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July 5, 2019
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3 mins to read
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Sarah Killian 2: The Mullets of Madness by Mark Sheldon Out Now Crystal Lake Publishing is releasing the latest in Mark Sheldon’s continuing saga of Sarah Killian. A sequel to Sheldon’s Sarah Killian: Serial Killer …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-up-week-ending-5-july-2019/
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July 3, 2019
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5 mins to read
“Compelling characters (both main and supporting), a unique and well-realised setting, and disturbingly descriptive visions, and you have a gripping novel that lives up to the hype.” Cody Goodfellow first made waves in the fiction world with Radiant Dawn, his first novel, which he self-published in 2000. From there, he continued to expand his …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-unamerica-by-cody-goodfellow/
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June 27, 2019
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“Davidson turns his attention to horror with a coming-of-age novel, at once touching and captivating, examining the power of storytelling and how our memories change over time.” Niagara Falls, 1980’s. Twelve year old Jake Baker meets a pair of siblings new to town, and introduces them to his eccentric uncle Calvin, collector of conspiracy theories …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-the-saturday-night-ghost-club-by-craig-davidson/
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June 20, 2019
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“With historical accuracy and pulse-pounding suspense, Wood cranks up the tension with a creature you won’t soon forget, and characters that spring to life on the page.” 1945: The Belzec concentration camp is liberated. There they find a group of Jewish captives, surviving. But not just surviving … they are actually better-fed and in much …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-the-tribe-by-bari-wood/
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June 20, 2019
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5 mins to read
“ … a magical story with complex protagonists to root for and dictatorial villains to despise. And a story in which all fans of rich, urban fantasies can lose themselves.” Paul Kane has been passionate about horror, science fiction, and fantasy from a very young age and has carried this into adulthood and his …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-arcana-by-paul-kane/
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June 19, 2019
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11 mins to read
PSA: This column includes spoilers for The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay. Read at your own risk! While I am a pretty patient reader, one of my favorite experiences is when a book latches onto me from the very beginning and then does not let go. It’s a rare experience. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/the-gotta-the-cabin-at-the-end-of-the-world-by-paul-tremblay/
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June 13, 2019
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2 mins to read
“With his latest novel, Everson twists seductive obsession with shadowy occult magic, bringing it all to a fever pitch.” Austin has a secret. He secretly wishes his wife would die. At a bar, drinking into the midnight hour, Austin even admits his secret to a seductive woman sporting a strange tattoo. But this woman isn’t …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-the-devils-equinox-by-john-everson/
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June 6, 2019
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3 mins to read
“With The Grand Dark, Kadrey uses the gritty setting he knows so well to build a strange new world with characters that are larger than life, facing dangers that sit at the edge of our imagination.” Now that the Great War has ended, Lower Proszawa celebrates peace as intensely as the distress of the war. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-the-grand-dark-by-richard-kadrey/
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June 4, 2019
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5 mins to read
Dennis Etchison (March 30, 1943 – May 28, 2019) On Tuesday May 28th, the American horror writer and editor Dennis Etchison passed away. He might not have gained the mainstream recognition of some of his contemporaries, but to his fellow writers (and to fans) Etchison was a titan of the field. A “writer’s writer”, if …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/in-memoriam-dennis-etchison-1943-2019/
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May 30, 2019
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2 mins to read
“This latest collection by Evenson will bend your mind in unanticipated directions and into the dark and shadowy areas you were warned about.” Doubt. Delusions. Paranoia. Human perception twisted to the breaking point. The unconscious is capable of powerful self-deception, accounting for our own compulsions, even if we’re unaware of it ourselves. Why we’re excited …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-out-for-song-for-the-unraveling-of-the-world-by-brian-evenson/