Look Out For… The Spectral Link by Thomas Ligotti and Acolytes Of Cthulhu

Look Out For…  The Spectral Link by Thomas Ligotti “One of the best horror writers we have is back.” Throughout Ligotti’s ‘career’ as a horror writer, many of his stories have evolved from physical or emotional crises. And so it was with the surgical trauma that led to the stories in The Spectral Link, an …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 16 June 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: Bugging Out: Five of the Greatest Killer Bug Flicks From Carrie to The Shining: A History of Stephen King Film Adaptations Toys of Terror #11 The Origins of …

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News Round-up Week Ending 13 June 2014

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Scardiff begins to leave its mark The organisers of Scardiff 2014, the annual horror expo held in the Welsh capital, have announced some details of this years’ event. Scardiff will feature screenings of horror films, novel pitching sessions, SFX duels and there will also be signings with Adam Nevill, Tim Lebbon and David Moody. The event …

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Book Review: Reaping The Dark by Gary McMahon

“One of the best British writers in horror!” Reaping the Dark is the latest novella from Gary McMahon and is the story of Driver Z, or Clarke as he is known to a small number of his closest friends. Driver Z is a low level criminal, a getaway driver. He is good at what he …

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An award-winning bonus in Water For Drowning and win a rare signed copy of The Elvis Room

A few weeks ago we announced our next This Is Horror release, Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley. It is now our pleasure to bring you further information about this fantastic release. Water For Drowning is the first This Is Horror book to release as a mass market publication. With the main story weighing in at a meaty …

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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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