“In Broadbent’s latest, a young woman is forced to go where the deputies fear to tread … deep in the swamp to find her lost brother.” No one blinks an eye when Lila Carson’s young brother Beau disappears. Ten-year-old Beau can’t talk and throws tantrums. He’s just another useless Carson, another one of those kids …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 March 2024
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: Lit Hub consider how Shirley Jackson was able to harness the dark and uncanny elements of everyday life The Lineup select five female horror characters who deserve more love …
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Look Out For … The Cut by C.J. Dotson
“A woman on the run from a vicious ex-fiancé; a strange hotel where some never check out; slimy, monstrous horror … this first novel has it all with heart to spare.” The L’Arpin, a historic hotel long past its prime, wasn’t the first place Sadie thought about when raising a toddler while pregnant with another. …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 10 March 2024
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 pick out five deadly supernatural serial killers The Ginger Nuts of Horror present an essay on master of the uncanny Robert Aickman Dread Central sing the praises …
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Look Out For … A Feast of Putrid Delights by Valentina Rojas
“Troubling insomnia collides with culinary obsession when a young chef experiments with a new drug with nightmarish and devastating consequences.” Antonia’s life has unraveled after surviving a brutal attack at a local queer nightclub. Plagued with insomnia, she has trouble keeping her thoughts on track, and definitely can’t focus on the brand new restaurant she and …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 3 March 2024
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: Dread Central revisit 2020 film His House for Black History Month and explain why it’s more important than ever The Lineup present Mother Horror’s guide to dark and disturbing fiction in …
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Look Out For … Passing Through a Prairie Country by Dennis E. Staples
“With his second novel, Staples hits the casino floor with a haunting tale of a nightmarish wraith gambling away the lives of the residents of an Ojibwe reservation.” A dark force has haunted the Languille Lake reservation for decades. Whispered as “the sandman”, this entity lurks in the Hidden Atlantis Lake Resort and Casino, the …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 February 2024
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: The Lineup present four examples of young and pint-sized yet terrifying horror villains Dread Central take a cue from the recently announced sequel and reappraise Constantine twenty years on The …
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Look Out For … They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran
“Environmental nightmares meld with gruesome body horror in Tran’s latest, presenting a young heroine fighting for survival among both mutated foes and human monsters.” Ever since the hurricane, Mercy Louisiana hasn’t been the same. A strange red algae has bloomed along the coast. Noon and her mother carve out a life among the wreckage by …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 February 2024
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: The Horror Tree analyse what makes horror video games scary and discusses how writers can transplant this into their stories Night Tide Magazine discuss how Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu eschews …
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