News Round-up Week Ending 5 April

David Moody

The night becomes darker… For the Night is Dark, a collection of brand new horror stories edited by our very own Ross Warren, was released by Crystal Lake Publishing earlier on this week. The book includes stories from Ray Cluley, Carole Johnstone, Jeremy C Shipp and Gary McMahon amongst many others. For the Night is …

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Australia’s Most Terrifying and Haunted Places: New South Wales

The oldest state in Australia, New South Wales, was the site of the first landing by the British in 1788. Eleven ships of the First Fleet set sail from Britain on 13 May 1787, with the leading ship, HMS Supply, reaching Botany Bay and setting up camp on the Kurnell Peninsula on 18 January 1788. …

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The importance of a life outside genre

I have often talked about what being an editor and publisher means, mostly in terms of the mechanics involved in the job and the prerequisites needed. A good command of English, an understanding of narrative and how stories work, as well as a huge dollop of good old common sense, are absolute necessities, as are …

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Pre-order Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey

Roadkill by Joseph D'Lacey cover reveal

Two vehicles, stripped to the bare essentials, accelerate to 180 miles per hour on a deserted highway. Their journey along this dead straight stretch, known as the Final Five, will decide the fate of the drivers – forever. Only a hundred seconds separate them from the finish line as they hurtle towards their destiny, dreaming …

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Film review: Any Minute Now

In an era of mega-budget movie-making, where films can cost upwards of $100 million and sometimes $200 million to make, it’s perhaps not surprising that the horror genre has seen a considerable surge in micro-budgeted productions. These are films produced for a few pennies, made in people’s homes and back gardens (and often looking like …

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Zombie Flesh Eaters

An abandoned yacht floats into New York waters prompting the Harbour Patrol to investigate. They find a squalid, cramped interior aboard the yacht, filled with rotting food and a towering, corpulent walking corpse that takes a bite out of one of the Patrol Guards before toppling into the water when the other guard unloads his …

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5 Must Read Articles – 1 April 2013

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: Friends, Fans, Mourn Well-Known Westbrook Horror Author Zombies: Fine And Decomposing Art The 10 Creepiest Ventriloquist Dummies Of All Time Sell-Out Or Not: Robert Englund The A-Z Of …

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Considering the legacy of women writers in horror fiction

February is the shortest month of the year, noteworthy for Valentine’s Day and making the annual batch of pancakes (poorly, in my case, and to the detriment of my kitchen!) and for the last two years it has played host to Women in Horror Recognition Month. I may be a month too late but, as …

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Colin F. Barnes Interview

Colin F. Barnes is a writer of SF/Technothriller and horror. He’s influenced by his everyday life, and the weird happenings that go on in the shadowy locales of Essex, UK. Colin likes to blend genres and is currently working on a Cyberpunk/Techothriller series The Techxorcist. Colin also runs a micro-digital publisher Anachron Press specialising in genre …

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News Round-up Week Ending 29 March

Midnight Echo

Tom Six takes a short cut to hell Director Tom Six, currently filming The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) will be on the judging panel for the horror film competition 666 Short Cuts to Hell. Six will be joined on the panel by Total Film genre expert Rosie Fletcher and Horror Channel’s Emily Booth amongst …

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