British-Australian multi award-winning author Alan Baxter writes hard-hitting supernatural thrillers, often with a heavy dose of horror. Novels, novellas, short stories, typically featuring monsters, magic, and often, martial arts. He runs the Illawarra Kung Fu Academy, so he definitely know what he’s talking about. Alan is the author of Bound, Obsidian, and Abduction (The Alex …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 25 Feb 2019
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 has a feature article on the top twenty films to get you into Japanese horror The Horror Tree feature seven succulent tips for writing horror fiction from …
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Look Out For … The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
“Jennifer McMahon ramps up the tension in The Invited, building a new haunted house story from remnants of the past.” Looking for the simple life, Nate and Helen get out of their suburban home to live their dream: building a home on forty acres of land. After making the move, they find out about the …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 Feb 2019
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: Ars Technica have a feature article on a Danish study into why horror fans love the genre Screenrant list their top ten films from current horror trendsetters A24 Gwendolyn …
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Look Out For … Inspection by Josh Malerman
“Malerman’s mastery of character and uncanny ability to twist the craziest scenarios into pulse-pounding horror make Inspection one book you don’t want to miss.” A student at a hidden away school deep in the forest. Only one of twenty-six, but they all call the school’s founder their father. Art, Athletics, and science … this is …
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Just When You Thought It Was Safe … Here Come the Zombies
The old saying goes there are only two things certain in life—death and taxes. Our own mortality is front and center, the ultimate deciding factor in every single human endeavor. Since we’re born into the grave, it makes sense that humans would strive to find a means to become immortal, or at least find a …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 11 Feb 2019
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: Collider have a series of photos from the forthcoming adaptation of Joe Hill’s NOS4A2 Gizmodo pick out ten horror movies with artworks every bit as horrifying as the action Entertainment …
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Look Out For … The Migration by Helen Marshall
“Considering Marshall completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford studying literature written during the Black Death, combined with a strange outbreak with undead consequences, The Migration is a must read for 2019.” Catastrophic flooding across the world, and a strange disease is attacking the immune systems of the young. Kira Perella is diagnosed just as her sister …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 4 Feb 2019
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: Kotaku’s Heather Alexandra explains the difference, for her, between horror games and horror movies Polygon pick out Corporate Animals as their pick of Sundance festival horror Joe.ie suggest that George R. …
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Why I Wrote … Victoria by Jason Parent
Jason Parent is an author of horror, thrillers, mysteries, science fiction, and dark humor, though his many novels, novellas, and short stories tend to blur the boundaries between these genres. From his award-winning first horror/mystery novel, What Hides Within, to his widely applauded police procedural/supernatural thriller, Seeing Evil, Jason’s work has won him praise from …
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