R.I.P. Tanith Lee 1947-2015 This week saw the passing of fantasy and horror author Tanith Lee, aged 67. Lee was the first female winner of the British Fantasy Award in 1980 and subsequently won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story in 1983 and 1984. She also won the Lifetime Achievement Award from both …
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Scream Queens It opens in a flashback to 1995 at the sorority where something horrible happens. It’s a mystery that goes unsolved. Flash forward 20 years to today, and it looks like someone is out for revenge. Something horrible happened to a pledge and on the anniversary of that crime, someone is out for vengeance. …
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Look Out For… … Disintegration by Richard Thomas “Disintegration takes the reader on a journey through the dark and grubby side of contemporary Chicago.” In a brilliantly stylish breakthrough thriller for fans of Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho and Will Christopher Baer’s Kiss Me, Judas, here is the compelling tale of a man who has …
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“This is Johnston’s first feature as a director – and it certainly shows.” After catching her boyfriend in bed with another woman, Claire decides to pack up her life and move from sunny Los Angeles to windy Chicago. After a surreal experience at a rest stop, Claire misplaces her mobile phone, and to make matters …
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In this podcast Lisa L. Hannett reads her short story ‘Carousel’ originally published in Bluegrass Symphony (Ticonderoga Publications, 2011). About Lisa L. Hannett Lisa L. Hannett has had over 60 short stories appear in venues including Clarkesworld, Fantasy, Weird Tales, Apex, the Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror (2010, 2011 & 2012), and Imaginarium: Best Canadian Speculative Writing (2012 & 2013). She has won four …
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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 Philosophy of ‘Martyrs’: Transcendence in Torture How To Start Getting Into Horror Part 2: The Basics How Horror Has Influenced Our Daily Lives Is It Still Terrifying?: Poltergeist (1982) The Oral …
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Herbert West has died…twice. Somehow, he was resurrected, and now funds his bizarre experiments by harnessing the psychedelic powers of the human pineal gland. Reanimator has returned to full force in comic book form, and even the slumbering Elder Gods approve. Dynamite brings Keith Davidsen (Poison Elves) and Randy Valiente (Headlocked, Vampirella Bites) together for …
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Gary McMahon gives readers some grief To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Spectral Press, editor Simon Marshall-Jones has announced the release of The Grieving Stones by Gary McMahon, the author of Spectral’s debut release What We Hear In The Dark. The book will feature artwork from David Verba and will be available for pre-order later …
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Humans In the near future, the must have accessory for any home is a “Synth”, a robotic servant that is eerily lifelike. However, not everybody is convinced that they are the way forward, and it would appear that their fears are not unfounded. Why we’re looking forward to this: Robots have always been the source …
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Look Out For… The Strangers & Other Writings by Robert Aickman “The publication of new stories in The Strangers & Other Writings is likely to be the highlight of the year for Aickman fans.” The Strangers & Other Writings includes previously unpublished and uncollected short fiction, non-fiction and poetry by Robert Aickman. Dating from the …
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