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Interview with William F Nolan and Jason V Brock

June 20, 2013
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William F. Nolan is perhaps best known for co-authoring the novel Logan’s Run with George Clayton Johnson, and has written hundreds of pieces, from poetry to nonfiction to prose. Keep on reading…

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Joe Hill, Part II

June 19, 2013
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Welcome to part two of our interview with Joe Hill. Part one with Joe Hill. This Is Horror News Editor Dan Howarth caught up with Joe Hill at the Twisted Tales signing event at Waterstones in Liverpool One. Joe was over in the UK on a seven date signing tour to promote his new novel …

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Peter Tennant, Part IV

June 18, 2013
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It’s time for part four of our interview with Peter Tennant. Keep on reading…

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Joyland by Stephen King

June 18, 2013
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If you judged this latest novel from the master, Stephen King, solely on the originality and complexity of the murder mystery at the centre of its storyline, then your verdict would probably be along the lines of; “I’ve read better crime stories and this one was a little too obvious.” But, Stephen King’s finest works …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 June 2013

June 17, 2013
4 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: Through a Fractured Lens: German Expressionism Mood Lighting: Five Films to Prime You for The Purge Six Abandoned Asylums With Genuinely Chilling …

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Black Static and its importance to women horror writers

June 17, 2013
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The first copy of The Third Alternative (as it then was) that I ever bought was Issue 19, Spring 1999. I was in the Oxford Circus branch of Borders (now sadly defunct), looking for magazines of new horror fiction, not knowing if such a thing even existed. Keep on reading…

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Black Sabbath (1963)

June 17, 2013
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One of the most praised and appreciated of all anthology horror films, Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath (I Tre Volti Della Paura in its native Italy) came about partly because of the huge success of AIP’s Tales of Terror (1960), which presented three short stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by Roger Corman. Sidney Salkow’s Twice …

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David Moody VS Wayne Simmons, 29 June

June 15, 2013
3 mins to read

Coming to Esquire’s Coffee Bar, in association with Waterstone’s Coventry, This Is Horror present their most intense event yet. Kicking off at 7pm on 29 June, Wayne Simmons and David Moody invite you to an evening of readings, conversation, jokes (if your humour’s particularly dark) and an intimate insight into the life of the horror …

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News Round-up Week Ending 14 June

June 14, 2013
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Archie Comics Kicking off a Zombie Apocalypse Storyline Roberto Aguierre-Sacasa has been hired to write a new comic book series entitled Afterlife with Archie, which will see the wholesome teens battling hordes of the undead in New York. This news follows Warner Bros’ announcement that a live-action Archie film, with a screenplay by Aguierre-Sacasa, has …

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Habit by Stephen McGeagh

June 14, 2013
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Like many great novels Habit cannot be easily placed into a neat genre box. It’s horror, it’s crime, it’s a portrait of urban decay and seedy subcultures, it’s black comedy and its unrelenting grim. Keep on reading…