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Meet the Writer: Daron Kappauff

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Daron Kappauff is a content editor by profession and a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA). He is the author of We Can Never Go Back, and the co-author of The Wicked Rex of the West and We Are Legend. He lives in Missouri where he’s raising a pair of toddlers, while dabbling in conjuring the occult. …

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News Round-up Week Ending 23 September 2022

The Black Maybe by Attila Veres - cover

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Hungary’s leading horror author, Attila Veres, releases his English debut featuring ten of his finest tales. The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales features stories that push the boundaries between reality and the weird. An obsessed fan finds …

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Look Out For … Jackal by Erin E. Adams

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“Adams’ debut novel presents a story of a young woman returning home, only to find home hides the most horrifying and deadly secrets.” Home for Liz Rocher is Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and she’s returning … somewhat reluctantly. Her best friend is getting married, but home doesn’t really hold many pleasant memories for Liz. But she can …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 September 2022

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: Ten Horror Prequels we’re dying to see Crime Reads presents a primer on Dark Academia This Time Tomorrow, Now: Emma Straub remembers her legendary father Brian McAuley talks about …

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News Round-up Week Ending 16 September 2022

Toil and Trouble by Lisa Kroger and Melanie Anderson - cover

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Coming 25 October, Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult Award-winning authors Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson combine forces again to delve into the history and the future of women in the occult. …

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Look Out For … The Hollow Kind by Andy Davidson

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“With his latest, Davidson sticks to his southern gothic roots, quite literally in some instances, with body-horror galore in a story that lingers long after the last page is turned.”  When Nellie Gardner learns she inherited her grandfather’s turpentine estate, she was already looking for a change in her life. Running from her abusive husband, …

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Look Out For … Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley

Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley - cover

“With his debut novel, McAuley presents the story of an ageing actor trying to reclaim his legacy while his beloved character returns for bloody revenge.” It’s been decades since Howard Browning portrayed the killer in the popular 80’s horror franchise, Night of the Reaper. Now he signs autographs at genre conventions, slipping away into obscurity.  When …

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Look Out For … Carnosaur by Harry Adam Knight

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“Long out of print and available only at collector prices, Carnosaur is back to wreak havoc on unsuspecting readers for the first time in over thirty years.” Warchester is one of those sleepy English towns where nothing much happens. When a local farmer’s body is found, apparently killed by a large animal, reporter David Pascal …

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Look Out For … Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman - cover

“With his latest novel, Chapman explores addiction via a supernatural drug that lifts the veil on what it means to be truly haunted.” Erin knows she needs to cut off her ex-boyfriend Silas. No matter what she does, Silas keeps popping up in her life. And now she has to bail him out of rehab …

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Look Out For … Full Immersion by Gemma Amor

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“With her latest, Amor presents a story of a woman desperate to regain control of her shattered life, with gruesome body horror and the psychological chills she’s known for.” Desperate and willing to try anything, Magpie’s idea well has run dry. Her life is falling apart all around her, and just when she thinks things …

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