Look Out For… Tormentor by Willie Meikle and The Death House by Sarah Pinborough

Look Out For… … Tormentor by Willie Meikle “Knowing Willie Meikle, this is going to be even more messed up than we can imagine!” This story isn’t really about me. On the Isle of Skye, near the community of Dunvegan, sits a rustic old one-bedroom home, waiting for a new tenant. It seems like the …

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TIH 030: Asking For Forgiveness by Richard Thomas

In this podcast This Is Horror present an audio recording of ‘Asking For Forgiveness’ written and narrated by Richard Thomas. ‘Asking For Forgiveness’ first appeared on the Menacing Hedge website. You can read it here. About Richard Thomas Richard Thomas is the author of six books—Disintegration and The Breaker (Random House Alibi), Transubstantiate(Otherworld Publications), and two …

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Film Review: Torment (2013)

“Inoffensive enough to ingratiate itself with its celluloid brethren.” Newlyweds Cory (Dunne) and stepmother Sarah (Isabelle) take their son Liam (DaCunha) to their second home in the country for some much needed family bonding time. Liam is still struggling to come to terms with the loss of his mother and resents Sarah taking her place. …

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Book Review: Leytonstone by Stephen Volk

“Leytonstone is another triumph.” For many readers, Stephen Volk’s Whitstable was one of the books of 2013, a gripping, affectionate and moving portrayal of Peter Cushing’s twilight years. Now Volk has written a spiritual sequel in Leytonstone, a novella about the early life of Alfred Hitchcock. If you’re reading this review simply to find out …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 9 February 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: “How I Got A Job Working The Night Shift” by Brian Keene The Holocaust That Never Happened Women in Horror Month: Debra Hill, the Mother of “HALLOWEEN” Nightmares in the Horror Aisle: …

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Get our books free with Kindle Unlimited – one day left to pick up Chalk by Pat Cadigan

As you may know all of the This Is Horror titles available on Amazon Kindle can be obtained for free via Kindle Unlimited. However, we add This Is Horror like to experiment so we’re going to be taking the titles off Kindle Unlimited on the following dates: Chalk by Pat Cadigan – 10 February 2015 …

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News Round-up Week Ending 6 February

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Year’s Best Weird Fiction – Volume 2 The table of contents and cover art for Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 2 has been released. Guest editor, Kathe Koja and series editor, Michael Kelly, have announced the table of contents for volume 2 of the anthology. The compilation will include works from authors who have written for …

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Book Review: Disorders of Magnitude by Jason V Brock

“Marvellous interviews – well worth a look” Rowman and Littlefield, publishers of high class academic texts at even higher prices, have added a new title to their Studies in Supernatural Literature series. Previous volumes have dealt with specific authors such as Ramsey Campbell, Lord Dunsany and H P Lovecraft. Disorders of Magnitude (that’s a great …

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The Cutting Room: The Walking Dead (Season Five: Part 2)

The Walking Dead (Season Five: Part 2) Rick Grimes and his band of not so merry men and women continue to fight for survival in a post zombie apocalyptic world. Things recently took a turn for the worse, and it doesn’t look like they’re getting better any time soon as season five of The Walking …

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TIH 029: Stephen Graham Jones on Writing Fiction, Dialogue and Personal Development

In this podcast Stephen Graham Jones talks about dialogue, what to and what not to do when writing, creating vs editing mode, daily habits and how fitness helps facilitate the creative process. You can listen to Stephen Graham Jones’ short story ‘Thirteen’ in Episode 28.  Listen to our first podcast interview with Stephen Graham Jones …

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