Look Out For… They Do The Same Things Different There by Robert Shearman and A Respite For The Dead by Lucy Taylor

Look Out For… They Do the Same Things Different There: The Best Weird Fantasy of Robert Shearman “Told with a dark wit and in beautifully controlled prose, if you’ve never read any Robert Shearman you’re in for a treat.” Robert Shearman visits worlds that are unsettling and strange. Sometimes they are just like ours—except landlocked …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 22 September 2014

Welcome to Must Read Horror. We search the internet for notable horror articles, so you don’t have to. This week: Summer of Sleaze: Guy Smith’s The Sucking Pit and The Walking Dead Horror: Does Cinema Have the Edge Over TV? The Books Behind Today’s TV Horror Resurgence Tales from the Video Store: The Babysitter Diaries …

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News Round-up Week Ending 19 September

Babadook

Join The Last of The Living David Moody has announced a new paperback collection of short fiction, The Last of the Living. The book will feature physical prints of his successful ebook novellas The Cost of Living and Isolation, in addition to the previous short story versions of The Cost of Living and other short …

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The Cutting Room: Overlook Hotel

In the Cutting Room this week, we’re going to take a look at an upcoming film that might just shine. Overlook Hotel The tragic events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when alcoholic caretaker Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy and his supernaturally gifted son Danny checked in for the winter are well known, but they …

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TIH 021: David Moody and Wayne Simmons Interview

In this podcast we sit down with David Moody and Wayne Simmons to talk about all things genre and much more. Topics [03:25] Interview start [04:20] How David and Wayne first met [07:57] The initial draft of Drop Dead Gorgeous  [13:07] Scardiff [33:50] David’s worst review [42:20] eBooks and the younger generation [01:14:30] Fostering community spirit …

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Look Out For… Consumed by David Cronenberg and Gifts For The One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall

Look Out For … Consumed by David Cronenberg “Promises murder, philosophy, strange diseases and an incredible variety of sex.” The debut novel by the iconic film director. Naomi finds herself drawn to the headlines surrounding Célestine and Aristide Arosteguy. Célestine has been found dead and mutilated in her Paris apartment. Aristide, suspected of the killing, …

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Graham Joyce 1954–2014

Graham Joyce

The last time I saw Graham Joyce was at the wake for Joel Lane – another Midlands writer taken from us at a ridiculously early age – and he was jokingly calling himself ‘Graham the Grey’. He was a little thinner after the cancer treatments and his hair had greyed – hence the nickname – …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 15 September 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: Summer of Sleaze: The Manitou by Graham Masterton Graham Joyce (1954-2014) The Horror Genius of Guillermo del Toro What Women In 70s Slasher Films Tell Us About Women …

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Special offer: Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey. *Time sensitive*

Roadkill by Joseph D'Lacey

It’s been a year since Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey drove onto the horror scene and to celebrate we’ve teamed up with Amazon to offer a very special Kindle Countdown Deal. UK customers can pick up Roadkill today for just £0.99 and US customers can pick up Roadkill for a mere $0.99. That won’t even get you a small coffee here in …

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News Round-up Week Ending 12 September

We’ve gone all Walking Dead in this week’s news column! Walking Dead ‘Companion’ Series Confirmed Though it’s been rumoured for some time now, AMC President Charlie Collier has confirmed that the companion series to The Walking Dead will be going into production later this year, though beyond that there are precious few details as yet. …

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