Special offers for Halloween – limited time only!

As it’s Halloween week we’ve decided to treat our readers with an offer on each of our This Is Horror eBook edition releases. Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley Starting 8:00am on 31 October the latest This Is Horror release, Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley can be picked up for a mere 99p from Amazon UK. …

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Meet The Writer Interview: James Master

James Master

James Master is a 28-year-old married man from Northern Indiana with a passion for writing. He is a full-time student working a full-time job while maintaining a writing career. What first attracted you to horror writing? Horror provides the reader an outlet to accept what scares them and deal with their phobias. A writer can …

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A Remembrance of Halloweens Past

Freddy Kreuger

A few years back I won an award for a short story collection. So proud was I of this achievement that I made sure the award was prominently displayed in my downstairs toilet. At about the same time we were having some work done on our cottage. A local builder was taking up the floorboards …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 27 October 2014

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: Horror Cinema: Cultural Representations for Each Decade The Literature of Fear: 12 High-Quality Horror Books for Sleepless Nights Haunted Heroines: Women Are Taking the Lead in Horror Films …

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News Round-up Week Ending 24 October

Beetlejuice

  The Wicker Tree burns down UK TV On Saturday 22 November, Horror Channel will show the UK Premiere of Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Tree. The film boasts renowned actor Christopher Lee amongst its ranks, which tips its hat to the 1973 cult classic film, The Wicker Man. The plot follows two devout Christians, Beth …

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The Cutting Room: The Walking Dead Spin Off

To herald the triumphant return of The Walking Dead for its fifth season, we’re taking a look ahead to another corner of that universe. The Walking Dead Spin Off The world has been overrun by the walking dead. Sean Cabrera and his teenage son Toby are thrown together with thirtysomething Nancy Thompkins, her teenage kids …

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Meet The Writer Interview: Stephen Kozeniewski

Stephen Kozeniewski (pronounced “causin’ ooze key”) lives with his wife and two cats in Pennsylvania, the birthplace of the modern zombie. During his time as a Field Artillery officer, he served for three years in Oklahoma and one in Iraq, where due to what he assumes was a clerical error, he was awarded the Bronze …

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Look Out For…Revival by Stephen King and Zombie Apocalypse! Endgame by Stephen Jones

Revival by Stephen King “When he’s firing on all cylinders there are few to match his storytelling abilities.” In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 20 October 2014

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 Scariest Horror Operas of All Time 20 Landmarks of Found-Footage Horror! Horror Movies Are a Hit – But Why Do We Love Being Scared? Toys of Terror #26 The 30 Most …

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Film Review: White Settlers (2014)

White Settlers

“White Settlers is one of the best British horror films in a long time, and you should go and see it.” It’s been four years since the release of Simeon Halligan’s first film, Splintered, and White Settlers is proof that he put the intervening time to good use.  Splintered was an uneven, intermittently effective but …

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