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Welcome to the Web
Threads that Bind is a coalition of authors and artists specializing in things macabre. Monsters? We know monsters. Demons? We got ’em. Criminals of the nastiest sort? Do you have to ask? Here you’ll find the minds who bring you the stories and artwork that have you checking under the bed at night. Your Hosts…
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Does Anyone Listen to Song Lyrics?
I apologize in advance for this post’s lack of erudition, gravitas, sobriety, and so on (has anyone seen my thesaurus?). I’ve been rather busy lately, it being the time of year in my corner of the world for spring yard work on top of everything else that Life insists on throwing at me (and pickleball,…
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Horror And Its Genres Series Introduction
You’ve come again to visit, how nice. So, horror interests you. You’ve come to the right place for an in depth look at the horror genre and sub genres. I discovered a spider lurking in the corner of my book shelf hanging by a thread checking my book about horror. We’ve become good friends and…
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Inside My Cave: Dare To Enter The World Under
Everyone is welcome. If you dare, enter my cave at your own risk. I’m happy to have you for dinner. Perhaps a side dish of boiled worms and roaches are to your liking? Or not; too bad! May I offer you a beverage to quench your thirst? I have blood wine, or blood wine, or…
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The Changing Shape of the Monster
The monsters we create have become us. It sounds like a dramatic statement, but the monsters of the past threatened our bodies. Today, they are much closer. They disturb our minds, our identity, our memory, and even our own perception of ourselves, almost sounding like our thoughts. As horror authors, we extract elements and ideas…
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Ten Memorable Novels
In my last post (which you can read here), I gave you 10 memorable short stories. Many of which have been with me for decades. In this post, I want to share with you 10 memorable novels. Novels that have made a lingering impression. Novels that refuse to let me go. The list is roughly…
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The Hollowed One
They called him “The Hollowed One,” a man rumored to wander through abandoned streets long after midnight with no memory of who he once was. According to legend, he had spent years suppressing his grief, rage, and fear until his mind could no longer contain it. One night while staring into a broken mirror, he…
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The Diary of a Resurrectionist
My latest work in progress, tentatively titled Cold Bodies, is a macabre piece of dark academia, which follows Jack Bernhardt, an apprentice to a dying clockmaker, who sends him away to learn a new trade: anatomy. At first, Jack is perplexed. Why anatomy? But soon, he becomes so enthralled with his new world that he…
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A Visit to Poe’s House
Last summer, I came across a couple of family trees online that indicated I’m directly descended from Edgar Allan Poe’s grandfather David Poe via my great grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Poe. If true, this would make me a cousin of one of the most famous writers of dark fiction. I’m a little skeptical that this is…
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