A hidden gem from the 1980's, Cutter's Way (1981), based on Newton Thornburg's novel Cutter and Bone, is too good to be forgotten. Listen to the full review here.

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Published in 1976, when the radical movements and optimisms of the 1960s and 1970s were in their death throes, Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg is a powerful if grim novel about losing one's way. Listen to the full review in this mini-episode of The Dark Fantastic Podcast.

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The Dark Fantastic Podcast Presents: FRESH BLOOD: A Short Story, an exclusive, audio original about things that go bump in the night. Written by Ahmed Khalifa.

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Written by Scott Frost (Mark Frost's brother) - who also wrote the superior short audiobook Diane: The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper - the book attempts to be a revealing look into Cooper's psyche, from childhood onto adolescence, and up to his receiving the case of Laura Palmer as an FBI agent. Listen to the review.

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Reviews of three classic pulp novels featuring THE SHADOW, the greatest pulp hero of them all. This edition features reviews of CRIME, INSURED, FOXHOUND, and THE GRAY GHOST. Visit https://dark-fantastic.blogspot.com/ for more reviews and content.

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Stories, an anthology of tales that span many genres, but with a special focus on the fantastic, and edited by author Neil Gaiman and author and veteran editor Al Sarrantonio, is, for the most part, one of the better fantasy collections out there.

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Ahmed Khalifa is a filmmaker and novelist. He is the writer/director of several short films and a feature, which was released on Netflix, and the author of a number of novels and short stories, including the YA horror novel, Beware The Stranger, available on Amazon. Find him on Twitter @AFKhalifa and on Facebook @Dark.Fantastic.AK·Writer

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Review of the forgotten Hugh Walpole novel, FORTITUDE, a terrific coming of age melodrama with Gothic undertones.

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© Ahmed Khalifa. 2021.

Ahmed Khalifa is a filmmaker and novelist. He is the writer/director of several short films and a feature, which was released on Netflix, and the author of a number of novels and short stories, including the YA horror novel, Beware The Stranger, available on Amazon. Find him on Twitter @AFKhalifa and on Facebook @Dark.Fantastic.AK·Writer

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Short reviews of the novels The Notch by Tom Holland, and Trapped by J.A. Konrath, and the classic Gothic horror film, The City of The Dead (1960).

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Ahmed Khalifa is a filmmaker and novelist. He is the writer/director of several short films and a feature, which was released on Netflix, and the author of a number of novels and short stories, including the YA horror novel, Beware The Stranger, available on Amazon. Find him on Twitter @AFKhalifa and on Facebook @Dark.Fantastic.AK·Writer

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