If you’ve ever wondered what makes an author’s mind tick, Mike Zimmerman (author of Dracula’s Apprentice) does a great job picking mine on the current novel and other related topics. What genre would you place your book in? The Wolf at His Door is solidly a horror novel, with paranormal M/M romance and dark fantasy…
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These werewolves are Silver Foxes
Over the years, werewolves have thrilled us in folklore, books, movies, and television. The best portrayals involve a little dangerous sex appeal and charisma. The men listed here transformed into the big bad wolf on screen, and then transformed into silver foxes later. Below are five werewolves and their “Silver Fox” more recent images. 1….
Naked Haunted House Tour? What’s scarier?
So a haunted house in Pennsylvania offers a haunted house tour completely naked. Yes, you, the visitor. Without clothes. What’s scarier–or more vulnerable–than being naked as people jump out at you with chainsaws? It seems like a mix of two of my worst nightmares: naked in public and, well, chainsaws. While I enjoy a great…
Iconic horror movie scenes
There are as many scenes (and lists it seems) as there are fans of horror. I, however, agree with this list more than others I’ve found that lean more toward brutality. This list captures the often disturbing beauty in horror. CHECK OUT THE LIST! Before you argue too much, see how many you recognize!
Images that scare
The movie poster–like a book cover–is an amazing sales tool. But are these 40 Greatest Horror Movie Posters? Any missing?http://www.totalfilm.com/features/40-greatest-horror-movie-posters
My eyes are deceiving me
Can you trust your eyes and ears? Can we trust the eyes and ears of a character? Playing with narrator reliability can be fun, but it’s a double-edged sword. Readers must never feel tricked or lied to, so substantiating the unreliability of a first-person narrator is important. “I’m a liar. I’m a known liar, that’s…
What lies beneath?
For me really good acting is about subtext. Clive Owen Strong characters and strong stories often have subtext*–the story underneath that tells us more about our humanity, in some instances, than the main story. I think this is especially true in horror stories. At the front we have something sinister, horrific, terrifying, but the subtext…
Supernatural Survival Skills
This is a recent feature added to my Facebook fan page — just a little fun to try your hand at surviving horror scenarios. If you would like more, please join me on Facebook.
The Runes (a sneak peek at my next novel)
Prologue It was like a bur—the kind you get stuck to your clothing crossing a late summer field or side-of-the-road ditch—only, it was stuck to her insides. She could feel it there, burrowing in, deeper each moment, contaminating her blood, feeding on her. Ilene pressed her hands to her stomach until her exposed flesh turned…
Red Haze (Sneak Peek)
5 Stars: ”Author Adrian Lilly very skillfully weaves a multiplicity of threads, never once telegraphing in advance where a particular plot thread will end up. More than once I found myself on the edge of my seat, heart in mouth, awaiting an outcome. I’m eagerly anticipating the next book in this series.”–Mallory Heart Reviews 4…
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