5 Must Read Horror Articles 28 December 2020

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado: LitReactor feature an article by writer and poet Stephanie M. Wytovich on bibliomancy for drafting Bloody Disgusting feature film The Lodge as part of their Formative Fears series Horror DNA’s …

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This Is Horror Awards 2020: Public Nominations Are Open

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The public nominations are now open for the tenth annual This Is Horror Awards. This year we’ve retained all the categories from last year. Here are the categories: Novel of the Year Novella of the Year Short Story Collection of the Year Anthology of the Year Fiction Magazine of the Year Publisher of the Year …

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News Round-up Week Ending 25 December 2020

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Latinx Screams, the new anthology featuring all latinx authors, out now from Burial Day Books Edited by V. Castro () and Cina Pelayo (), Latinx Screams is a brand new horror anthology of stories written by …

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Look Out For … Weed by Joseph D’Lacey

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“With his latest novel, D’Lacey turns his attention to a sentient, deadly, parasitic plant, hungry to take its place at the top of the food-chain.” Fortescue Hall is home to Lady Cynthia Fortescue, and the headquarters of her global business empire. Pressure has been building constantly at the Hall, abused staff simmering with resentment, and …

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TIH 380: Angel Luis Colón on Blacky Jaguar, Hell Chose Me, and Latinx Authors

TIH 380 Angel Luis Colón on Blacky Jaguar, Hell Chose Me, and Latinx Authors

In this podcast Angel Luis Colón talks about Blacky Jaguar, Hell Chose Me, Latinx authors, and much more. About Angel Luis Colón Angel Luis Colón is the Derringer and Anthony Award-nominated writer of five books including his latest novel Hell Chose Me. In his downtime, he’s edited an anthology or two, hosted a podcast, helped …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 21 December 2020

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado: Beyond the Veil magazine rewatch the original Night of the Living Dead in the harsh light of 2020 Crime Reads pick out the ten best gothic fiction releases of 2020 …

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TOD 089 Quarantine Readings: Gwendolyn Kiste and Daniel Braum

In our final podcast of 2020 The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Gwendolyn Kiste and Daniel Braum. The interviews were recorded on Monday December 7, 2020.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series returns with  Gwendolyn Kiste and Daniel Braum (0:32:13). Gwendoiyn reads an excerpt from her novel Boneset & Feathers (0:06:54), published …

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News Round-up Week Ending 18 December 2020

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Three Christmas horrors from writer Mark Cassell, available now From the author of the Shadow Fabric mythos comes this 70-page Christmas chapbook featuring three stories. ‘Santa’s Elite’ finds the human population fast approaching eight billion, and …

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Look Out For … The Hobgoblin of Little Minds by Mark Matthews

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“With his latest novella, Matthews blurs the edges of science and horror with an intimate view of mental illness and patient treatment.” All Kori wanted was for her father to get better. She suffered through his mental illness, and now he’s disappeared. Breaking into the abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital, she’s hoping to find some trace …

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Book Review: Wyrd and Other Derelictions by Adam Nevill

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“Such is Nevill’s command of language and ability to project a crystal-clear image into the reader’s mind that we are truly captivated by the inference of what may have happened in each story, given his terrifying description of the aftermath alone.”   He is the author of nine horror novels, three of which have won …

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