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The Horror Zine, founded by award-winning editor and writer Jeani Rector, is currently reading for a monsters anthology. Full guidelines are on their site. We are looking for monsters, creatures, beasts, mutants, monstrosities, frightening oddities, malformations, altered insects or animals, mythical creatures, monsters from space or from bodies of water, or something we can’t even imagine but you can. We are not looking for vampires, werewolves, mummies, or Frankenstein (unless it is something totally unique). We are not looking for ghosts. We are not looking […]
April 15th, 2023 | Filed under Books,Professional | Read More »
Question: How do you feel fiction-writing and screen-writing compare? Gothic.net’s Panel of Experts weight in on the ways fiction-writing and screenwriting compare. Some of our experts feel writing fiction allows for more intricate character development and internal monologues, while writing for the screen requires a tighter focus on action and dialogue. Some find that writing for film or television requires more collaboration with directors, producers, and actors, while writing a novel or short story allows for more solitary creativity. Some find it all comes down […]
February 24th, 2023 | Filed under Headline,Professional | Read More »
Question: Do you feel it is better for a book or story to be classified as horror or mystery or literature? Yes! This feature marks the return of Gothic.net’s popular Panel of Experts series! Part of the study of library science is figuring out how to categorize books to make them findable and comparable. Book classification can really impact which readers are likely to find the book a writer may have spent years crafting and perfecting. Sometimes a theme will definitely appeal to horror fans […]
February 16th, 2023 | Filed under Headline,Horror,Professional | Read More »
We live in an age undreamt, where information pours forth like rivers into oceans. We need people to help us find the information we need. We need librarians. Kyle Cassidy wants to make sure the world knows this. Cassidy, a photographer and something of an anthropologist of modern sub-cultures, shot photos and conducted interviews with librarians at the American Librarian Association’s annual convention. He wants to take that idea much farther though. His goal is to document at least 100 librarians, make a short documentary […]
June 18th, 2014 | Filed under Books,Headline,Lifestyle,Professional | Read More »
Horror home Dark Delicacies is hosting a signing for authors Diane O’Bannon and author Matt Lohr. The book is Dan O’Bannon’s Guide to Screenplay Structure: Inside Tips from the Writer of Alien, Total Recall and Return of the Living Dead. In addition to the screenplays in the title, late screenwriter Dan O’Bannon’s credits also include Lovecraft riff Bleeders, some of the inspiration for the recent Prometheus, and John Carpenter’s Dark Star (in which he also acted). Dark Delicacies head honcho Del Howison is a member […]
December 15th, 2012 | Filed under Books,Events,Headline,Professional | Read More »
Some say that the luck a gambler can get (or fail to get) from a dead man’s hand comes from a play on words, based on the hand of glory. The dead man’s hand is supposed to be the hand of cards held by Wild Bill Hickok in his final poker game. It is generally agreed that he had a pair of aces and a pair of eights, but historians and other spooky people debate what the hole card actually was. The Adams Museum in […]
November 14th, 2012 | Filed under Headline,Professional | Read More »
As fans gear up for the new season of American Horror Story, it was great to see the prolific television show receive some much deserved awards. Jessica Lange was presented with an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for her astonishing portrayal of Constance Langdon, the nosy neighbor with a twisted past. For her role in American Horror Story, Jessica Lange has won a Golden Globe, Satellite Award and Screen Actors Guild Award. Francis Conroy, the age-bending maid that worked […]
September 27th, 2012 | Filed under Dark TV,Events,Headline,Professional | Read More »
The 2012 Emmys have been awarded, and the hit AMC television show, The Walking Dead, pardon the pun, walked away with an Emmy for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special. The show, known for its realistic, cringe-worthy and gory effects, brings zombies into millions of American living rooms every week. Based on a comic book series of the same name, The Walking Dead premiered on October 31, 2010 to an audience of 5.3 million. In 2011, The Walking Dead also […]
September 27th, 2012 | Filed under Dark TV,Events,Headline,Professional | Read More »
Question: If you had to label your work, what genre tag would you put on the bulk of it? Horror and dark fiction/art seem to be the two big winners here, in terms of how we would label our work, if we had to label our work. Many of us balk at having to label, however, and many of us feel like what we do is specific and not just generally horror when that genre label has such wide-ranging definition. Some popular additional categorizations include […]
September 17th, 2012 | Filed under Headline,Horror,Professional | Read More »
You have probably noticed that we have been gearing up to cover the new season of Face Off here at Gothic.net, including an Exclusive Interview with SyFy Face Off Season 2 Winner Rayce Bird by Gothic.net columnist extraordinaire Ed Grabianowski. Dark fashion and beauty site Gothic.Org wants in on the Face Off fun and is seeking someone to cover the show. We are more interested in the monsters and movies aspects over here, but, to write for Gothic.Org, you’ll need to be more of a […]
August 15th, 2012 | Filed under Headline,Professional | Read More »
