Category: News

Helen Marshall Competition

September 25, 2014
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Roll up, roll up. This Is Horror have another brilliant competition for you, our lovely readers! Helen Marshall has just launched her new collection Gifts For the One Who Comes After from ChiZine Publications. This Is Horror is offering one lucky winner the chance to win a signed, personalised copy of the book for providing …

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News Round-up Week Ending 19 September

September 19, 2014
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Join The Last of The Living David Moody has announced a new paperback collection of short fiction, The Last of the Living. The book will feature physical prints of his successful ebook novellas The Cost of Living and Isolation, in addition to the previous short story versions of The Cost of Living and other short …

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Graham Joyce 1954–2014

September 15, 2014
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The last time I saw Graham Joyce was at the wake for Joel Lane – another Midlands writer taken from us at a ridiculously early age – and he was jokingly calling himself ‘Graham the Grey’. He was a little thinner after the cancer treatments and his hair had greyed – hence the nickname – …

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Special offer: Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey. Time sensitive

September 13, 2014
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It’s been a year since Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey drove onto the horror scene and to celebrate we’ve teamed up with Amazon to offer a very special Kindle Countdown Deal. UK customers can pick up Roadkill today for just £0.99 and US customers can pick up Roadkill for a mere $0.99. That won’t even get you a small coffee here in …

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News Round-up Week Ending 12 September

September 12, 2014
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We’ve gone all Walking Dead in this week’s news column! Walking Dead ‘Companion’ Series Confirmed Though it’s been rumoured for some time now, AMC President Charlie Collier has confirmed that the companion series to The Walking Dead will be going into production later this year, though beyond that there are precious few details as yet. …

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News Round-up Week Ending 5 September

September 5, 2014
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Grimmfest announces 2014 lineup Grimmfest have announced the full lineup for 2014’s event, which runs 2-5 October. Friday sees prog rock legends Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin performing a live score to Dario Argento’s Suspiria, followed by a rare outing for the Argent cut of Dawn of the Dead. Among the horrific offerings over the four days …

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News Round-up Week Ending 29 August

August 29, 2014
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Gala opening for Grimmfest Grimmfest organisers have announced the lineup for this year’s opening gala. The two feature films shown will be Let Us Prey and Suburban Gothic. They will be backed up by short horror film The Herd. There will also be a Q&A with the stars and crew of Let Us Prey. The full …

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24 hours to guarantee a signed copy of Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley

August 24, 2014
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We’ve been talking about the forthcoming This Is Horror release, Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley for quite some time now and we’re so excited to announce that it’s almost here. If you would like a signed copy of the book you have just twenty-four hours to pre-order. All pre-orders must be with us by August 25 …

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News Round-up Week Ending 22 August

August 22, 2014
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Prosthetics guru heads to Grimmfest Prosthetics and FX guru Shaune Harrison will be appearing at this year’s Grimmfest. Having worked on films such as World War Z, Nightbreed and TV show Game of Thrones, Harrison will bring Hollywood pedigree to the Manchester festival. To get your tickets, head over to the Grimmfest website. First trailer …

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News Round-up Week Ending 15 August

August 15, 2014
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New Silent Hill game in the works Huge news emerged this week about a new installment in the Silent Hill game franchise. Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and film legend Guillermo del Toro will be teaming up on the new game which could potentially be called Silent Hills. The game will also star The …