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Look Out For… Probably Monsters by Ray Cluley and Modern Mythmakers

Look Out For… Probably Monsters by Ray Cluley “There’s no ‘probably’ about it: here be monsters.” From British Fantasy Award-winning author Ray Cluley comes Probably Monsters – a collection of dark, weird, literary horror stories. Sometimes the monsters are bloodsucking fiends with fleshy wings. Sometimes they’re shambling dead things that won’t rest, or simply creatures …

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Bloodlines: Lost and Found – Mary Butts’ With and Without Buttons

It may surprise some of you to know that award-winning writer Conrad Williams has a penchant for photographing lost gloves. He even has a website dedicated to them (oneglove.wordpress.com) a kind of repository for the “partnerless”, for the “severed shadows” that are left behind on park benches, hidden beneath fallen leaves or swept into gutters. …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 5 March 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Uncanny: a Brief History of a Disturbed Word The Dreadful Ten: Camilla’s Top Ten Forgotten Australian Horrors It Follows Just Revolutionised The Slasher Movie Alien 5 is hatching, but what can we …

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Look Out For… Black Star, Black Sun by Rich Hawkins and The Doll Collection

Look Out For… Black Star, Black Sun by Rich Hawkins “Black Star, Black Sun looks set to confirm Hawkin’s position as one of the most promising new horror authors around.” Ben Ottway has returned to his family home in Marchwood; tired, broken, and grieving over the disappearance of his wife. This should be a time …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 February 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Nightbreed: 25 Years of Enduring Horror Women in Horror Month: Gale Anne Hurd, the Harbinger of Mainstream Horror In Defence of… Alien: Resurrection, the Franchise’s Ugly Duckling Moseley Not Manson: The Saga …

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The Cutting Room: Ash vs Evil Dead

Ash vs Evil Dead Everybody’s favourite chainsaw-handed, convenience store deadbeat is back to face off once again versus the nefarious Evil Dead. We say “Groovy!” Why we’re looking forward to this: You have to ask? Just kidding. The first two Evil Dead films are masterpieces of modern horror, and the third one was pretty good …

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Look Out For… The Bones Of You by Gary McMahon and Tortured Souls by Clive Barker

Look Out For… The Bones Of You by Gary McMahon “A new release by Gary McMahon is always cause for celebration.” Adam Morris moves into a cheap rental property in the suburbs. He’s divorced and now only sees his daughter, Jessica, every other weekend. He’s a broken man trying to start a new life. When …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 16 February 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: MIND MELD: Name Your Favorite Apocalypse or Dystopia! Tales from the Video Store: The [R]ite of Passage The Wonderfully Horrific World of Female Horror Writers 17 Moments of Movie Terror in the …

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The Cutting Room: Tales From The Darkside

Tales From The Darkside Back from the dead, one of the most famous and best loved anthology series of all time is being resurrected by the CW Network. Expect horror, science fiction and fantasy in hour long easily digestible morsels. Why we’re looking forward to this: We’re great fans of anthologies here at This Is …

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Terror Tots: Whisper

Everyone and their dog can easily tell you the name of the most demonic child to ever grace screens. Yes, you got it – I’m talking about The Omen series’ Damien Thorn. A very similar child that you probably haven’t come across, however, goes by the name of David… and you can find his particular …

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