Simon Strantzas praises The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud

“Ballingrud is a powerful, mesmerizing writer, and The Visible Filth proves he can frighten with the best of them. If I weren’t already jealous of what he can do, I would be now.” Simon Strantzas, author of Burnt Black Suns You can pre-order The Visible Filth here and receive a plethora of great bonuses.  Exclusive …

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The Cutting Room: Nekromantik

Nekromantik Street cleaner Rob brings home a decomposing corpse to spice things up a little in the bedroom with his wife Betty. When Betty decides that she loves the corpse more than she loves Rob and runs off with it, however, Rob finds his sanity fraying as he hunts down a replacement and descends ever deeper …

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Dread Central praises The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud

“Thoroughly unsettling. Ballingrud knows exactly how to crawl his way under your skin.” DREAD CENTRAL You can pre-order The Visible Filth here and receive a plethora of great bonuses.  Exclusive This Is Horror Shop Pre-Order Bonuses Receive a FREE unabridged The Visible Filth audiobook narrated by Nathan Ballingrud in its entirety Receive three FREE eBook versions of The …

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Look Out For… Skin Trade by Tonia Brown and Death’s Realm

Look Out For… Skin Trade by Tonia Brown “Skin Trade provides a welcome antidote to the glut of generic zombie fodder.” The Great Undead Uprising of 1870 devastated the western frontier and destroyed the Indian Nations. Though the Army was able to contain the menace before it could devour the entire country, the United States …

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TIH 026: J David Osborne on Kickstarting An Indy Press

In this podcast J David Osborne talks about kickstarting Broken River Books, a day in the life of a publisher, outsourcing, redefining genre and much more. This is part one of a two-part interview. The second part will air next week on Tuesday 20 January 2015.  About J David Osborne J David Osborne runs the small …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 January 2015

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: Sci-Fi Artists: HR Giger’s Art Lives in Another Reality A Bloody Complicated Relationship With Horror Soundtracks: To Reissue or to Let ‘Em Rot Cannibalism and HP Lovecraft Top …

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News Round-up Week Ending 9 January

Probably Monsters

FantasyCon 2015 announces Guests of Honour FantasyCon 2015, which is being held this year at East Midlands Conference Centre and Orchard Hotel from 23 to 25 October, have now announced two of their guests of honour. This year’s convention, run by the British Fantasy Society, will host best-selling author and journalist, John Connolly and genre …

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The Cutting Room: Friday The 13th

Friday The 13th Jason Vorhees returns to terrorise more young adults who have had the misfortune to rock up to Camp Crystal Lake (or whatever it’s called these days). Expect running, screaming and teens being despatched in an ever increasing variety of ways. Why we’re looking forward to this: Stop anybody in the street and …

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This Is Horror Awards 2014: Vote now!

It’s that time of year again, friends. The This Is Horror Awards 2014 are now open. Please send your votes to awards@thisishorror.co.uk with the subject line ‘Awards 2014 Votes’. To cast a vote simply write the category and your vote for each award. You may vote for your top two in each category. For example: Award 1. …

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TIH 025: Richard Thomas on The Do’s and Don’ts of Short Story Writing

In this podcast Richard Thomas talks about horror writing in Transylvania, sending our horror fiction and what you should and shouldn’t do when writing short stories.  About Richard Thomas Richard Thomas is the author of six books—Disintegration and The Breaker (Random House Alibi), Transubstantiate (Otherworld Publications), and two short story collections, Staring Into the Abyss (Kraken …

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