News Round-up Week Ending 7 April 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New speculative story collection from Kenneth W. Cain available now In a new release from Crystal Lake Publishing, Embers by Kenneth W. Cain (The Old Tales, Fresh Cut Tales) is a collection of twenty-five short stories focussing on …

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Book Review: The Endless Fall by Jeffrey Thomas

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“A powerhouse collection of weird fiction, with stories ranging from the subtle to the outrageous, with an attention to detail and fully realized characters we can’t stop reading about.”   Perhaps best known as the writer of the Punktown series of novels and stories, Jeffrey Thomas is fast becoming known as master of the weird. …

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Look Out For … Entropy in Bloom by Jeremy Robert Johnson

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Look Out For … Entropy in Bloom by Jeremy Robert Johnson “Jeremy Robert Johnson is the poster child for bizarro fiction, an established writer that consistently delivers the goods.” Collected for the first time in hardback, the incomparable Jeremy Robert Johnson unleashes his style of weird and bizarre fiction to the masses with a stellar …

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TIH 141: Betty Rocksteady on Weird Fiction, Research, and Outlining

TIH 141 Betty Rocksteady on Weird Fiction, Research, and Outlining

In this podcast Betty Rocksteady talks about weird fiction, research, outlining, and much more. About Betty Rocksteady Betty Rocksteady is your everyday Canadian weirdo with a leaning towards the macabre and grotesque. Besides writing violent and sexual and just plain weird fiction, she does black and white horror illustration. Her debut novella, Arachnophile, was part of Eraserhead …

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Midnight Mix-Tape: April 2017 – Haunted

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Uncle Jake’s here to hook you up with some of the latest and greatest horror short stories available online right now. Stories that will challenge, evolve, and redefine what horror is, and what it will become. These are themed mix-tapes of fear, dread, danger, and gore, lovingly curated just for your reading pleasure. My grandma …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 3 April 2017

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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:   Eight ways to survive if you find yourself caught in a horror movie Nine horror franchises that should be brought back as TV shows Horror classics that never …

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Book Review: Like Jagged Teeth by Betty Rocksteady

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“Like Jagged Teeth has elements to it that are absolutely sickening, yet the prose describing such acts is poetic and flows very nicely, drawing the reader in like a hungry spider on a web.”   Jacalyn knows going to the party was a mistake, especially when a gang of creepy older guys start following her …

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TIH 140: Betty Rocksteady on Like Jagged Teeth, Bizarro, and Arachnophile

TIH 140 Betty Rocksteady on Like Jagged Teeth, Bizarro, and Arachnophile

In this podcast Betty Rocksteady talks about her forthcoming novella Like Jagged Teeth, the bizarro fiction genre, Arachnophile, and much more. About Betty Rocksteady Betty Rocksteady is your everyday Canadian weirdo with a leaning towards the macabre and grotesque. Besides writing violent and sexual and just plain weird fiction, she does black and white horror illustration. Her debut novella, …

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News Round-up Week Ending 31 March 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Debut novel by Matt Hayward What do Monsters Fear? coming July Recently touted as one of the new voices to watch out for in genre fiction, Matt Hayward’s debut novel, What do Monsters Fear? will be released through Post-Mortem …

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Look Out For … Regression by Cullen Bunn and Danny Luckert

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  Look Out For … Regression by Cullen Bunn and Danny Luckert “With advance praise from the legendary Steve Niles … it looks like Bunn has another hit on his hands.” From Bram Stoker and Eisner Award nominated writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Sixth Gun, The Empty Man) comes Regression, a new horror series in …

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