Horror World (
www.horrorworld.org
)
The front page of this site links to fiction by Greg F.
Gifune, regular columns by Wayne Edwards and M. Stephen Lukac,
and interviews by Steven Wedal & Blu Gilliand plus several
reviews.
Greg F. Gifune's short story for the April 2010 issue is
"Snow Angels." Steve, the protagonist, returns to the town of
Whaler's Bay, a town he had left years ago when he saw bodies,
hanging in the trees. A good story, but one I found
predictable. The copyright dates of 1999/2010 makes me think
the story is a reprint, but if it is
I can't find any other indication of it on the website.
M. Stephen Lukac's column "What I Know" is a look at the
decline of bookstores. I found the article informative,
interesting, and entertaining.
"Nightmares Illustrated" by Wayne Edwards is a column on
horror comics. Edwards takes a look at the Deadworld: Frozen
Over miniseries published by Desperado Publishing, the Creepy/
Eerie archives published by Darkhorse, and American Vampire
written by Stephen King and Scott Snyder. This comic about the
first American Vampire sounds like a lot of fun and something I
would personally enjoy. I may have to buy an issue next time
I'm at my local comics store.
Steve Wedel conducts an interview with Gene O'Neill
while Blu Gilliand interviews Roger Ma. I'm not familiar with
either author, but I found Ma's interview more entertaining. I
enjoyed reading how he worked on The Zombie Combat Manual.
The site also contains a podcast, Pod Of Horror, that
gives horror news. Despite more than one try, I've been unable
to listen all the way through the podcast.
There is also a review page that contains several short
reviews.
The rest of the site contains archives, a library of
links, and some advertisements.
There's enough material on this site that any horror fan
or writer should be able to find something to keep him occupied.
Contact Mark at:
markfewell@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~markfewell
NN