Category: Writing and Other Violent Crimes
Thoughts on the writing life, reviews, interviews, and videos of me screaming at a cursor flashing on a blank page.
Posted on October 16, 2013
by Brad C. Hodson
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When the leaves change color and the wind cools, we find ourselves imagining what could be lurking in the shadows, what could be waiting in closets and under beds and inside dank, dark spaces. It’s a time that, whether through tradition or the influence… Continue Reading “Peculiar Genius: The Ghost Stories of M.R. James”
Category: March of the Autumn People, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: Clark Ashton Smith, Featured, ghost stories, ghost story, horror, HP Lovecraft, M.R. James, Montague Rhodes, Montague Rhodes James, short story, Stephen King
Posted on November 15, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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The incomparable Lisa Morton recently invited me to be a part of a round robin interview series. While I figure out which writers to send this on to, here are my answers. 1) What is the working title of your next book? The Mud Angel.… Continue Reading “Round Robin Interview”
Posted on October 30, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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I recently got together with friends and fellow authors Lisa Morton, John Palisano, and Jodi Lester to discuss what frightens us, the horror genre, the writing biz, and all sorts of other interesting goodies. Here’s Part 1 of the discussion: Q: What do you… Continue Reading “Roundtable Discussion: The Horror of it all!”
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Posted on October 24, 2012
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Also check out Part 1: Black Hounds and Part 2: A Ghost Story for Halloween Okay, so I admit this one’s a bit of a stretch. The soundtrack to the novel presented as mythology? I’m with you. I’m kinda-sorta pulling a fast one here.… Continue Reading “Darling: The Soundtrack to the Novel – The Mythology of Darling Part 3”
Category: March of the Autumn People, My Words In the Wild, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: Amityville Horror, Appalachia, Boston, Coconut Records, Darling Violetta, Death Cab For Cutie, East Tennessee, Genitorturers, halloween, iTunes, John Martyn, John Skipp, johnny cash, Lalo Schifrin, Metallica, Mozart, music, My Words In the Wild, Phillip Glass, Ralph Stanley, Scarling, soundtrack, The Chambers Brothers, The Guy Barker International Quintet, The Rolling Stones, Type O Negative, Velvet Chain, Woodkid
Posted on October 22, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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Every Halloween, the Horror Writers Association runs their “Halloween Haunts” series. Every day, there are a couple of new articles from writers in the field. Head on over and check out my piece on the ghost stories of M.R. James titled “Peculiar Genius.” While… Continue Reading “Guest Post Over at the HWA Blog”
Posted on October 18, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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“That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins,… Continue Reading “The March of the Autumn People”
Category: March of the Autumn People, My Words In the Wild, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: A History of Halloween, autumn, Autumn People, Bahaus, benjamin kane ethridge, Black & Orange, Blood & Gristle Lambs, Bottled Abyss, Brad C. Hodson, Brad Hodson, Cannibal Corpse, Dead City, Deathflash, Fall, GENE O'NEILL, Greg Chapman, halloween, Hell Manor, horror, JOE MCKINNEY, john palisano, Liquid Fear, lisa morton, michael louis calvillo, Mutated, My Words In the Wild, NATE KENYON, Nerves, October, Ray Bradbury, ROCKY WOOD, SCOTT NICHOLSON, Shadow of the Dark Angel, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Sparrow Rock, The Bone Factory, the Burning Times, The October Country, The Red Church, Trick or Treat, Witch Hunts
Posted on October 3, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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In the mood for some Halloween fare? Of course you are. All month long, the Horror Writers Association will be hosting HALLOWEEN HAUNTS on their blog. Every day there will be a new blog post (sometimes two) that’s pure Halloween goodness. As the site… Continue Reading “Halloween Haunts”
Posted on August 23, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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My first novel, DARLING, will be released soon from Bad Moon Books. To celebrate, I got thoroughly drunk, thrown in jail, shived, married to a fellow inmate, and then released on good behavior. I’ve also created a new page on this site devoted to DARLING. But… Continue Reading “Darling: A Preview”
Posted on June 5, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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* Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now. -PT… Continue Reading “A Message from the Promotional Arm of Hodson Enterprises”
Category: March of the Autumn People, My Words In the Wild, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: AIDS, Blood Lite, Brian Keene, Christopher Golden, Dracula, Dune, F. Paul Wilson, Gary Braunbeck, Heather Graham, Hellboy, jack ketchum, Jim Butcher, Joe R. Lansdale, Kelly Armstrong, Kevin J. Anderson, Mike Mignola, Ramsey Campbell, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Slices of Flesh, travolta
Posted on May 8, 2012
by Brad C. Hodson
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It was a gray, damp morning at a pancake house overlooking a trash lined canal when I first read the news. The previous day had been Queen’s Day in Amsterdam, a giant city wide outdoor party to celebrate the Queen’s birthday, and the cobblestones were… Continue Reading “Michael Louis Calvillo”
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