In this podcast John Skipp talks about Fungasm Press, his short story collection The Art of Horrible People and clowns. About John Skipp John Skipp is a New York Times bestselling author, editor, film director, zombie godfather, compulsive collaborator, musical pornographer, black-humored optimist and all-around Renaissance mutant. His early novels from the 1980s and 90s pioneered the graphic, …
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Product Launch: Buy This Is Horror T-Shirts and Other Merchandise Today and Save 20%
At long last, This Is Horror is unleashing its brand to the world in the form of three deliciously dark designer t-shirts with imagery by artist Pye Parr. The red on black skull, green on black tentacles, and the purple on black raven, each with This Is Horror text, are ready for human consumption (Editor’s …
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5 Must Read Horror Articles 6 June 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: Why Are There So Few Sympathetic Horror Film Monsters? Q&A With Telluride Horror Show Director Ted Wilson 1997: A Good Year For Horror A New Beginning: An Introduction to …
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Book Review: The Fisherman by John Langan
“The Fisherman is a cosmic tour de force unlike anything that’s been penned before.” To the horror community at large, John Langan is no stranger. Hailed by critics as a writer with outstanding talent, he’s been published in multiple anthologies, including several “years best” anthologies, Ellen Datlow’s Fearful Symmetries, and two single author collections–Mr. Gaunt …
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News Round-up Week Ending 3 June 2016
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… More Information, Maps and Upgrades Announced for Resident Evil spin-off, Umbrella Corps Set for a 21 June release across the US and Europe, PS4 and PC genre enthusiasts can delve back in to the Resident Evil universe …
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Book Review: Stag In Flight by S.P. Miskowski
“Overall, Stag In Flight is a fantastic achievement, a tightly written and surprising story that perfectly suits the chapbook format.” Since the release of her debut novel Knock Knock in 2011, S.P. Miskowski has been busy making a name for herself in horror fiction. Her work is dark, literate and character driven, reflecting her background …
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Your Chance to Win a Paperback Edition of Mojo Rising by Bob Pastorella
Want a chance to win a free, signed paperback of Bob Pastorella’s weird crime novella, Mojo Rising? Of course you do. Sit back a spell and listen to what the Lizard King has to say… The Lizard King Speaks How’s everybody doin’? Looking good, and everything is strange days over here again. I want to …
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Book Review: Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason
“A brilliantly imagined, comprehensively researched vision of hell done up the Mayan way, replete with owl-headed gods, shapeshifting demons, and a whole host of other creatures both terrible and wonderful.” It’s sometimes perplexing to see how two distinctly unique individuals can come together seemingly as one mind to create something so complex as a full …
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The Cutting Room – Quatermass
Quatermass follows a professor and his daughter who investigate an alien invasion. Why we’re looking forward to this: With just about everything under the sun having been given the reboot treatment in the last few years, it’s about time that one of the quintessential British science fiction / horror series was given its time in …
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This Is Horror Welcomes The Outer Dark Podcast hosted by Scott Nicolay
Fans of the This Is Horror podcast should be very familiar with The Outer Dark, hosted by Scott Nicolay. Diving deep into the genre of weird fiction, The Outer Dark casts a wide net over the practitioners of the weird, providing excellent discussion and commentary from the best in the business. This Is Horror is …
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