News Round-up Week Ending 3 May 2019

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Recently released by Thunderstorm Books, Walk The Darkness Down, a weird western by John Boden Originally released as a hardcover only, Walk the Darkness Down is a weird western by John Boden (Rattlesnake Kisses) dealing with a cast of …

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Look Out For … On Dark Wings: Stories by Stephen Gregory

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“For the first time, Gregory’s short fiction capturing his special brand of horror and the natural is now collected in one volume that’s a must-have for fans of dark fiction.” Not all horror comes from the supernatural. Distinctive and disturbing, these tales of madness and death follow from the natural world, and often from dark …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 29 Apr 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: The LA Times charts the horror movie’s path to the summit of summer movie releases The Chive asks whether jump scares are really necessary in horror movies Newsweek talks …

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TIH 273: Elizabeth Hand on Creative Writing, Life Lessons, and the Seventies Punk Scene

TIH 273 Elizabeth Hand on Creative Writing, Life Lessons, and the Seventies Punk Scene

In this podcast Elizabeth Hand talks about creative writing, life lessons, the seventies punk scene, and much more. Elizabeth Hand A New York Times notable and multiple award-winning author, Elizabeth Hand has written seven novels, including the cult classic Waking the Moon, and short-story collections. She is a longtime contributor to numerous publications, including the …

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News Round-up Week Ending 26 April 2019

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from Crystal Lake Publishing, Book Haven and Other Curiosities, by Mark Allan Gunnells From the author of Flowers in a Dumpster comes a new collection of stories to frighten you, move you and make you think. The …

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Look Out For … This is Midnight: Stories by Bernard Taylor

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Taylor’s horrific short fiction is finally compiled in one volume, making this a must have for all horror fans.  A man begins to feel ‘Out of Sorts’ while spending the night with his mistress during a full moon. With ‘Samhain’, black magic is the path for a witch wanting to get rid of her loser …

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe … We Never See the Monster!

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Within horror fandom, there seem to be two schools of thought: show the monster or leave it up to imagination. The basic horror formula, three acts that expose the monster/evil near the end of the third act, was the standard for decades. And as long as there’s a payoff, it still works today. It doesn’t …

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TIH 272: [Interlude] Health Update, This Is Horror Awards, and Story News with Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella

TIH 272 [Interlude] Health Update, This Is Horror Awards, and Story News with Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella

In this podcast Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella sit down for an interlude episode. Michael explains a little bit about his recent hospital visits, before we jump into the This Is Horror Awards, story news, and much more. Show notes [05:40] Michael David Wilson’s Health update [39:55] This Is Horror Awards [49:20] This Is …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 22 Apr 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: Taste of Cinema pick out the ten most original horror movies of the twenty-first century to date The Independent asks whether horror cinema demonises the older woman Barnes & …

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News Round-up Week Ending 19 April 2019

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Night Shoot, the second novel by Scottish author David Sodergren, coming 9 May When a group of film students are running out of money, time and luck – and their lead actress has quit. In a …

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