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Look Out For … Ghost Recall by Alan Baxter

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“With his latest installment of the ever-popular Eli Carver series, Baxter ups the ante with what may be Carver’s fiercest battle yet.” Now that things have calmed down for Eli Carver, he’s grown a little complacent. Living large with his girlfriend in Las Vegas, he can’t remember a more peaceful time. But when things are …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 8 November 2021

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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: The Big Think look back at the origin of horror and, specifically, ghost stories LitReactor tell writers to value their work Crime Reads offer up five examples of chilling …

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Look Out For … Thanatrauma by Steve Rasnic Tem

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“With his latest collection, Tem brings together over twenty stories—four published here for the first time—covering the fear of death and dying, including a long lost undistributed tale from the annals of Weird Tales.”  Thanatrauma. Death, grief, loss, ageing. Fundamental fears we all have in common. Relentless. Inevitable. Unescapable. “Thanatrauma: the dread of it erodes …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 1 November 2021

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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: The Guardian asks whether horror fiction is entering a golden age The Horror Tree carries out an experiment on the human brain to determine the effects of reading horror …

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Look Out For … The Hidden by Melanie Golding

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“Golding’s sophomore effort twists Celtic mythology to new heights with a terrifying story about the power of motherhood.”  In a seaside town, a little girl is found. The authorities close the case when the girl’s mother shows up … just a toddler running off in the night. Police discover a man left for dead in …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 25 October 2021

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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 features eight mysteries and thrillers with underlying supernatural elements LitReactor feature an article of advice on making the ending work in a horror novel The Ginger Nuts …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 October 2021

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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: Writer Steven Savile explains to Kendall Reviews why one of his novels was thirty years in the making Tor Nightfire highlight five of the most unlikely duos in horror …

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Look Out For … Something More Than Night by Kim Newman

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“With his latest novel, Newman slips into the hardboiled detective world with ease, presenting a supernatural tale starring two of the most iconic celebrities of the 1930s.” Hollywood, California, the late 1930s. Raymond Chandler, pulp writer of detective stories, and Boris Karloff, the original monster of Hollywood. Joining forces, this unlikely team investigate their town, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 11 October 2021

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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: Writer Gabino Iglesias tells Tor Nightfire why he believes in ghosts and how to tell ghost stories The Ginger Nuts of Horror pick out nine new young adult releases …

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Look Out For … Don’t Push the Button by John Skipp

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“With his new collection, Skipp is at his disturbing, passionate, and often hilarious best, giving us his all with deeply personal and illuminating stories, screenplays, and essays.” All of us know horror. Every single day, they shove it in our faces. Try to negotiate the nightmares all you want, total destruction is simply a push …

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