News Round-up Week Ending 16 May 2025

Seed by Shelly Campbell

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Coming 13 June from writer Shelly Campbell and Eerie River Publishing, Seed Glitching between dimensions wasn’t supposed to be my life, but sometimes you have to dance with the darkness. I should be dead. Shot twice through …

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Look Out For … Kill Creatures by Rory Power

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“Power presents an unreliable narrator caught in the throes of teenage crushes, friendships, and revenge with a diabolical twist that will linger long after the last page is turned.” Luce, Edie, Jane, and Nan take the boat out for one last swim in the river on a perfect summer night. Except it wasn’t perfect. Nan …

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TIH 615: Danger Slater on Absurd Films and Books, Getting Weird with Your Writing, and Difficulties Marketing Bizarre Books

TIH 615 Danger Slater on Absurd Films and Books, Getting Weird with Your Writing, and Difficulties Marketing Bizarre Books

In this podcast, Danger Slater talks about absurd films and books, getting weird with your writing, difficulties marketing bizarre books, and much more. About Danger Slater Danger Slater is the world’s most flammable writer! He is the Wonderland Award-winning author of I Will Rot Without You, Puppet Skin, and He Digs A Hole! Show notes …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 May 2025

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado: Crime Reads hear from author Carlyn Greenwald on finding herself in queer-coded horror Horror DNA discover the five horror novels which shaped Demon Drink author Kris Ashton as a writer Dread …

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