Category: News

AudioFear: Coroner

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Swiss metal three-piece Coroner is a force to be reckoned with. From their early Death Cult demo to their last studio album Grin, Coroner consistently maintained a strong foothold on the metal scene while improving and progressing with content and style over time through the ever-changing musical soundscape. Featuring Ron Broder on bass and vocals, …

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News Round-up Week Ending 2 March 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Sci-fi and scary have a feature article with editors in chief of Crystal Lake, Unnerving and Grey Matter Press For anyone interested in the current state of small press publishing within genre fiction, this article makes …

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News Round-up Week Ending 23 February 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New collaboration between Richard and Billy Chizmar, Widow’s Point, available now Available in both signed and unsigned hardcover editions, the new novella from Richard and Billy Chizmar is now available from PS Publishing (published by Cemetery Dance). …

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News Round-up Week Ending 16 February 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Paul Tremblay’s Head Full of Ghosts to be adapted into feature film Oz Perkins, director of The Blackcoat’s Daughter and I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House, has been announced as the director and writer in charge of …

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This Is Horror Awards 2017: Vote Now!

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It’s that time of year again, friends. The This Is Horror Awards 2017 are now open. Please send your votes to awards@thisishorror.co.uk with the subject line ‘Awards 2017’. To cast a vote simply write the category and your vote for each award. You may vote for your top two in each category. For example: Award 1. First choice 2. …

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News Round-up Week Ending 9 February 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from Crystal Lake, Darren Speegle’s Varying Distances Released today through Crystal Lake Publishing is the short story collection Varying Distance by Darren Speegle, author of Adam’s Ladder and The Third Twin. The collection features twelve tales, with …

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Book Review: Speculations by Joe McKinney

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“Whether it is horror of a supernatural nature or real-life horror, this collection has it all. Joe McKinney skillfully weaves entertaining, thought-provoking, character-driven stories that will take hold of the reader’s imagination – and not let go.” Nominated for four Bram Stoker awards, winning two (2014 for Superior Achievement in a YA Novel for Dog Days …

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News Round-up Week Ending 2 Ferbuary 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Graham Masterton’s classic political horror The Hell Candidate to be brought back into print by Telos Publishing Graham Masterton’s 1982 political horror, written to coincide with the Reagan presidency is being revived and re-released by Telos …

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News Round-up Week Ending 26 January 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Thomas Ligotti’s The Bungalow House available for pre-order on limited edtion LP Read by Jon Padgett (The Secret of Ventriloquism), Thomas Ligotti’s story, The Bungalow House,  is chillingly brought to life on a new limited edition LP. The …

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In Memoriam: Dallas Mayr 1946- 2018

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  Horror lost one of the greats yesterday. Dallas Mayr, more commonly known as Jack Ketchum, passed away 24 January 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Author of several novels including Off Season, Red, The Girl Next Door, Offspring, and the short-story collection Peaceable Kingdom, Ketchum’s work has been adapted for the screen and …

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