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Clive Barker

Discount: The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker

By Crime HQ

October 16, 2017

October is a time for horror stories. What better way to feed the monsters inside than with a digital copy of The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker—the conclusion to the Hellraiser horror series featuring the collision of tattooed paranormal detective Harry D'Amour and the Cenobite known as Pinhead—for only $2.99 (offer ends November 6, 2017)!…

“The Scarlet Cosmos”

By Adam Wagner

May 13, 2016

Check out this cocktail inspired by Clive Barker's The Scarlet Gospels, and then make sure you're signed in and comment at the bottom for a chance to win a copy of the conclusion to the Hellraiser series! We all love a good horror story—but I prefer to drown my demons rather than try to exorcise…

Christopher Golden and Josh Boone Talk The Stand and The Fault in Our Stars

By Christopher Golden

November 4, 2015

  In celebration of the release of my new horror novel, Dead Ringers, I reached out to some of my favorite filmmakers to talk about our mutual love of the genre, formative influences, and what the future holds. After his work as director of the hugely successful film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars,…

Dangerous Doppelgangers: Reading Recommendations (and Photo Contest!)

By Christopher Golden

October 21, 2015

The word doppelganger comes from the German language, but the concept—of a person discovering the existence of their double, either natural or supernatural—long predates the coining of the German term. In Irish folklore, the word “fetch” was used to describe the phenomenon. (Sorry, Gretchen…you weren’t too early to make fetch happen, you were too late.)…

The ZINNG: Staub’s Movie, Barker’s TV, Things to Do in Denver (and London)

By Crime HQ

September 24, 2015

Set your DVRs for Wendy Corsi Staub's novel Hello, It's Me (written as Wendy Markham) airing Sunday at 9p Eastern on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. Many Congratulations to superfans and crime-reader-advocates Bill and Toby Gottfried, who'll be awarded the 2015 David Thompson Award at Bouchercon next month! Read more at Janet Rudolph's Mystery…

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