Welcome to Must Read Horror. Last week, we lost one of the most celebrated writers ever, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison. Author of Beloved, Song of Solomon, Sula, and The Bluest Eye, among many other works, she often used magic realism, fantasy, and horror to explore the boundaries of human experience in a way that …
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News Round-up Week Ending 9 August 2019
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from author Gemma Amor, Dear Laura, the new novella, out now From British horror writer Gemma Amor (Cruel Works of Nature, The Nosleep Podcast) comes Dear Laura, a novella. Every year, on her birthday, Laura gets a letter …
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Look Out For … Catfish Lullaby by A.C. Wise
“Blending folklore and fable, monsters and myth, Wise’s work takes speculative fiction to new heights and extremes.” The town of Louis definitely has its secrets. For years there have been wild rumors of something in the swamp … something unnatural. Several people have even gone missing out there, never to be seen again. A lot …
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TIH 293: Gemma Files on Professional and Personal Changes, Found Footage, and LitReactor
In this podcast Gemma Files talks about professional and personal changes, found footage, LitReactor, and much more. About Gemma Files Born April 4, 1968, in London, England, Gemma Files is the child of two actors (Elva Mai Hoover and Gary Files) and has lived most of her life in Toronto, Canada. Previously best-known as a …
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News Round-up Week Ending 2 August 2019
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from T.L. Bodine, River of Souls forthcoming from Trepidatio Publishing The media says Undeath is manageable, a condition controlled with a new drug called Lazarus. Retaining their humanity and able to live happy, somewhat normal …
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Look Out For … And Cannot Come Again by Simon Bestwick
“Themes of childhood memories and innocence lost, at once heartfelt and often as humorous as it is frightening, this collection is a must-have for all horror lovers.” Tortured children turn to a mysterious urban legend for help. Four childhood friends remember events from a summer long ago, and the return of first love with …
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Why I Wrote … The Dark Game by Jonathan Janz
Certainly not a new name in the industry, Jonathan Janz has been steadily building his reputation, and bibliography, consistently delivering bone-chilling horror for nearly a decade. Author of The Sorrows, Dust Devils, Savage Species, Children of the Dark, Exorcist Falls, and most recently, The Siren and The Specter and The Dark Game, Janz has …
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