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Cover Story: An Interview with Designer and Artist Erik Mohr

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

It’s a truism that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but at ChiZine Publications, the tomes—from trade paperbacks to limited edition hardcovers and ebooks—are graced by evocative, haunting jackets that fully do justice to both the content and … Continue reading →

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Literature in Light and Shadow: An Interview with Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, founders of ChiZine Publishing

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

In Canada’s genre publishing scene, one press is lighting up the shadows like no other. ChiZine Publishing built its reputation publishing high-quality “dark genre” fiction—a label that acknowledges that the boundaries between genres are somewhat fluid. As the press’s website … Continue reading →

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Ghost Stories: Blood and Vegetables Goes to the Theatre

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Much as we like to spend most of our evenings in with a good book, Blood and Vegetables has to admit that it is now getting warmer in the Great White North, and thus it behoves us occasionally to get … Continue reading →

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Going Wild: An Interview with Tim Lebbon

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

Bestselling author Tim Lebbon claims that the conception of The Secret Journeys of Jack London, a series written in collaboration with the equally acclaimed Christopher Golden, is a story that any writer might recognize, coming as it did, essentially, from … Continue reading →

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Coffin-Table Book Joy: A Review of Zombies! An Illustrated History of the Undead, by Jovanka Vuckovic

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

If you want to be prepared when World War Z finally kicks off—or if you’re wondering the best way to repurpose a lawnmower when your house is invaded by the living dead—then you need to make one new addition to … Continue reading →

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Darkness under the Midnight Sun: A Review of The Secret Journeys of Jack London, by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

“There are strange things done in the midnight sun / By the men who moil for gold,” begins Robert Service’s 1907 gold-rush poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee.” But even the unusual doings of Service’s poem didn’t foreshadow the eerie … Continue reading →

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Necronomicon Ex Mortis: An Interview with Books of the Dead Press’s founder, James Roy Daley

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

The titles at Books of the Dead Press may not be bound in human flesh and inked in human blood—but nevertheless, the genre press founded by author James Roy Daley has racked up blood-curdlingly good sales figures among horror fans … Continue reading →

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Living Dead Girl: An Interview with Jovanka Vuckovic

Posted on February 26, 2011 by

If you ever needed a reason to barricade yourself into your local bookstore with a plentiful supply of sandwiches and a cricket bat, here it is: on March 15, Zombies: An Illustrated History of the Undead, lurches onto shelves across … Continue reading →

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“The door opened with an eerie creak…”

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

Welcome to Blood and Vegetables, a horror-lit blog with the occasional post about vegetarian cookbooks (even ghouls need to eat their greens). Here, you’ll find profiles of small presses, author interviews, and no-holds-barred book reviews with a vaguely literary bent … Continue reading →

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