Darling follows a lonely young woman who moves into an old, mysterious Manhattan mansion. Hired as caretaker, it’s not long before she discovers the estate’s haunted reputation and troubling past—stories that slowly transform into a backdrop for her twisted and violent descent into madness. Why we’re looking forward to this: There’s something about black and …
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If you’re a regular listener to the This Is Horror Podcast you’ll know that Richard Thomas is currently twenty-four days into his Kickstarter for new dark fiction magazine, Gamut. But launching an online magazine isn’t as simple as it may sound. In fact there are a multitude of mistakes and overlooked costs. With that said it’s …
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Look Out For… The Complete Double Dead by Chuck Wendig “Double Dead and its sequel are irreverent, gory, and very humorous.” A vampire in zombieland. You wouldn’t like Coburn. People don’t, as a rule. And that’s okay, because he doesn’t like people much either. People are food. Five years ago, Coburn went to sleep–wasn’t exactly …
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In this podcast V. H. Leslie talks us through her early career and first professional sale, her debut collection Skein and Bone, her forthcoming debut novel, the novel as moral philosopher, her writing routine, and much more. About V. H. Leslie V. H. Leslie’s first book, Skein and Bone, a collection of strange and supernatural tales, was …
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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week. So, without further ado: Revisiting Cycle of the Werewolf by Richard Chizmar The Horrifying, Controversial and Secret History of the Snuff Film Nightbreed: The Enduring Appeal of a Horror Classic Black Horror Films of the 30s and …
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Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Goodnight Mommy Arrives In UK Cinemas March 4 Vertigo Releasing has set Austrian psychological horror film Goodnight Mommy for a UK cinema release from March 4, 2016. Directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, Goodnight Mommy …
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“Some of the best work by the author to date.” A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson collects some of his most powerful short fiction for the first time in one spectacular volume. The collection is one piece of four books recently released from Coffee House Press. The other three books, Last Days, Father of …
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In this podcast V. H. Leslie talks about writing retreats, gender, writing routine and much more. About V. H. Leslie V. H. Leslie’s first book, Skein and Bone, a collection of strange and supernatural tales, was released by Undertow Publications in July 2015. V. H. Leslie’s stories have appeared in a range of speculative publications, including Black …
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Look Out For… Ecstatic Inferno by Autumn Christian “Reality in Ecstatic Inferno is malleable, with the ghost of Philip K. Dick never far away.” WARNING: THIS BOOK IS A PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE. From the moment you start to turn the pages, it will soak into your central nervous system, subtly and subversively reprogramming you at the DNA level. Each of …
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“It’s fun to be a monster.” If there was one single quote that could sum up this collection, the quote above works quite nicely. Autumn Christian writes deliciously dark fiction like Philip K. Dick mixed with Steve Erickson, cranked up to eleven with a little LSD in the mix. Ecstatic Inferno, Christian’s short fiction collection, …
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