In this podcast John F.D. Taff talks about good and bad editors, I Can Taste The Blood, working with Grey Matter Press and much more. About John F.D. Taff John F.D. Taff is a Bram Stoker Award-Nominated author with nearly 30 years experience in all sorts of writing…public relations, marketing, sales, journalism and creative. He’s a published author with …
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“Perhaps this is one of the main purposes of horror fiction; namely, to show us that the things we cling to as steady, stable, and constant, are anything but. That we have very little control over our lives and are mere moments away from chaotic oblivion. It’s a theme Rich returns to again and again, …
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“From the very first words of ‘Screaming Elk, MT’ in which Jessica finds her fate entangled with the cursed company of a traveling carnival, we are made aware that we’re experiencing something that transcends the bounds of traditional cosmic horror.” If you’ve been reading horror fiction for any length of time, then you’ve likely heard …
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What is hope? Hope is tuning into Chapter 4 after no Evan Peters for the first three episodes. It’s having laughed in of shock and awe at Cuba Gooding Jr’s fogged up glasses as he banged Lady Gaga in the woods while Sarah Paulson screamed. Hope is balling your hands into fists and whispering …
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Look Out For … The Searching Dead by Ramsey Campbell “The Searching Dead has all the signs of another masterpiece from Ramsey Campbell.” Dominic Sheldrake has never forgotten his childhood in fifties Liverpool or the talk an old boy of his grammar school gave about the First World War. When his history teacher took the …
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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: Seven Terrifying Things At Universal Studios Orlando Horror Nights I Could Do The Scarlet Gospels Better Bioshock Infinite Writer Talks Racism, Realism And Crafting Non-Annoying Characters Director Don …
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When I was asked to compile a list of books that I felt were good choices for October, this month that feels like nothing so much as a celebration of our chosen brand of genre fiction, I had to really think about it. Not just about what books I would choose—that’s the easy part—but why …
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Argento’s Phenomena To Get A Collector’s Edition Steelbook Release While not the first film that may come to mind when Dario Argento’s name is mentioned, Phenomena (aka Creepers), starring Jennifer Connolly and the late, great Donald …
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“For those who enjoy fiction of a weird nature with a capital ‘w’ The Secret of Ventriloquism should not be missed.” If The Secret of Ventriloquism were to be summed up in a single word, that word would have to be ‘unsettling’. Starting with a guided meditation to prepare the reader to fully experience the …
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“Loosely based on the Hades of Dante’s Inferno, Wytovich’s depiction of the underworld is truly terrifying and it’s likely that it would scare the hell out of Alighieri himself.” Stephanie M. Wytovich is far from an unknown in the horror community. Having published several outstanding collections of poetry, including Hysteria, Mourning Jewelry, and her most …
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Look Out For … At Dark, I Become Loathsome by… "With LaRocca's latest, he plunges the depths of depravity and…
News Round-up Week Ending 17 January 2025 Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news…
TIH 597: David Moody on Atheists Writing the… In this podcast, David Moody talks about atheists writing the…
5 Must Read Horror Articles 13 January 2024 Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet…
Look Out For … Strange Stones by Edward Lee… "The visceral abominations of Edward Lee and the literary cosmic…