“Tallerman takes tropes any reader of weird fiction will know well, and uses them to do something poignant and unexpected.” David Tallerman is principally known as an author of high fantasy novels, but has, over the past few years, written a number of tales of the supernatural, which have now been collated in this volume, …
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Mongrels delivers everything you need in a werewolf story, incorporating all the tropes, paying homage while deconstructing with revisionist perfection, transcending genre to provide one of the most entertaining, heartfelt, mind-blowing novels we’ve read this year. Always on the move, never settling, growing up knowing you might be a werewolf, at once loving and hating …
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In this podcast Scott Nicolay talks about the connection between weird fiction and noir, first experiences with stories, the forthcoming anthology from April Moon Books, Monsters, Rebuilt, and much more. About Scott Nicolay Scott Nicolay writes weird fiction and hosts The Outer Dark, winner of the This Is Horror Podcast of the Year 2015. Scott won …
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“Much to appreciate and enjoy in this collection of humorous tales.” Just when you think that the zombie trope has been done to death, a fresh voice arrives to once more propel it along. Stealing Propeller Hats from the Dead by David James Keaton showcases one such voice. From the stories contained within it is …
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Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in Portugal, with evidence of the first settlements dating back to around 1200BC. It has been the capital of the country since 1255AD and has seen conquests by the Arabs and the Spanish, as well as the Portuguese themselves. As you might imagine of such a historic place, …
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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: More Vomit Than the Exorcist: Such a Good Baby Indie Publishing is the New B-Movies and Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing The HELLRAISER II Surgeon Scene and the …
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“According to the information obtained and presented by Netflix, we the jury find the defendant Steven A. Avery… not guilty.” Unless you’ve been living under a rock or your Netflix payment information needs to be updated, you’ve most likely seen or at least heard of the Netflix original series Making a Murderer which has received …
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Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Hellboy’s Doug Jones To Star In Nosferatu ‘remix’ David Lee Fisher’s new take on F.W. Murnau’s classic 1922 Nosferatu has announced that Doug Jones, best known to horror fans for his work in Hellboy and Pan’s …
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It’s a hot, lazy day, perfect for a cookout, until you see those strange dark clouds. Suddenly a violent storm sweeps across the lake and ends as abruptly and unexpectedly as it had begun. Then comes the mist… creeping slowly, inexorably into town, where it settles and waits, trapping you in the supermarket with dozens …
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“A chilling indictment of modern society seen through the prism of ancient customs” In this day and age, it’s difficult to conceive that anything that went on in the world, particularly in America, would be able to escape the glare of the seemingly omnipotent social media network, and on the whole you’d be right. Thomas …
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