Friday Fiction: Records of The Nightmare Slurry
Hello, dear reader. Today’s story is another strange one. Another exploration of form and ideas.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 31st, 2025
Hello, dear reader. Today’s story is another strange one. Another exploration of form and ideas.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 29th, 2025
Dark Harvest is a novella from 2006 I oopsed into reading because I wanted something short and spooky for October—and then only finished it a few days ago. And now, having discovered that it’s getting a film adaptation that appears to be trapped in some bureaucratic/logistical hell and will come out eventually, it seemed a perfect book to give a review.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 22nd, 2025
Much has been said, no doubt, about the social satire inherent to Severance. It’s the most immediate aspect of the show—and only continues to become more aggressive as the series continues. But I am not the reviewer to talk about its accuracy to either the feelings inherent to such a type of work or the setting’s accuracy.
By Brandon Scott on Jan 17th, 2025
Last Friday Fiction, I said you’d get a “classic horror story” A classic horror story, in this case, means a truly gory cosmic horror tale with some gnarly (but mostly implied) body horror.
By Brandon Scott on Dec 30th, 2024
Crypt of the Moon Spider Abandons Its Plot In Its Own Wordbuilding Chaos I went into Crypt of the Moon Spider not knowing two important things about it. The first is that it’s not a monster story, not really. It’s a medical horror book tinged with cosmic horror elements. Perhaps in the sequel, it’ll swing…
By Brandon Scott on Dec 27th, 2024
It’s been a little while since our last horror tale, has it not? Something brutal, spooky, or nightmarish hasn’t graced our Friday Fiction section since (arguably) we found out what a “reverse werewolf” curse was.
Well, that changes with this short tale entitled “Chalk Drawings of Monsters.”
By Brandon Scott on Dec 16th, 2024
Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer (I’m shortening that to Lucky Girl) is a story that purports to be about Krampus. It’s not really. Its genre is horror—but it’s almost never scary. And the tagline about a person becoming a horror writer is a portal to so many other issues I’ll rant about later.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 22nd, 2024
Dear reader, oh, our dear readers, the following tale doesn’t fit into any single genre. It is a fantasy tale, in a medieval land, yes. And there’s a strange type of magic that anyone can spontaneously have, for certain. That is fantastical. No arguing about that.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 6th, 2024
I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House is a stark contrast to the first book in the “I Found Horror” series. It’s technically the second book, but was published first. I’m unsure of why it’s set up that way, except perhaps to give a better starting impression.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 1st, 2024
What is the opposite of a standard werewolf curse? In the average story, you get bitten by a werewolf and turn into one every full moon. Care to take a guess what’s different about this one?
By Brandon Scott on Oct 31st, 2024
Happy Halloween, everyone! We hope that you’ve had a ton of fun this year—and enjoyed something spooky.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 25th, 2024
The conclusion. Secrets. A terrifying glance at disturbing art and an even smaller hint of its artist.