Book Review: The Booking by Ramsey Campbell

The Booking by Ramsey Campbell

“ Prescribing to his own rule of ‘avoiding what’s been done to death’, The Booking shows Campbell in top form with a strange and creepy tale that lingers long after the last page is turned.” For over fifty years, British author Ramsey Campbell has been scaring readers with his strange and wholly original horror stories. …

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Book Review: Stolen Away by Kristin Dearborn

Stolen Away cover

“Dearborn is not afraid of the dark, nor does she flinch at shocking, brutal violence and her characters face plenty of it as they race to save Trisha’s missing son from the clutches of a demon.” Recently there have been a lot of novels published that could be thought of as action-horror fiction. Motorman, by …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 4 July 2016

Resident Evil Nemesis

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: Ranking The Core Resident Evil Games Face Off! Independence Day Versus War Of The Worlds The History Of Dark Shadows Why Outcast Could Be The New Walking Dead Terror …

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Tattered Tomes: Stephen King’s The Dead Zone Revisited

The Dead Zone by Stephen King

Following along with the psychic phenomenon craze of the 1970’s, The Dead Zone was one of many of the books by Stephen King to show us the horrors associated with the mind’s untapped abilities. Carrie covered telekinesis, and later little Danny Torrance had his ‘shine’ in the appropriately named The Shining. Many of the characters …

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Going Live with David Moody in 30 minutes

Just a quick post to let you know that we will be going live for episode 100 of the This Is Horror Podcast with David Moody in thirty minutes. Listen and comment in the chatroom and live feed here (why not go in early and make yourselves known). If you’re tweeting as part of the conversation …

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This Is Horror Livestream with David Moody Sunday 3 July, 5–7p.m. BST

David Moody on Episode 100

Tomorrow we chat live with David Moody on the This Is Horror Podcast. If you return to this link the embedded player will automatically play the recording, however if you click through to the This Is Horror Mixlr account you can take part in the ‘chat’. We recommend this as you can leave comments and ask …

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News Round-up Week Ending 1 July 2016

Frightfest 2016 poster

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Frightfest 2016 Line-up Schedule Announced As the 17th edition of horror and genre festival Frightfest draws ever closer, organisers have announced their 2016 line-up schedule, and as always it appears that we’re in for a treat. The …

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Book Review: Autumn Cthulhu, edited by Mike Davis

Autumn Cthulhu

“Though the autumn season theme is very subtle in some of the stories, the variety of cosmic terrors will linger on the mind long after the last page is turned.” The level of commitment Lovecraft eZine has to keeping the world of the Cthulhu Mythos thriving is a testament to the imagination of HP Lovecraft, …

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TOD 002 Eric Schaller: Meet Me in the Middle of The Weird and V.H. Leslie: The Author’s House Has Many Rooms

In this podcast Scott Nicolay interviews Eric Schaller, author of Meet Me in the Middle of the Air, and V.H. Leslie, author of Skein and Bone.  Show notes Interview with Eric Schaller Eric Schaller tells the back story behind his latest collection, Meet Me in the Middle of the Air, including unexpected inspiration from the Old Weird America, …

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Book Review: The Knife Dance by Michael Cisco

The Knife Dance by Michael Cisco

“While unfamiliar readers may find the story complex and rather frustrating, fans of Cisco’s work will welcome this novella with open arms.” Charging on the scene in 1999 with his novel The Divinity Student, Michael Cisco has made quite a name for himself with the readers of weird and dark fiction. Describing his own work …

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