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5 Must Read Horror Articles 15 July 2024

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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 Lineup present four occult urban myths associated with legendary rock stars Esquire Magazine asks whether America cares for its authors any more The Horror Tree offer up a …

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Look Out For … Crushing Snails by Emma E. Murray

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“With Murray’s brutal debut novel, we witness the coming-of-age of a serial killer as her dark obsessions become violent realities.” Sixteen year old Winnie Campbell is becoming a serial killer. With her father blaming Winnie for her mother’s death and doting on her little sister while ignoring Winnie, his increasingly cruel punishments slip into torture …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 8 July 2024

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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: Author Jasper Bark explains his latest ingenious guerrilla marketing campaign to The Ginger Nuts of Horror The Horror Tree consider the question of writing good and evil from a …

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Look Out For … The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill

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“With his latest, Hamill sends a trio home to confront horrors old and new as Texas is torn apart in an apocalyptic nightmare.” “You can never go home again,” the saying goes … For Hal, Athena, and Erin, home is exactly where they must go. Twenty years ago, the three were students of eccentric Professor …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 1 July 2024

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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: Bloody Disgusting discover some favourite horror families to visit ahead of the release of The Vourdalak Horror Tree look into writing combat and how it can inform and be informed …

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Look Out For … The Body Harvest by Michael J. Seidlinger

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“With his latest, Seidlinger goes viral as he taps into our collective obsession with illness in this Ballardian nightmare. After meeting at a grief share group, Will and Olivia quickly bond. See, Will is a fraud and Olivia is a wreck. Together in their brokenness, they discover they also share a particular hobby: seeking out …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 June 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 look at American Psycho and the rise of capitalist horror The Ginger Nuts of Horror feature a guest article by author James Bennett revisiting the ‘bury your gays’ trope …

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Look Out For … Words Made of Flesh by R.A. Busby

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“With her latest, Busby presents a down-on-his-luck man falling into a pit of obsession concerning a strange book made of flesh.” New Bedford, 1899 Tormented by memories of his lover, lingering on the edges of life, Harrison Quire realizes he has a problem. When he pays the Whisperers’ Club a visit to hear a few …

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Letting Your Baby Go: Launching a Book

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In March this year, I went through what is my fourth book launch, when Brigids Gate Press released . With my previous three books coming during the Covid pandemic, this felt like the first time I was able to try some things to help it find its readership. Some of these strategies worked well. Some …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 June 2024

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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: Dread Central look at outdated or failing tech in horror games and ask how it can be so scary The Lineup present a list of horror fiction queens for …

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