5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 August 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: What Makes a Horror Film a Classic? The Great Stephen King Reread: Dreamcatcher Mind Meld: Exploring Fear in Fiction Horror Drive-In: Pros and Cons Toys of Terror #64 For more articles like …

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News Round-up Week Ending 14 August

Game Over

Liverpool Horror Fest 2015 The 2015 incarnation of the Liverpool Horror Fest takes place tomorrow (Saturday 15th August) at The Kazimier in Liverpool. The event will feature guests such as Ramsey Campbell, Paul Kane, Barbie Wilde and Simeon Halligan of Grimmfest. The full line-up including details of the evening’s entertainment and tickets can be found …

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The Cutting Room: The Final Girls

Max is a high school senior who is mysteriously transported with her friends into a 1980s horror film that starred Max’s celebrated scream queen mother. Trapped inside the movie, Max finds herself reunited with her mom, who she lost in real life. Together with Max’s friends, they must fend off the camp counsellors’ raging hormones, …

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TIH 054: Jeremy Robert Johnson on Skullcrack City, the FBI and Style Over Substance

Jeremy Robert Johnson

In this podcast Jeremy Robert Johnson talks about Skullcrack City, Visits from the FBI and Style over Substance in Stories. About Jeremy Robert Johnson Jeremy Robert Johnson is the author of We Live Inside You, the cult hit Angel Dust Apocalypse, the Stoker Nominated novel Siren Promised (w/Alan M. Clark), and the end-of-the-world freak-out Extinction Journals. …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 10 August 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: The Long, Lonely Walk: Hallways in Horror Films Here Be Monsters: A Personal History of Fear A Beginner’s Guide Through Hammer Horror From Dracula to The Strain: Where do Vampires Come From? …

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Meet the Publisher Interview: Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing

Max Booth III is the Editor-in-Chief of Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing and a columnist for LitReactor.com. His novels include: Toxicity, The Mind is a Razorblade, and How to Successfully Kidnap Strangers. Follow him on Twitter @GiveMeYourTeeth. Lori Michelle is the co-owner of Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing and the editor-in-chief of Dark Moon Digest. Her novel, …

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My First Thriller – Tim Lebbon on The Hunt

I’m a debut writer again.  This is very exciting, because for almost twenty years I’ve been trying to become an overnight success!  And now I have another chance. That’s flippant, but there’s also a serious point behind it.  Writers often appear on the scene, as if from out of nowhere, and their novel hits hard …

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The Cutting Room: Goodnight Mommy

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is. Why we’re looking forward …

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Voluntarily Committed: My Stay in a Haunted Asylum – Part One

The lovely yet haunted Mayday Hills Asylum in Beechworth, Australia, looms over the township like a vulture, waiting for someone to die. In days past, it never had long to wait. Once a centre of misery and death, it now hosts businesses and contributes to the township’s tourism attraction. One of the events situated within …

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Book Review: Dead Men (Libros De Inferno, Book One) by John C. Foster

Condemned to die, his execution didn’t go exactly as planned. Now John Smith blazes a trail down the highway in a black Cadillac. Destination: Wild and crazy Americana with all the trimmings. Veer off the path, you get nothing but pain and suffering right in the gut. Oh, and the voices…they’ll drive you insane. John’s …

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