The Thing: An Allegorical Argument
By Gerald Dean Rice Like every horror writer, I’m a fan of horror movies. I saw movies like Creepshow and The Howling when I was five years old. I’ve seen my fair share of really bad ones and some good ones too. Occasionally, there are great horror movies that I see something new even after watching them hundreds of times. One such
12 Questions with William Vitka
What books have you written? Stranded, Emergence, Live From the End of the World (nee Infected), A Man and His Robot, Blood God, Kill Machine (all are part of the Hroza series), the Bartender series, and there are a few more in the pipe coming from Permuted and Post Hill Press. What first inspired you
Cults
By Jamie Mason You know who I’m talking about. Close your eyes and you can picture them, the freaks. Their strange beliefs, their weird customs and rituals that prompt you and the rest of your “normal” friends to roll your eyes, point and laugh. They’re freaks, these people – absolute, total weirdos and outsiders. You
Zombies and Terrorists
By Neil Cohen If I told you a horde of zombies over a thousand strong and growing in numbers had marched through a village in Africa killing everyone they encountered, what would you do? I am sure you’re running through all the preparedness activities you and your co-workers or friends have discussed over a beer
Why We Love Scary Stories
By Kerry Alan Denney Ghosts, Monsters, Aliens, and Other Dreadful and Dangerous Creatures …and lions and tigers and bears, oh my! We may as well toss vampires, dragons, werewolves, demons, chimera, zombies, and shape-shifters in the mix too. Why do we love to tell scary stories? Better yet, why do we love to be scared
A Risk We Have to Take: Space Mining
By Timothy Johnson For as long as we can collectively remember, we’ve looked to the stars, and until we could touch them, it was an endeavor of awe, imagination, and curiosity. Now, however, it’s a conversation about pragmatism. What’s the point in exploring space? Our home is here. The psychological quandary of why we look
Die Hard
By Thomas J. Wolfenden Several weeks ago, I was originally asked to write a guest-blog for Permuted Press to coincide with the upcoming release of my second novel, One Man’s War, and to be honest, after reading several of my fellow author’s blogs, I felt completely at a loss over the subject I’d write about.
Sherlock Holmes and the Walking Dead
By Daniel Cotton The hooves of the horses clomped on the wet cobblestone. The wheels of our carriage rumbled softly through puddles that accumulated from the chilly drizzle. Inside the car, all was silent; that was to be expected. My colleague, the venerable Sherlock Holmes, had received news of a dreadful sort. An old friend
Chuckles, Breasts, and Rotten Flesh
By SP Durnin What is it about horror? Do people love it because it’s a statement about where modern-day society is headed? Is it an expression of our innermost fears and phobias? A way to confront the darkness living deep in the under-mind of the human psyche? Or is it simply because “horror” is exactly
Why do we Enjoy the Apocalypse?
By Sean T. Smith The apocalypse is everywhere. From books turned into movies like The Hunger Games to television shows like AMC’s record-breaking The Walking Dead , the end of the world is setting pop-culture on fire. The fact is, we enjoy the idea of the apocalypse. Humans have been entertained and frightened by The End for thousands of