Look Out For … Ruin by Rich Hawkins “A typically grim yet engaging apocalypse from the brilliant Rich Hawkins.” These are the dark days, a time of ruin. It began when the black rocks fell to earth, bringing with them a contagion which infected man and beast alike, spreading death and destruction across the land. …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 7 November 2016
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: What Makes A Horror Villain Interesting Nicolas Winding Refn Talks About The Neon Demon Badass Female Villains Writer Jon Spaihts Talks Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe Horror Movie Villains Body …
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This Is Horror Awards 2016: Public Nominations Are Open
It’s the sixth annual This Is Horror Awards and this year’s categories reflect our focus on horror fiction and the craft of writing. Here are the categories: Novel of the Year Novella of the Year Short Story Collection of the Year Anthology of the Year Fiction Magazine of the Year Publisher of the Year Fiction …
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News Round-up Week Ending 4 November 2016
Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Haynes aims to take out zombies with new survival app With The Walking Dead returning to our screens and Halloween – the day of the dead – having passed just days ago, Haynes has launched a …
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Book Review: The Parts We Play by Stephen Volk
“Stephen Volk is gradually earning the label as a master of the British horror short form. If ‘Monsters in the Heart’ gave us a glimpse of this excellence, then ‘The Parts We Play’ has blown the screen door wide open.” There seems little left to add about the quality of writing Stephen Volk has produced …
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The Cutting Room: The Bye Bye Man
Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, a mysterious figure they discover is the root cause of the evil behind man’s most unspeakable acts. Why we’re looking forward to this: The devil made me do it is an oft used excuse for perpetrators of evil deeds, but what if something …
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Book Review: Savages by Greg F. Gifune
“Gifune rockets you through the book at runaway freight train speeds and you’ll find yourself at the end of this shockingly brutal tale long before you expect to be there.” With more than twelve novels, several screenplays, and two short story collections under his belt, Greg F. Gifune is arguably one of the most prolific …
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Book Review: An Ideal Retreat by Michael Griffin
“Griffin’s command of language is clear: his prose is exquisite, his descriptions divine.” An accomplished and renowned author of Weird Horror, it is clear to see that Michael Griffin is going places. With short stories in Black Static, Apex and Strange Aeons to his name, as well as stories in the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated …
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AHS: Roanoke Chapter 7: Happy Late Halloween!
As I’m typing this, Halloween has not yet plastered me in Karo syrup mixed with food coloring, or glitter, but by the time you read this I should be crying and still trying to wash the sticky, sparkly Halloween goodness out of my hair while praying to the Tooth Fairy that my teeth survived the …
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