protean depravity

This Saturday, July 8th at 7pm, Samanta Schweblin will be at the Otherland for a little reading / Q&A event. I'm pretty excited about this, even though I have only read her here featured book Distancia de rescate ( Fever Dream in English, which has been made into a netflix movie) but I'm very very interested in her work in general. I find horror which mixes with magical realism extremely fascinating and I'm curious what the author will say about her understanding of horror and literature. Entrance is free as always, the event will be in Spanish with German translation, and if you want to participate make sure to drop Wolf a line at the usual email adress - service@otherland.de, because there is a limit to the number of people who can be at the store as far as I understand. Samanta Schweblin is an Argentine author currently based here in Berlin, who wrote numerous books such as Mouthful of Birds, Seven Empty Houses, Little Eyes , and the above mentioned Fever Dream . S...

I don't often read extreme horror or splatterpunk, but when I do, I am still looking for certain criteria like good writing, a story that goes beyond violence for violence's sake and maybe even some element of gain, of enjoyment. Done smartly and with intent, extreme horror can offer you a fresh take on things and even teach you about yourself. All criteria Kristopher Triana, one of the most prolific extreme horror authors out there, fulfills in his books, as far as I have read and can say. Everything I have read by him so far was absolutely exquisite and didn't fail to dumbfound me in addition to impress me with exceedingly good writing. Triana will be in Germany in the beginning of May and if you ever wanted to meet him, this is your chance. You have two choices: first one is at the Festa Office Building in Leipzig on Saturday, April 29, from 2 pm on - I think people will even be staying over night but I'll return to Berlin early evening, so if anybody planning on do...