News Round-up Week Ending 5 July 2019

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …   Sarah Killian 2: The Mullets of Madness by Mark Sheldon Out Now Crystal Lake Publishing is releasing the latest in Mark Sheldon’s continuing saga of Sarah Killian. A sequel to Sheldon’s Sarah Killian: Serial Killer …

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Book Review: Unamerica by Cody Goodfellow

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“Compelling characters (both main and supporting), a unique and well-realised setting, and disturbingly descriptive visions, and you have a gripping novel that lives up to the hype.”   Cody Goodfellow first made waves in the fiction world with Radiant Dawn, his first novel, which he self-published in 2000. From there, he continued to expand his …

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TIH 286: Doug Murano on Anthologies, Fair Pay, and Co-Editing

TIH 286: Doug Murano on Anthologies, Fair Pay, and Co-Editing

In this podcast Doug Murano talks about anthologies, fair pay, co-editing, and much more. About Doug Murano Doug Murano lives somewhere between Mount Rushmore and the mighty Missouri River. He is the Bram Stoker Award-winning editor of Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders and the co-editor of Bram Stoker Award-nominated Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories. Since …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 June 2019

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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: Silent Motorist Media present ten weird writers that should be on all of our radars in 2019 Cracked pick out five horror movie sub-genres that will never die Real …

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News Round-up Week Ending 28 June 2019

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Coming soon from PS Publishing, The Complete Short Stories of Mike Carey Known as Mike Carey or M. R. Carey, depending on which genre the versatile writer is working in at the time, this author is perhaps …

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe … Here Comes Forbidden Knowledge

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Primeval, and often arcane, we have always been fascinated with forbidden knowledge. Never content to leave well enough alone, humans have a particularly nasty habit of sticking their noses where they don’t belong, especially when it comes to acquiring information they’re not supposed to have. Biblical in nature, the forbidden is desirable … and usually …

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Look Out For … The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

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“Davidson turns his attention to horror with a coming-of-age novel, at once touching and captivating, examining the power of storytelling and how our memories change over time.” Niagara Falls, 1980’s. Twelve year old Jake Baker meets a pair of siblings new to town, and introduces them to his eccentric uncle Calvin, collector of conspiracy theories …

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TIH 285: Doug Murano on Empathy First, Getting Rid of Smartphone, and Doing Less, Living More

TIH 285 Doug Murano on Empathy First, Getting Rid of Smartphone, and Doing Less, Living More

In this podcast Doug Murano talks about putting empathy first, getting rid of his smartphone, doing less and living more, and much more. About Doug Murano Doug Murano lives somewhere between Mount Rushmore and the mighty Missouri River. He is the Bram Stoker Award-winning editor of Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders and the co-editor …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 June 2019

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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: SPOILERS: CBR shows a number of ways in which Child’s Play (2019) tweaks or even subverts horror clichés The Independent newspaper feature a selection of the six-word horrors which have …

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TIH 284: Lauren Beukes on Crime and Horror Fiction, South Africa, and Creative Writing MA

TIH 284 Lauren Beukes on Crime and Horror Fiction, South Africa, and Creative Writing MA

In this podcast Lauren Beukes talks about crime and horror fiction, South Africa, her Creative Writing MA, and much more. About Lauren Beukes Lauren Beukes is a novelist, TV scriptwriter, documentary maker, comics writer and occasional journalist. Her novels include the Arthur C Clarke Award winning novel Zoo City, Shining Girls, and Broken Monsters. Her next novel, …

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