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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TIH 053: Rich Hawkins on The Last Plague, Zombies and The British Fantasy Awards
In this podcast Rich Hawkins talks about his British Fantasy Award nominated novel The Last Plague, his recent novella Black Star, Black Sun, writing zombie fiction and much more. About Rich Hawkins Rich Hawkins hails from deep in the West Country, where a childhood of science fiction and horror films set him on the path to …
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Film Review: Housebound (2014)
“Housebound makes all the right moves at the right time, and barely misses a beat doing so.” Housebound is a strange, wondrous beast that hides its best secrets for those that actually sit down and watch it rather than give everything away in the trailer as so many horror films seem happy to do these …
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Book Review: Under Ground by S.L. Grey
Under Ground is the new novel from S.L. Grey – a collaboration between The Three author Sarah Lotz and South African writer Louis Greenberg. The story takes place in The Sanctum, a luxurious survival structure buried deep underground in Maine. The Sanctum is a paranoid survivalist’s dream, anyone can buy an apartment for the right …
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Tattered Tomes: If You Could See Me Now by Peter Straub
Evil is what we call the force we can discover when we send our minds as far as they can go: when the mind crumbles before something bigger, harder than itself, unknowable and hostile. –If You Could See Me Now, page 285. Infatuated with his cousin Alison Greening, Miles Teagarden jumps at the chance to …
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The Record Player Skips When I Drink With the Dead by John C. Foster
John C. Foster was born in Sleepy Hollow, NY, and has been afraid of the dark for as long as he can remember. A writer of thrillers and dark fiction, Foster lives in New York City with his lady, Linda, and their dog, Coraline. Dead Men is his first novel and will be available from …
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News Round-up Week Ending 31 July
New Ash vs. Evil Dead Photo Released A brand new photo of a chainsaw wielding Bruce Campbell from Starz upcoming Ash vs. Evil Dead series has been released. The first season is set to consist of ten half-hour episodes, executive produced by the original filmmakers of the franchise Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell. Synopsis: …
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