5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 March 2020

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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 dissect the Resident Evil 3 Remake demo and pick out five key takeaways The Gingernuts of Horror continue the ‘Horrors of Humanity’ series with a piece by Phil …

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TIH 337: Alan Baxter on The Roo, Kangaroos Terrorising Towns, and Things That Kill You in Australia

TIH 337: Alan Baxter on The Roo, Kangaroos Terrorising Towns, and Things That Kill You in Australia

In this podcast Alan Baxter talks about The Roo, kangaroos terrorising towns, things that kill you in Australia, and much more. About Alan Baxter Alan Baxter is a multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers, and dark fantasy. He’s also a martial arts expert, a whisky-soaked swear monkey, and dog lover. He creates dark, weird stories …

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News Round-up Week Ending 20 March 2020

Dead Trouble

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Dead Trouble and Other Ghost Stories, a collection of ghostly tales, many based on true hauntings, by Aidan Chambers, available for pre-order now Aidan Chambers has been collecting ghost stories for decades. For Dead Trouble & Other …

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Look Out For … Black Bubbles by Kelli Owen

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“In this new edition of her debut collection, Owen adds new tales, story notes, even artwork, in a collection that is a must-read for fans of horror.” Death goes on a holiday … a reminder why good intentions and science don’t mix … nightmares that invade the waking world … ancient evil hitchhiking to freedom …

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Book Review: Arterial Bloom, Edited by Mercedes M. Yardley

Arterial Bloom, edited by Mercedes M. Yardley, cover by Todd Keisling

“Following on from Crystal Lake Publishing’s hugely successful Tales From The Lake series, Arterial Bloomwill sit proudly alongside those tomes and, undoubtedly, the best anthologies that 2020 has to offer.“   In the introduction by the ever-eloquent Linda D. Addison, the Stoker award-winning author and poet touches on the bravery in editor Mercedes M. Yardley’s …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 16 March 2020

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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: LitReactor explains the importance of staying positive as a writer at times of crisis Dread Central run a feature charting the phenomenal career of Max Von Sydow, who passed …

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TIH 336: Alan Baxter on Served Cold, Profanity, and Short Story Collections

TIH 336 Alan Baxter on Served Cold, Profanity, and Short Story Collections

In this podcast Alan Baxter talks about Served Cold, profanity, short story collections, and much more. About Alan Baxter Alan Baxter is a multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers, and dark fantasy. He’s also a martial arts expert, a whisky-soaked swear monkey, and dog lover. He creates dark, weird stories among dairy paddocks on the …

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News Round-up Week Ending 13 March 2020

Sole Survivor

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Sole Survivor by Zachary Ashford, the next installment in Unnerving’s ‘Rewind or Die’ series, coming 26 March An uninhabited island … Several hundred hidden cameras … Ten contestants who think they’re stranded … One man employed …

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Look Out For … The Pack by David Fisher

The Pack by David Fisher - cover

“Animals Attack horror was huge in the 70’s, and Fisher’s The Pack hit that nerve in spectacularly gruesome fashion.” Man’s best friend. During the Summer on the island, they played with your children, ran on the beaches, fetched the sticks you tossed to them. But now Summer is over, the tourists have gone, and Winter …

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Book Review: The Dregs Trilogy by Chris Kelso

The Dregs Trilogy by Chris Kelso

“[Kelso] weaves threads of each individual character, their complex histories, the overarching nightmarish theme of Ultra-Realism and the horror of being human together to create a bleak work of nihilistic art.” Chris Kelso is a chameleon, literarily speaking. The young Scot has written fiction with wide-ranging genre tags, from bizarro to science fiction, horror to …

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