News Round-up Week Ending 18 August 2023

The Dead Shall Rise Coming soon

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Arriving 25 August from authors Jay Wilburn, Armand Rosamilia and Erin Louis, as well as Crystal Lake Publishing’s Dark Tide series, The Dead Shall Rise They’re coming to get you, Brave Reader. In the next three-novella release …

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Look Out For … What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman

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“Chapman’s new novel presents a woman haunted by terrifying visions, determined to unravel the heart of the horror before it comes for her and her loved ones.” Madi Price is coming home. After striking out on her own, Madi returns to Brandywine, Virginia with her seventeen-year-old daughter in tow. Nothing to her name, barely scraping …

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TIH 519: Stephanie Parent on First Experiences with Stories, Pantsing vs. Plotting, and Early Life Lessons

TIH 519: Stephanie Parent on First Experiences with Stories, Pantsing vs. Plotting, and Early Life Lessons

In this podcast, Stephanie Parent talks about first experiences with stories, pantsing vs. plotting, early life lessons, and much more. About Stephanie Parent Stephanie Parent is a graduate of the Master of Professional Writing program at the University of Southern California as well as a professional submissive and switch. Her first poetry collection, Every Poem …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 14 August 2023

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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: Dread Central look back at the haunting soundtrack of The Amityville Horror The Lineup suggest eleven Stephen King readalikes for your reading pleasure What Sleeps Beneath take a deep dive …

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News Round-up Week Ending 11 August 2023

An Unholy Triquetra Out Now

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Out today from authors William Meikle, Jason Parent and Curtis M. Lawson, An Unholy Triquetra, from Crystal Lake Publishing’s Dark Tide range Three unique voices in today’s horror bring you new takes on an old power …

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House of Bad Memories by Michael David Wilson

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My debut novel, HOUSE OF BAD MEMORIES, comes out on Friday the 13th October via Cemetery Gates Media. It is available for pre-order right now. I will doing a lot of publicity for HOUSE OF BAD MEMORIES, so if you want to book me for your podcast, video show, something else, then please reach out …

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TIH 518 This Is Horror Awards 2021 with Stephen Graham Jones, Eric LaRocca, Gemma Files, Ellen Datlow, Wendy Wagner, Jon Padgett, Cam Collins, Steve Shell, and Neil McRobert

TIH 518 This Is Horror Awards 2021, Conversations with the Winners

In this podcast, we chat with Stephen Graham Jones, Eric LaRocca, Gemma Files, Ellen Datlow, Wendy Wagner, Jon Padgett, Cam Collins, Steve Shell, and Neil McRobert about their This Is Horror Award wins in 2021. Show notes Novel of the Year Winner: My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Runner-up: This Thing Between …

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Look Out For … The September House by Carissa Orlando

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“With her debut novel, Orlando subverts the haunted house trope with a stubborn homeowner determined to give the evil entities attached to her house a run for their money.” Margaret and her husband Hal buy a large Victorian house, finally able to realize they have a home of their own. And they got it for …

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TIH 517: Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan on The Handyman Method, Successful Collaborations, and Story Pacing

TIH 517 Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan on The Handyman Method, Successful Collaborations, and Story Pacing

In this podcast, Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan talk about The Handyman Method, successful collaborations, story pacing, and much more. About Nick Cutter Nick Cutter is the author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller The Troop (which is currently being developed for film with producer James Wan), as well as The Deep and Little …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 7 August 2023

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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: Crime Reads consider the differences between the gothic and horror fiction Morbidly Beautiful recommend five cosmic horror movies beyond Lovecraft The Horror Tree feature a guest post by a …

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