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Complete Dark Tower series by Stephen King: “It’s fun to play with a world where feelings of mysticism and wonder are taken for granted.”

Find out all about Stephen King’s multiverse fantasy western series Dark Tower. “If you create an entirely new, fictional world, readers who participate in the creation of that world say, ‘Fine. Let it exist according to its own laws,’” King says. “That’s wonderful.”

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Q&A: Johnny Compton on ‘The Spite House’: “Someone building a house purely to express their hatred fascinated me.”

We talk to horror author Johnny Compton about The Spite House, a terrifying Gothic thriller about grief and death and the depths of a father’s love. In our interview, Compton shares the angle that drove him to write it, explains his favorite things about horror fiction, and reveals how he hates it when people dismiss the genre.

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Music, Ghosts, Comedy, Movies Chris Well Music, Ghosts, Comedy, Movies Chris Well

Harry Belefonte’s impact on horror comedy ‘Beetlejuice’: “I had kids all over me: ‘Oh! The guy from ‘Beetlejuice’!’”

The world recently lost singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte (1927-2023), whose popular songs included “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” and “Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)”—both of which were in the movie Beetlejuice. In fact, you can watch those clips now!

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Peter David: Complete Star Trek: New Frontier Series: “The best of both worlds.”

Star Trek: New Frontier is a series of novels written by Peter David that features original characters set in the larger Star Trek universe. “The advantage of playing in the Star Trek universe is that you have access to that vast reservoir of possibilities. The disadvantage is that you really can’t change any of the characters. Except that’s not an issue in New Frontier. It’s really the best of both worlds.”

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Nomination for horror comic ‘The Me You Love In The Dark’

The first collected edition of horror romance comic The Me You Love In The Dark is nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel category. Writer Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist Jorge Corona (No. 1 With A Bullet, Super Sons, Feathers) follow up their critically acclaimed series Middlewest with this haunting tale.

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