News Round-up Week Ending 6 December 2019

Corruption Alston House

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from writer John Quick and Silver Shamrock Publishing, The Corruption of Alston House, available for pre-order now Released 10 December from Silver Shamrock Publishing is The Corruption of Alston House, by John Quick (The Damnation Trail). When …

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TOD 062 The Outer Dark Symposium, Part 7: Weird Sisters Panel and Women of Weird Fiction by Lisa Yaszek

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the seventh and final blockbuster installment of The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2019 including  the panel: ‘Weird Sisters of Horror: writing from a female or non-cis-male perspective’, moderated by Anya Martin and featuring Selena Chambers, Nancy A. Collins, Fiona Maeve Geist, Gwendolyn Kiste, Gabriela Damián Miravete, Sunny …

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Look Out For … A Nest of Nightmares by Lisa Tuttle

A Nest of Nightmares by Lisa Tuttle - cover

“Long out of print, A Nest of Nightmares is one of the most sought after horror collections, and now it returns to scare a new generation of readers.” Broken families. Life under pressure. That feeling that something just isn’t right. Ghosts, revenants, creatures that creep in the night, and those that crawl in broad daylight. …

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TIH 313: David Moody and Chad Lutzke on Self Publishing

TIH 313 David Moody and Chad Lutzke on Self Publishing

In this podcast David Moody and Chad Lutzke talk about self-publishing. About David Moody David Moody first self-published Hater in 2006, and without an agent, succeeded in selling the film rights for the novel to Mark Johnson (producer, Breaking Bad) and Guillermo Del Toro (director, The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth). His seminal zombie novel Autumn …

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Book Review: Chokehold by David Moody

Chokehold by David Moody - cover

“Moody has once again hefted his barbed wire baseball bat and knocked it out of the post-apocalyptic park, comfortably maintaining his reign as the Babe Ruth of British horror.”   Spoiler alert! This review contains some spoilers for previous Hater books. If you haven’t read them yet we recommend you do so before reading this …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 2 December 2019

babadook

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: Parade picks out The Babadook as its horror movie of the decade and explains why Screenrant explain how ten horror film sets broke the fourth wall Kendall Reviews features new, exclusive …

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News Round-up Week Ending 29 November 2019

TouchtheNight

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Hard cover edition of Touch the Night, the new novel from Max Booth III and Cemetery Dance, available for pre-order now From Max Booth III (Carnivorous Lunar Activities), comes Touch the Night, a mash up of Stranger Things and The …

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Look Out For … Various States of Decay by Matt Hayward

Various States of Decay by Matt Hayward

“Combining heartfelt emotion with a flair for truly disturbing and visceral horror, Hayward’s debut collection is definitely one you don’t want to miss.” A bizarre marketing company able to advertise directly in your dreams. Abominable beasts attacking for a brutal doomsday Featuring “Intercepting Aisle Nine”, nominated for Irish Short Story of the year. With an …

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Book Review: Bone China by Laura Purcell

Bone China by Laura Purcell - cover

“What’s clear from this book and its two predecessors is that Laura Purcell is a master of her craft. She is steadily building a body of original work, within a specific subgenre, yet with each release distinctive and original from the last.”   In recent years, there seems to have been a resurgence in popularity …

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TIH 312: Scott Thomas on Kill Creek, Violet, and Inkshares

TIH 312 Scott Thomas on Kill Creek, Violet, and Inkshares

In this podcast Scott Thomas talks about Kill Creek, Violet, Inkshares, and much more. About Scott Thomas Scott Thomas is the Stoker-nominated author of Kill Creek, which was selected by the American Library Association’s reader committee as the top horror book of 2017. Originally from Coffeyville, Kansas, Scott attended the University of Kansas where he …

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