Book Review: Ana Kai Tangata by Scott Nicolay

“A serious contender for best collection of the year!” In his introduction to Ana Kai Tangata Laird Barron, one of the finest practitioners of what might be considered the modern weird tale, claims that Scott Nicolay is as good a debut author as he has ever read. The problem with such praise is, of course, …

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Film Review: Birth of the Living Dead (2014)

“An infectious movie that will compel you to spread it from person to person until the whole world is consumed by it.” It is completely unarguable that writer/director George A. Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead is one of the greatest and most important horror films ever made. So revered is it that every legendary …

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Look Out For… Zombie Apocalypse! Horror Hospital by Mark Morris and The Fever by Megan Abbott

Look Out For…  Zombie Apocalypse! Horror Hospital by Mark Morris ” In an overcrowded field, Zombie Apocalypse! Horror Hospital really does look like that rarest of finds: a zombie novel that’s different.” London is in turmoil following riots and the Trafalgar Square Massacre. A doctor in a big East End hospital, already hard hit by …

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Meet the Writer Interview: Jake Bible

Jake Bible Lives in Asheville, NC USA with his wife and two children. He is the author of the popular Z-Burbia series and Mega series by Severed Press and the forthcoming Little Dead Man YA zombie novel and the ScareScapes series by Permuted Press. What first attracted you to horror writing? Poe and my love …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 9 June 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: Home Invasion Films Get Us Where We Live Preserving the Sound and Music of Horror Films The Importance of the Horror Genre and Why We Love It Oculus: The Unseen Evil in …

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This Is Horror chapbooks up for British Fantasy Award

This Is Horror is proud to announce that Conrad Williams’ chapbook The Fox and Pat Cadigan’s Chalk have been shortlisted for the Best Short Story Award at this year’s British Fantasy Awards. This Is Horror is incredibly proud of the efforts of both of these writers and wish to offer them a very heartfelt congratulations …

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News Round-up Week Ending 6 June

Cost of Living

The Cost of Living David Moody has released a brand new novella The Cost of Living. The story features Stuart, a man who has stockpiled and prepared for the zombie apocalypse for a long time, as the numbers of the infected grow and his family’s supplies begin to dwindle, Stuart realises he has to protect …

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Thread or Dead Competition

Prize

Thread or Dead is a new company specialising in horror t-shirts and hoodies. It has been founded by a couple of British guys who love to draw monsters! Thread or Dead have offered a goodie bag to one lucky reader that correctly answers the question below. Be sure to check out their incredible designs at …

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Less is More: The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe

I mentioned in the first column of the Less is More series that Edgar Allan Poe is considered by some to be a pretty big deal in the world of horror short stories so it’s probably about time I looked at one of his. (Actually, I mainly quoted Lovecraft’s opinion of the guy, and to …

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Look Out For… Shadows & Tall Trees 6 and Savage by Gary Fry

Look Out For… Shadows & Tall Trees 6 ” A manifesto for horror in the short story form.“ Shadows & Tall Trees is the flagship publication of Undertow Publications, a small press based near Toronto. In 2010 and 2013 the journal was a finalist for the British Fantasy Award for Best Periodical/Magazine. Featuring notable visionaries including Robert …

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