SECRET HORROR SALON with horror icon BRAD DOURIF
Oscar nominated actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and horror icon for Child’s Play & The Exorcist III.  He will perform a surreal short story about Edgar Allan Poe’s grave in Baltimore and a shape-shifting snake.

October 7, 2026 at 7pm. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC. $20 
www.secrethorror.com

A reimagining of H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic story – Victor LaValle’s “The Ballad of Black Tom”

Today we are going to teleport into Victor LaValle’s 2016 novella “The Ballad of Black Tom” – a reimagining of H. P. Lovecraft's 1925 cosmic short story "The Horror at Red Hook", but told from the perspective of a Black man.

Here is our review and essay about the book. Limited spoilers ahead. More information at https://www.secrethorror.com

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Secret Horror presents scary stories from around the world. Also, horror reviews, interviews, and short form non-fiction tales of terror. 

Horror stories and the monsters created by them are a manifestation of the collective trauma a culture faces. If society cannot tell stories, then their horror will materialize into something worse.

Script and produced by Ram Devineni. Host Bob Holman. Music by Fabian Leonardo Cuellar. 

Secret Horror is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of New York State Governor and the New York State Legislature. https://www.secrethorror.com/

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The year 1974 was stellar for horror fiction. Two giants of the genre would publish their first books – Stephen King in the USA would release “Carrie,” and in the UK, James Herbert’s “The Rats.” Both became massive hits and made each writer the master of the genre in their respective countries. Herbert revolutionized and modernized the horror story in post-war Britain. The super rats inhabit bombed-out remains of the war in poor and desolate parts of London devouring with a bloodlust everything before them including humans. Here is our review and essay about the book. Limited spoilers ahead. More information at https://www.secrethorror.com

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Secret Horror presents scary stories from around the world. Also, horror reviews, interviews, and short form non-fiction tales of terror. 

Horror stories and the monsters created by them are a manifestation of the collective trauma a culture faces. If society cannot tell stories, then their horror will materialize into something worse.

Script and produced by Ram Devineni. Host Bob Holman. Music by Fabian Leonardo Cuellar. 

Secret Horror is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of New York State Governor and the New York State Legislature. https://www.secrethorror.com/

#horror #stories #scary #terror #horrific #fiction #creativewriting #booktok #reviews #bookreviews #tales #secret #podcast #podcaster

Secret Horror presents scary stories from around the world. Also, horror reviews, interviews, and short form non-fiction tales of terror. 

Horror stories and the monsters created by them are a manifestation of the collective trauma a culture faces. If society cannot tell stories, then their horror will materialize into something worse.

Host Bob Holman. Produced by Ram Devineni and music by Fabian Leonardo Cuellar.

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Horror Secreto presenta historias de terror de todo el mundo. Además, reseñas de terror, entrevistas y relatos breves de no ficción sobre el tema.

Las historias de terror y los monstruos que crea son una manifestación del trauma colectivo que enfrenta una cultura. Si la sociedad no puede contar historias, su horror se materializará en algo aún peor.

Producido por Ram Devineni y con música de Fabian Leonardo Cuellar.