Sinister Seven: David Hollander, Author Of “Anthropica” By MARK BENEDICT David Hollander isn’t messing around. His new novel, ANTHROPICA (Animal Riot Press), doesn’t just tell a story of our world on the verge of apocalypse; it also seeks to capture the...
SINISTER SEVEN: KAREN RUSSELL, AUTHOR OF THE NIGHTMARISH “SLEEP DONATION” By MARK BENEDICT Karen Russell is a stellar fantasy writer. Though anchored in the real world, her stories have darkly magic settings, like a sinister silk-making factory or a lodge...
SINISTER SEVEN: “CASTLE OF HORROR” PODCASTERS ON SATAN, SIDE HUSTLES, AND ROLLER-SKATING VAMPIRES By MARK BENEDICT CASTLE OF HORROR is by no means the only podcast dedicated to conversations about vintage and contemporary horror films. But it’s definitely...
Scary School Days: A Back-to-Class Viewing Guide By MARK BENEDICT These are, to state the obvious, eerie times. Masked strangers are a regular sight. Almost everyone, even your grubbiest friends, has gleaming, thoroughly scrubbed hands. Meanings have flipped. A...
SINISTER SEVEN: GRADY HENDRIX ON “SLAYING VAMPIRES,” “PAPERBACKS FROM HELL,” AND WTF MOVIE SEQUELS By MARK BENEDICT Grady Hendrix is funny as hell. Humor powers his fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays. His new novel, THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING...