around Renaissance mutant. John Skipp is a splatterpunk horror and fantasy author and anthology editor, as well as a songwriter, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. He collaborated with Craig Spector on multiple novels and has also collaborated with Marc Levinthal and Cody Goodfellow. Trish Wilson's short fiction has appeared in 'Zippered Flesh 3', 'Wicked Women: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers', 'Teeming Terrors,' 'The Black Stone: Stories for Lovecraftian Summonings', 'Dancing in the Shadows: A Tribute to Anne Rice', 'Death's Garden Revisited', 'The Horror Zine's Book of Ghost Stories', 'The Horror Zine's Book of Werewolf Stories', and more. She has interviewed numerous horror writers for The Horror Zine and is also the Media Director for The Horror Zine. Link to Elizabeth Marsha Casper Cook is not only an award-winning author and screenwriter she is also the host and producer of all of the Michigan Avenue Media Podcasts on Blog Talk Radio. Her most recent accomplishment is her contribution to the worldwide magazine eYs. Marsha has written over fifteen books and twelve screenplays, including romance, dramas, and children's books.