So much optimism for the new season and second episode! Not for the characters, of course, they will all most likely and hopefully die a bloody death (Season 5 delivered a happy ending, this season owes us in blood). Optimism for gore and dirt and jump scares. American Horror Story has been incredibly shiny and …
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Look Out For … The Parts We Play by Stephen Volk “The Parts We Play showcases stories written in different styles, settings and voices.” An illusionist preparing his latest, most audacious trick … A movie fan hiding from a totalitarian regime … A pop singer created with the perfect ingredients for stardom … A folklorist …
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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: Stranger Things—The Best Adaptation Of A Novel That Never Was Petey Mongelli Talks Spooky Empire 2016 Seven Turns Twenty-One Interview With Cruel Summer Writers/Directors Fifty Young Adult Horror Novels …
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Double Take Release Night Of The Living Dead Paperback Compilations Over the past year, Double Take Comics has been invading the world of zombie horror with a ten-book comic run that spanned the gauntlet of …
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“Readers will find themselves reeled in by the narrative, letting MacLeod’s hook sink in all the way as he drags them through the icy waters to his own vision of Hell.” The Arctic Promise has definitely seen better days. No bearings. No communications. Frigid cold and supplies are running low. The crew is ill …
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In last month’s column I looked at the birth of the black and white horror comic boom that began in the mid 60s and flourished until the early 80s. How it was started by Warren Comics, but spawned more than a few imitators, all of whom avoided the draconian Comics Code Authority because they were …
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“Dead Souls is one of the best, most horrifying novels to come along in ages and likely to find its way onto multiple bestseller and best of year lists.” 2016 has been one of the best and most exciting years for horror fiction in a long time, with new, outstanding dark lit being produced by …
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In this podcast Jessica McHugh talks about lessons learned teaching Creative Writing, the myth of writer’s block, working as a stripper at nineteen, bizarro and much more. About Jessica McHugh Jessica McHugh is a novelist, poet, and internationally produced playwright running amok in the fields of horror, sci-fi, young adult, and wherever else her peculiar mind …
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Let me just preface this whole premiere by saying I was lying, I’m TOTALLY waiting on tenterhooks, hoping with every breath this is a great season. It’s possible! I dreamed it last night, dreamed there was an incredible way to tie the whole series together neatly, into an unsettling and satisfyingly frightening season, all …
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Look Out For … Electric Dreamhouse “These books are clearly labours of love for the authors involved, personal responses to films that they’ve watched over and over.” Imagine if you will that the BFI had a disreputable cousin, a Northern Grindhouse with tastes a little darker and stranger. With staff who love their movies with …
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TIH 583: Jason Pargin on I’m Starting to Worry… In this podcast, Jason Pargin talks about I'm Starting to…
News Round-up Week Ending 27 September 2024 Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news…
Look Out For … Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram "With this debut novella, Ajram delves into shadowy liminal spaces,…
5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 September 2024 Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet…
TIH 582: Todd Keisling on Gethsemane, Solve for X,… In this podcast, Todd Keisling talks about Gethsemane, Solve for…