DF Lewis has been a regular contributor to the small presses since the 1980s with many hundreds of short stories to his name (see his now out-of-print collection Weirdmonger and The Last Balcony, recently published by Inkermen Press). In recent years, however, he has turned his attention to publishing other writers’ short stories, first with …
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The rise of Australian horror and the Oz Horror Mini-con
We’ve had a first here in Australia this month. Our first single-genre horror convention, the Oz Horror Mini-con was a pre-cursor to the main Oz Horror Con 2013, to be held in January in Melbourne. Previously we’ve had multi-genre conventions, not least of all AussieCon 4 and World Con back in 2010. That was a …
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Review: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Don’t let the title of the recently released Resident Evil 6 fool you. Taking into account the various spin-offs and remakes that have shambled forth since the series’ birth in 1996, there are now close to two-dozen Resident Evil games . As well as the main instalments, the series now encompasses light-gun shooters, online co-op …
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News Round-up Week Ending 9 November
Osama wins World Fantasy Award Lavie Tidhar has beaten off strong competition from George R R Martin and Stephen King to take home the World Fantasy Award for best novel. The award, presented in Toronto on 4 November is a huge coup for the author and the book which was published in paperback by Solaris. …
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Review: Osama by Lavie Tidhar
Osama is a meta-fictional masterpiece that is quite unlike anything you will have ever read. Stop reading this review and get your hands on a copy now before anyone spoils it for you by trying to describe the characters, plot lines and themes in any conventional manner, which is simply an impossibility given the fluid …
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News Round-up Week Ending 2 November
The Dead 2 shambles into production The Ford Brothers have announced that their new film The Dead 2 will be filmed in India in early 2013. The Ford Brothers claim that the sequel will be bigger and bolder than the original. Be sure to check back to This Is Horror for more news on the film as …
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Simon Kurt Unsworth writes for charity
Quiet Houses author, Simon Kurt Unsworth, has produced four chapbooks of some of his best work in order to raise money for Cancer Research. The chapbooks accompany a Halloween reading that Simon performs every year in the Cancer Research shop in Morecambe, Lancs. This Is Horror caught up with Simon, when asked about his motivation …
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Autumn: Horror in the East schedule
The schedule for Autumn: Horror in the East, that takes place on Saturday 3 November in Lowestoft has been released. Saturday’s events will run as follows: A reading from Joseph Freeman. Panel discussion, ‘Everything you ever needed to know about zombies but were too afraid to ask’ featuring David Moody, Sean Page, Iain McKinnon and …
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Halloween Special: A Mother’s Blood by Ray Cluley
Seeing as it’s Halloween, dear reader, we thought we’d treat you to an original piece of fiction. And what a story it is, perhaps the darkest ever to grace the pages of This Is Horror. A Mother’s Blood is dark, terrifying, tragic and beautiful. Illustrated by the incredibly talented Robert Elrod and written by up-and-coming …
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5 Halloween Stories to Read
Here at This Is Horror we have put together a list of recommended spooky reads that will send a shiver down your spine on All Hallows’ Eve. Please bear in mind, we take no responsibility for the terror induced by our recommendations! Read more…
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