Articles, Essays & Reviews
A list of my various journalistic, non-fiction and reviewing credits, by year.
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2016
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August 2016
“Documentary to celebrate photographer Simon Marsden” (news story on Simon Marsden: A Life in Pictures) – Rue Morgue #169
“Haunted Places, Haunted Pages” (book feature on new Llewellyn Publishing paranormal release, co-written with Claire Horsnell) – Rue Morgue #169
“Library of the Damned: Meet Mr. Suicide” (column/interview with Nicole Cushing about her Bram Stoker Award-winning debut novel Mr. Suicide) – Rue Morgue #169
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #169
Video game review of The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC
Video game review of Tormentum: Dark Sorrow
July 2016
“Haunting the Land of the Long White Cloud” (feature on the New Zealand genre anthology At the Edge) – Rue Morgue #168
“Library of the Damned: Convention Report: StokerCon” (column) – Rue Morgue #168
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #168
June 2016
“Man on Fire” (feature on Joe Hill and his novel The Fireman) – Rue Morgue #167
“Hill and Back” (a look at Joe Hill’s previous releases, co-written with Ron McKenzie) – Rue Morgue #167
“Library of the Damned: Doing Time with Mike Carey’s Fellside” (column) – Rue Morgue #167
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #167
Video game review of Fallen London – Rue Morgue #167
May 2016
“Kill ‘Em All” (feature on the DOOM reboot, co-written with Brittany Vincent) – Rue Morgue #166
“Demon Trouble, like, Big Time” (feature on Grady Hendrix’s novel My Best Friend’s Exorcism) – Rue Morgue #166
“Dublin Ghost Story Festival celebrates Ireland’s literary past and present” (news story on the Dublin Ghost Story Festival) – Rue Morgue #166
“Library of the Damned: On a ridealong with Michaelbrent Collings” (column/interview with the double Bram Stoker Award nominee) – Rue Morgue #166
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #166
Book review of The Art of Doom – Rue Morgue #166
Video game review of Kholat – Rue Morgue #166
April 2016
“Library of the Damned: A Walk Through the House of Stairs” (column on William Sleator’s House of Stairs) – Rue Morgue #165
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #165
Book review of Ainslie Hogarth’s The Boy Meets Girl Massacre – Rue Morgue #165
March 2016
“Tales of a Teenage Horror Scribe” (feature on Rusty Fischer’s Vampire Book of the Month Club) – Rue Morgue #164
“Library of the Damned: Christmas at the Death House” (column on Sarah Pinborough’s The Death House) – Rue Morgue #164
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #164
Game review of Tharsis – Rue Morgue #164
January 2016
“Don’t Go Into the Woods” (feature on The Forest) – Rue Morgue #163
“Library of the Damned: Retiring Lovecraft” (column on the WFA controversy) – Rue Morgue #163
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Rodrigo Gudino) – Rue Morgue #163
Book review of Paul Meloy’s The Night Clock – Rue Morgue #163
Game review of The Park – Rue Morgue #163
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2015
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December 2015
“Stalk ‘n’ Suffer” (feature on Michael Mallory’s The Art of Krampus) – Rue Morgue #162
“Library of the Damned: The Lady Paranorma” (column on Vincent Marcone’s The Lady Paranorma) – Rue Morgue #162
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #162
Movie review of Goosebumps – Rue Morgue #162
Game review of Shadowgate – Rue Morgue #162
November 2015
“Library of the Damned: A Pair of Podcasts” (column on The Horror Show and Three Guys With Beards podcasts) – Rue Morgue #161
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #161
Movie review of Bloodsucking Bastards – Rue Morgue #161
Book review of John LaFleur and David Metzger’s Eight Little Zombies – Rue Morgue #161
Book review of Ben Joel Price’s At Death’s Door: A Picture Book for Grown-ups – Rue Morgue #161
October 2015
“Big Easy Bloodbath” (feature on Alys Arden’s The Casquette Girls) – Rue Morgue #160
“Red in Tooth and Claw” (feature on Simon Clark’s Rage Master) – Rue Morgue #160
“StokerCon Brings the Bram Stoker Awards to Vegas” (news story on the new StokerCon convention) – Rue Morgue #160
“Library of the Damned: Remembering Tom Piccirilli” (column) – Rue Morgue #160
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #160
Movie review of Dark Summer – Rue Morgue #160
September 2015
“The Darkest Muse” (feature on Savage Beasts anthology) – Rue Morgue #159
“Library of the Damned: Music to Scare By” (column on the music that inspires authors Brian Keene, Jess Peacock and Loren Rhodes) – Rue Morgue #159
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #159
August 2015
“Library of the Damned: In Praise of Poe” (column on the Nevermore! anthology, featuring interview with Nancy Kilpatrick) – Rue Morgue #158
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #158
Book review of Megan Abbott’s The Fever – Rue Morgue #158
Game review of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III – Rue Morgue #158
July 2015
“Library of the Damned: Fine Cannibal Cuisine” (column on The Art and Making of Hannibal: The Television Series) – Rue Morgue #157
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #157
Book review of Jay Bonansinga’s Lucid – Rue Morgue #157
Game review of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt – Rue Morgue #157
June 2015
“Library of the Damned: Monsters for Beginners” (column on The Monster at the End of This Book) – Rue Morgue #156
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Benoit Black) – Rue Morgue #156
May 2015
“Library of the Damned: Awards Well Won” (column on ChiZine Publications) – Rue Morgue #155
Game review of Sunless Sea – Rue Morgue #155
April 2015
“Library of the Damned: Towering Tomes” (column on some of my favourite high-end editions) – Rue Morgue #154
Game review of Dying Light – Rue Morgue #154
March 2015
“Library of the Damned: The Fear Project” (column on David Wellington’s horror fiction-writing contest) – Rue Morgue #153
January 2015
“Library of the Damned: A Welcome Whiteout” (column on Christopher Golden’s Snowblind) – Rue Morgue #152
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2014
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December 2014
“Library of the Damned: Tales for Tiny Monsters” (round-up of monster picture books, including Are You My Breakfast?, Goodnight, Baby Monster, I’d Really Like to Eat a Child and Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich) – Rue Morgue #151
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Dave Alexander) – Rue Morgue #151
November 2014
“The Devil Inside and Out” (feature on Horns) – Rue Morgue #150
“Library of the Damned: Women Destroy Horror” (column on the Women Destroy Horror! issue of Nightmare Magazine) – Rue Morgue #150
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Dave Alexander) – Rue Morgue #150
October 2014
“Library of the Damned: A Trip to Crowsbrook” (column on Claire Horsnell’s The Crowsbrook Demons) – Rue Morgue #149
September 2014
“Library of the Damned: In Defense of D.I.Y.” (column) – Rue Morgue #148
August 2014
“Library of the Damned: It’s All About Character” (column on book-to-film adaptations) – Rue Morgue #147
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #147
Book review of M.R. Carey’s The Girl With All the Gifts – Rue Morgue #147
Game review of Go Go Ghost – Rue Morgue #147
Game review of Forest Run – Rue Morgue #147
July 2014
“Blind Fear” (feature on Josh Malerman’s Bird Box) – Rue Morgue #146
“Library of the Damned: Horror as the Boogeyman” (column on the Slenderman murders) – Rue Morgue #146
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Michael Doyle) – Rue Morgue #146
Book review of Hayley Campbell’s The Art of Neil Gaiman – Rue Morgue #146
Game review of Pulp Horror #1: Moth Man – Rue Morgue #146
June 2014
“Year of the Psychopath” (feature on Gregory Lamberson’s The Julian Year) – Rue Morgue #145
“Library of the Damned: Terror, Time and Treebooks” (column on the new Treebook digital storytelling technology) – Rue Morgue #145
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #145
Book review of Rod Labbe’s The Blue Classroom – Rue Morgue #145
Game review of Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf – Rue Morgue #145
Game review of Bloodrayne Betrayal – Rue Morgue #145
May 2014
“Library of the Damned: Under the Spell of New Orleans” (column on Alys Arden’s The Casquette Girls) – Rue Morgue #144
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Dave Alexander) – Rue Morgue #144
Book review of E.R “Corvis Nocturnum” Vernor and Kevin Eads’ Eerie America – Rue Morgue #144
Book review of Tim Lebbon’s The Reach of Children – Rue Morgue #144
Book review of Andrew Bonazelli and Coleman Yunger’s Disposed Of – Rue Morgue #144
April 2014
“Library of the Damned: In Our Blood” (column on Scott Westerfeld’s Peeps) – Rue Morgue #143
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #143
Book review of Christopher Golden’s Snowblind – Rue Morgue #143
March 2014
“Hogtown Vampire” (feature on Nancy Baker’s The Night Inside reissue) – Rue Morgue #142
“Online Seminars Cater to Monster Lovers Worldwide” (news story on Kristen Hutchinson’s Supernatural Seminars series) – Rue Morgue #142
“Library of the Damned: Moaning Over Monster Porn” (column) – Rue Morgue #142
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Brett McNeill) – Rue Morgue #142
Book review of Neil Mitchell’s Devil’s Advocates: Carrie – Rue Morgue #142
Book review of Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror – Rue Morgue #142
January 2014
“Library of the Damned: Three for Free” (column on three Wattpad online serials, Lindsey Clarke’s Playing Dead, Rusty Fischer’s Vampires Drool! Zombies Rule! and Emily McKay’s The Before) – Rue Morgue #141
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Brett McNeill) – Rue Morgue #141
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2013
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December 2013
“Library of the Damned: Monsters and Helen Marshall” (column on Helen Marshall’s The Sex Lives of Monsters) – Rue Morgue #140
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Ali Chappell) – Rue Morgue #140
Review of Grimm: Season Two – Rue Morgue #140
Book review of Steve Newlin’s Field Guide to Vampires – Rue Morgue #140
Game review of Zombie! Zombie! Zombie! HD – Rue Morgue #140
Game review of Monster Loves You! – Rue Morgue #140
November 2013
“Library of the Damned: Return of the King” (column on Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep) – Rue Morgue #139
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #139
Review of The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Fourth Season – Rue Morgue #139
Movie review of Horns – Rue Morgue #139
Game review of Ravaged: Zombie Apocalypse – Rue Morgue #139
October 2013
“Library of the Damned: Let’s Get Physical” (column on Madeleine Roux’s Asylum) – Rue Morgue #138
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #138
Game review of Dying: Sinner Escape – Rue Morgue #138
September 2013
“Ghost World” (feature on Insidious: Chapter 2) – Rue Morgue #137
“Library of the Damned: A Dip in the Ocean” (column on Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane) – Rue Morgue #137
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #137
Book review of David Lubar’s Extremities: Stories of Death, Murder, and Revenge – Rue Morgue #137
Book review of Stephen King’s The Dark Man – Rue Morgue #137
Book review of Charlaine Harris’ Dead Ever After – Rue Morgue #137
Game review of Magrunner: Dark Pulse – Rue Morgue #137
Game review of The Drowning – Rue Morgue #137
August 2013
“Conspiracy Resurrection” (feature on The X-Files tenth season comics) – Rue Morgue #136
“Library of the Damned: Haunted” (column on Brian Keene’s The Girl on the Glider) – Rue Morgue #136
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #136
Movie review of The Conjuring – Rue Morgue #136
July 2013
“Library of the Damned: StoryNexus & Black Crown” (column on StoryNexus, an online platform that combines fiction and gaming) – Rue Morgue #135
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Vanessa Furtado) – Rue Morgue #135
Book review of E.B. Hudspeth’s The Resurrectionist – Rue Morgue #135
June 2013
“Library of the Damned: Touring Scarfolk” (column on scarfolk.blogspot.co.uk) – Rue Morgue #134
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Vanessa Furtado) – Rue Morgue #134
Review of True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season – Rue Morgue #134
Game review of Dusk Falling – Rue Morgue #134
May 2013
“A New Nightmare” (feature on Nightmare Magazine) – Rue Morgue #133
“Library of the Damned: Summer of The Rats” (column on James Herbert’s The Rats) – Rue Morgue #133
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Vanessa Furtado) – Rue Morgue #133
Game review of Le Vamp – Rue Morgue #133
Game review of Evil Residues – Rue Morgue #133
Game review of Come On, Zombie! – Rue Morgue #133
April 2013
“The Woods Are Alive” (cover story on Evil Dead remake) – Rue Morgue #132
“Deconstruct Dead” (cover story side on the making of the Evil Dead remake) – Rue Morgue #132
“Library of the Damned: Bad Book Cover Blues” (column) – Rue Morgue #132
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #132
Movie review of Warm Bodies – Rue Morgue #132
Book review of Till Death: A Guide to Love and Loss – Rue Morgue #132
March 2013
“His Father’s Shadow” (feature on Daniel Kraus’ Scowler) – Rue Morgue #131
“Library of the Damned: Twitter Monsters” (column on official Twitter Fiction Festival selection Monster Crush) – Rue Morgue #131
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #131
Game review of Dead Space 3 – Rue Morgue #131
January 2013
“Designer Drug” (cover story sidebar on David Wong’s John Dies at the End) – Rue Morgue #130
“Library of the Damned: Baring Fangs with Brad Middleton” (column on Brad Middleton’s Un-Dead TV) – Rue Morgue #130
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Vanessa Furtado) – Rue Morgue #130
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2012
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December 2012
“Restless Spirits” (feature on Lance Henriksen and Joseph Maddrey’s comic To Hell You Ride) – Rue Morgue #129
“Library of the Damned: Krampus for Christmas” (column on Brom’s Krampus the Yule Lord) – Rue Morgue #129
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Charlotte Stear) – Rue Morgue #129
Movie review of Frankenweenie – Rue Morgue #129
November 2012
“Library of the Damned: Horror for Hope” (column on the Tom Piccirilli cancer fundraiser) – Rue Morgue #128
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #128
Review of Haven: The Complete Second Season – Rue Morgue #128
Book review of Love You to Death: The Unofficial Guide to The Vampire Diaries Season 3 – Rue Morgue #128
Book review of Motherless Child – Rue Morgue #128
Game review of The Sims 3: Supernatural – Rue Morgue #128
October 2012
“Library of the Damned: Bunker Books” (column on Apocalypse fiction, featuring The Apocalypse Reader, Michael Louis Calvillo’s Birdbox, Brian Keene’s Earthworm Gods, Nate Kenyon’s Sparrow Rock and Nate Southard’s This Little Light of Mine) – Rue Morgue #127
Review of Grimm: Season One – Rue Morgue #127
Movie review of ParaNorman – Rue Morgue #127
Movie review of Hotel Transylvania – Rue Morgue #127
Game review of Skyrim: Dawnguard DLC – Rue Morgue #127
Game review of Eerie Estate Agent – Rue Morgue #127
September 2012
“Sacred and Profane” (feature on the anthology Dark Faith: Invocations) – Rue Morgue #126
“Library of the Damned: The Devil in the Genre” (column on the “evils” of horror) – Rue Morgue #126
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #126
Review of The River: The Complete First Season – Rue Morgue #126
Game review of The Secret World – Rue Morgue #126
August 2012
“Library of the Damned: Monsters Abroad” (column, on Nalini Singh’s Angel’s Blood) – Rue Morgue #125
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Patrick Dolan) – Rue Morgue #125
Movie review of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Rue Morgue #125
Book review of Prometheus: The Art of the Film – Rue Morgue #125
Game review of Lollipop Chainsaw – Rue Morgue #125
July 2012
“Library of the Damned: Getting Hexed with Gemma Files” (column on Gemma Files’ Hexslinger trilogy) – Rue Morgue #124
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Patrick Dolan) – Rue Morgue #124
Book review of Natalie Zina Walschots’ Doom: Love Poems for Supervillains – Rue Morgue #124
Game review of Diablo III: Collector’s Edition – Rue Morgue #125
June 2012
“Miniskirt Massacre” (feature on video game Lollipop Chainsaw, co-written with Jessa Sobzcuk) – Rue Morgue #123
“Diary of a Madman” (feature on non-fiction book The Devil’s Cinema) – Rue Morgue #123
“Library of the Damned: Farewell… and Thank You” (column on Michael Louis Calvillo) – Rue Morgue #123
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #123
Review of True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season – Rue Morgue #123
Game review of Dark Legends: 3D MMO – Rue Morgue #123
May 2012
“Library of the Damned: Zombies, Run!” (column on the zombie narrative jogging app) – Rue Morgue #122
April 2012
“Zombies!!! Mobile Edition” (feature on the Windows 7 phone game) – Rue Morgue #121
“Library of the Damned: Web of Fear” (column on where to read free horror fiction online) – Rue Morgue #121
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Dave Alexander) – Rue Morgue #121
Movie review of The Cabin in the Woods – Rue Morgue #121
Book review of Joe Golem and the Drowning City – Rue Morgue #121
March 2012
“Library of the Damned: One Hundred Years of Fear” (column on The Century’s Best Horror Fiction) – Rue Morgue #120
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #120
Movie review of The Woman in Black – Rue Morgue #120
Book review of Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee’s The Woman – Rue Morgue #120
January 2012
“Forlorn Manor” (cover story on The Woman in Black) – Rue Morgue #119
“Library of the Damned: House of Night Goes Graphic” (column on the comic book adaptation of the House of Night novels) – Rue Morgue #119
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #119
“Roadkill” (column, co-written with Trevor Tuminski) – Rue Morgue #119
Movie review of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – Rue Morgue #119
Book review of Final Thoughts: Eternal Beauty in Stone – Rue Morgue #119
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2011
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December 2011
“Put the Mask On Now!” (feature on The Mask, co-written with Jason Pichonsky) – Rue Morgue #118
“Library of the Damned: More Zombie, Less Apocalypse” (column) – Rue Morgue #118
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #118
“Roadkill” (column) – Rue Morgue #118
Movie review of Paranormal Activity 3 – Rue Morgue #118
Book review of The Buffyverse Catalog – Rue Morgue #118
November 2011
“Library of the Damned: True Blood Blues” (column) – Rue Morgue #117
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #117
“Roadkill” (column) – Rue Morgue #117
Movie review of The Moth Diaries – Rue Morgue #117
Book review of Cliffourd the Big Red God – Rue Morgue #117
Video game review of Dead Island – Rue Morgue #117
October 2011
“Library of the Damned: Liisa and Gary Get Their Goth On” (column on Encyclopedia Gothica) – Rue Morgue #116
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column, co-written with Dave Alexander) – Rue Morgue #116
“Roadkill” (column) – Rue Morgue #116
Movie review of Yellowbrickroad – Rue Morgue #116
Book review of Kendare Blake’s Anna Dressed in Blood – Rue Morgue #116
Music review of Being Human: Series 1 and 2 OST – Rue Morgue #116
September 2011
“Welcome to Blood Beach” (cover story on video game Dead Island) – Rue Morgue #115
“Send More Brains!” (zombie video game roundup) – Rue Morgue #115
“Out of the Shadows” (feature on The Monster’s Corner anthology) – Rue Morgue #115
“Library of the Damned: Saying Goodbye to L.A. Banks” (column) – Rue Morgue #115
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #115
“Roadkill” (column) – Rue Morgue #115
August 2011
“Charley the Vampire Slayer” (cover story sidebar on actor William Ragsdale) – Rue Morgue #114
“Small Town Strange” (feature on TV series Haven) – Rue Morgue #114
“Chaos, Carnage and Killers” (feature on author John Shirley) – Rue Morgue #114
“Library of the Damned: The Secret Lives of Conventions (column) – Rue Morgue #114
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #114
“Roadkill” (column) – Rue Morgue #114
Game review of Alice: Madness Returns – Rue Morgue #114
July 2011
“Library of the Damned: Adramelech Arrives” (column on new publisher Adramelech Books) – Rue Morgue #113
“Coroner’s Report: Weird Stats & Morbid Facts” (column) – Rue Morgue #113
“Roadkill” (column) – Rue Morgue #113
Blu-ray review of True Blood: The Complete Third Season – Rue Morgue #113
Movie review of We Are the Night – Rue Morgue #113
Book review of The Art of Alice: Madness Returns
Book review of Charlaine Harris’ Dead Reckoning – Rue Morgue #113
Video game review of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Rue Morgue #113
May 2011
“Madame Grim” (article on editor Ellen Datlow) – Rue Morgue #111
“Library of the Damned: Bryan Smith Breaks Free” (column) – Rue Morgue #111
March 2011
“Former Leisure Editor Heads Up New Horror Line” (news story) – Rue Morgue #109
“Growing Up Gruesome” (article on author Michael Louis Calvillo) – Rue Morgue #109
“Library of the Damned: Strange Creatures” (column asks “What’s the definition of horror?”) – Rue Morgue #109
January/February 2011
“Piety and Pestilence” (cover story on Black Death) – Rue Morgue #108
“Anatomy of a Plague Doctor” (article) – Rue Morgue #108
“Play Dead: Dead Space 2 preview” (article) – Rue Morgue #108
“Library of the Damned: Predictions 2011” – Rue Morgue #108
2010
December 2010
“Library of the Damned: Flogging an Undead Horse” (column on Classic Literature Mash-ups) – Rue Morgue #107
November 2010
“Library of the Damned: Canadians Call to Ban Bloodsuckers?” (column on Banned Books Week 2010) – Rue Morgue #106
October 2010
“Skin City” (article on Dead Rising 2 video game) – Rue Morgue #105
“50 Reasons to Love Horror Comics: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8″ (article) – Rue Morgue #105
“50 Reasons to Love Horror Comics: Mike Carey” (article) – Rue Morgue #105
“Library of the Damned: You Can’t Spell ‘Erotica’ Without ‘Rot'” (column on Hungry for Your Love: An Anthology of Zombie Romance) – Rue Morgue #105
“Horror Gaming on Facebook” (article) – Rue Morgue #105
September 2010
“A Tie-In Treasure?” (column on Yvonne Navarro’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Dark Willow series) –Rue Morgue #104
August 2010
“The Nasty Newcomers” (article on Dark Regions Press’ New Voices of Horror series) – Rue Morgue #103
“Death of a Small Press” (column on Necro Publications) – Rue Morgue #103
July 2010
“Behind the Wicked Words” (column on horror authors who blog) – Rue Morgue #102
June 2010
“Once Bitten” (article on True Blood, with interview by Justin Humpreys) – Rue Morgue #101
“Sexy Beast” (article on actress Michelle Forbes) – Rue Morgue #101
“The Rhythm of Fear” (article co-written with Michael Mitchell) – Rue Morgue #101
“Dead Before Dawn” (article on author Philip Nutman) – Rue Morgue #101
“Library of the Damned: The Importance of Teen Screams” (column on YA genre fiction) – Rue Morgue #101
May 2010
“Five Trends in Fright Fiction from the Past 13 Years” (article) – Rue Morgue #100
“13 Years of Fear: Grim Games” (article) – Rue Morgue #100
“Brighton Shock: World Horror 2010 Con Report” (column) – Rue Morgue #100
April 2010
“Bloody Hilarious” (article on author Christopher Moore) – Rue Morgue #99
January 2010
“Re-Vamped” (article on Evolve anthology) – Rue Morgue #97
2009
December 2009
“Love and Monsters” (cover story on The Twilight Saga: New Moon) – Access #102
November 2009
“Aim for the Head!” (cover story on Left 4 Dead 2) – Rue Morgue #95
October 2009
“Chicken Soup for the Morbid Soul” (article on Morbid Curiousity Cures the Blues) – Rue Morgue #94
September 2009
“Halloween Haunt returns to Canada’s Wonderland” (news story) – Rue Morgue #93
“Zombie Fiction with Brains” (article on author Kim Paffenroth) – Rue Morgue #93
August 2009
“Tales of Mystery and Exsanguination” (article on Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries) – Rue Morgue #92
“Fresh Fangs” (article on author David Wellington’s vampire series) – Rue Morgue #92
“Scary Stories 101” (article on Writers Workshop of Horror) – Rue Morgue #92
July 2009
“Know Your Flesh Eaters” (article on Robert Sacchetto’s The Zombie Handbook) – Rue Morgue #91
June 2009
“Stoker Awards returns to Burbank with Mathesons, Garris and Braunbeck in lineup” (news story) – Rue Morgue #90
“Return to Spook Central” (article on Ghostbusters: The Video Game) – Rue Morgue #90
April 2009
“Instant Classic, Just Add Zombies” (article on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) – Rue Morgue #88
March 2009
“A Sermon of Splatter” (article on John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow’s Jake’s Wake) – Rue Morgue #87
2008
November 2008
“Scandinavian Dead” (article on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel Let the Right One In) – Rue Morgue #84
“Young Blood Lovers” (article on Twilight) – Rue Morgue #84
“Vampire High” (article on YA vampire fiction) – Rue Morgue #84
“Keeping it Weird” (article on Weird Tales magazine) – Rue Morgue #84
October 2008
“Cosmic Carnage” (article on Dead Space video game) – Rue Morgue #83
“First, Everyone Dies” (article on Dead Space: Downfall animated film) – Rue Morgue #83
“In Defense of Horror” (article on Matthew Warner’s Horror isn’t a 4-Letter Word) – Rue Morgue #83
September 2008
“A Case for the Living Dead” (article on Jonathan Maberry’s Zombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead) – Rue Morgue #82
August 2008
“Jack’s Back” (article on Jack Ketchum’s latest book releases) – Rue Morgue #81
July 2008
“The X-Files Declassified” (retrospective article on The X-Files) – Rue Morgue #80
“Cold Cases” (article on The X-Files‘ creepiest episodes) – Rue Morgue #80
April 2008
“The Devil in the Details” (article on artist Kris Kuksi) – Rue Morgue #77
March 2008
“Illustrating the Indescribable” (article on art book A Lovecraft Retrospective) – Rue Morgue #76
“Primal Fears” (article on author Brian Keene) – Rue Morgue #76
January 2008
“Bad Moon Rising” (article on the latest crop of werewolf novels) – Rue Morgue #75
2007
December 2007
“Home Sweet Homicide” (cover story on The Girl Next Door) – Rue Morgue #74
“Suburban Sadist” (article on actress Blanche Baker) – Rue Morgue #74
“A Conversation with the Girl Next Door” (article on actress Blythe Auffarth) – Rue Morgue #74
November 2007
“Travelogue of Terror: Jekyll & Hyde Club, NYC” – Rue Morgue #73
October 2007
“At War With God’s Bastard Child” – Rue Morgue #72
September 2007
“Trapped in Paradise Lost” (article on Bioshock video game) – Rue Morgue #71
“Mild Mannered Murderer” (article on Dexter author Jeff Lindsay) – Rue Morgue #71
“If You Go Down to the Woods Today…” (article on author Sarah Langan) – Rue Morgue #71
August 2007
“Of Vengeance and Vampires” (article on Baltimore by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola) – Rue Morgue #70
June 2007
“My Pet Zombie” (cover story on Fido) – Rue Morgue #68
May 2007
“Unearthing Earthling” (article on Earthling Publications) – Rue Morgue #67
April 2007
“Dead Man’s Tale” (article on author/animator James Farr) – Rue Morgue #66
March 2007
“The Holy Horrors of Michael Laimo” (article on author Michael Laimo) – Rue Morgue #65
January/February 2007
“The Lady and the Vamps” (article on author Jemiah Jefferson) – Rue Morgue #64
“Film Adaptation of Poppy Z. Brite’s Exquisite Corpse in the Works” (news story) – Rue Morgue #64
2006
December 2006
“Diary of a Ghost Hunter” (article on Will Storr vs. The Supernatural) – Rue Morgue #63
“Stoker Awards and World Horror Convention Combine Forces in Toronto” (news story) – Rue Morgue #63
“Eerie Edifices” (book spotlight) – Rue Morgue #63
November 2006
“Investigating Gay Horror Lit” (article on the history of queer horror fiction) – Rue Morgue #62
September 2006
“Tales from the Weird Wide Web” (article on MuyMal.com) – Rue Morgue #60
July 2006
“Lessons in Horror Lit” (article on Centipede/Millipede Press) – Rue Morgue #59
May 2006
“Blackest Ink” (article on Voices from the Other Side: Dark Dreams II anthology) – Rue Morgue #56
“Niles Continues to Expand 30 Days of Night” (news story) – Rue Morgue #56
April 2006
“Monsters Take Manhattan” (article on author David Wellington) – Rue Morgue #55
“World Horror Con brings Top Genre Writers to San Francisco” (news story) – Rue Morgue #55
March 2006
“Fatal Fairy Tale” (article on artist/author Brom) – Rue Morgue #54
January/February 2006
“Grimmer Than Grimm: A Modern History of Children’s Horror Lit” (article) – Rue Morgue #53
“Monsters, Mischief and Morals” (article on YA author Darren Shan) – Rue Morgue #53
“Perilous Prose” (article on children’s author Lemony Snicket) – Rue Morgue #53
2005
December 2005
“Painting Pain” (article on artist Caniglia) – Rue Morgue #52
“In the Company of Wolves” (article on author Kelley Armstrong) – Rue Morgue #52
November 2005
“Through the Past… Darkly” (article on author Michael Slade) – Rue Morgue #51
October 2005
“A Man of Dark Words” (article on author/editor Stephen Jones) – Rue Morgue #50
September 2005
“The Second Suffering” (article on video game The Suffering: Ties That Bind) – Rue Morgue #49
“Charnal Pleasures” (article on author Edward Lee) – Rue Morgue #49
July 2005
“The Grievous Case of the Girl Next Door” (article on Jack Ketchum’s novel The Girl Next Door) – Rue Morgue #47
“Between Good & Evil” (article on author Tim Lebbon) – Rue Morgue #47
June 2005
“The Poetics of Dread” (article on author Tom Piccirilli) – Rue Morgue #46
May 2005
“Dissecting Horror Lit” (article) – Rue Morgue #45
March 2005
“Keene’s The Rising to be adapted for film, comics and video games” – (news story) – Rue Morgue #43
“The Human in Horror” (article on author Douglas Clegg) – Rue Morgue #43
2004
October 2004
“Under Surveillance” (article on band The Marble Index) – Access magazine
“Words That Wound” (article on author Jack Ketchum) – Rue Morgue #41
June 2004
“A Lot at Stake” (cover story on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer) – Access magazine
May 2004
“Keene on Fear” (article author Brian Keene) – Rue Morgue #39
2003
November 2003
“Deep Within the Cauldron of Flesh, featuring reviews of Sin Sisters, Dr. Jekyll and Mistress Hyde and The Witches of Sappho Salon – Rue Morgue #36
Book review of Nancy Kilpatrick’s The Darker Passions of Dracula – Rue Morgue #36
Book review of Nancy and Michael Kilpatrick’s Eternal City – Rue Morgue #35
September 2003
“They Came From the Cauldron of Flesh, featuring reviews of Embrace the Darkness III and Vampire Vixens – Rue Morgue #35
Book review of Shelf Life anthology – Rue Morgue #35
Book review of Nancy and Michael Kilpatrick’s Eternal City – Rue Morgue #35
July 2003
“Revenge of the Cauldron of Flesh, featuring reviews of Mummy’s Kiss and Beautiful Prey – Rue Morgue #34
Book review of John Paul Allen’s Gifted Trust – Rue Morgue #34
May 2003
Review of The X-Files: Season 7 Box Set – Rue Morgue #33
Book review of Kelley Armstong’s Stolen – Rue Morgue #33
March 2003
“Beneath the Cauldron of Flesh, featuring reviews of Satan’s School of Lust, Blood for the Muse and Valerie – Rue Morgue #32
Book review of Poppy Z. Brite’s Lost Souls 10th Anniversary Edition – Rue Morgue #32
Book review of Ramsey Campbell’s Scared Stiff – Rue Morgue #32
Book review of Brian Easton’s When the Autumn Moon is Bright – Rue Morgue #32
January 2003
Movie review of Fiancee of Dracula – Rue Morgue #31
Book review of Nancy A. Collins’ Dead Roses for a Dead Lady – Rue Morgue #31
Book review of Dame Darcy’s Frightful Fairy Tales – Rue Morgue #31
2002
January 2002
“Real TV: Not So Real” (article) – The Ruby Slipper
2001
June 2001
“Study, Graduate, Repeat” (article) – The Ruby Slipper
February 2001
“So You Want to Be One of the Guys… or at least have a job like them??” (article) – The Ruby Slipper
January 2001
“War Against the Winter Blahs” (article) – The Ruby Slipper
2000
December 2000
“Great Gifts on a Not-So-Great Budget (article) – The Ruby Slipper