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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 February 2024

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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: Lit Hub explain why killing off your characters is traumatic and why it should be The Ginger Nuts of Horror celebrate the pared back beauty of the short story …

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Look Out For … In Excess of Dark by Red Lagoe

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“With her latest, Lagoe bends reality with a young woman whose intrusive thoughts spin out of control in nightmarish and very physical manifestations.” Suppose every terrible, horrible thing imagined came true? Every nightmarish intrusive thought reality? Overcome with grief, Karina learns that for her, she now has the ability to turn her worst daydreams into …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 5 February 2024

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: Dread central pick out six horror films where the villain remains hidden throughout Reactor provide an obituary for the late Brian Lumley who passed away last week The Ginger …

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Look Out For … What Grows in the Dark by Jaq Evans

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“With this chilling debut, a young woman returns home to put some closure on her sister’s mysterious death, only to discover there really is a monster in the woods, and it’s been waiting.” Brigit’s older sister Emma died sixteen years ago. She simply walked into the wood near their hometown of Ellis Creek and never …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 29 January 2024

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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: Crime Reads decolonise the gothic and untangle the genre from its perceived westernness The Lineup select nine pulse pounding horror romance reads Nerd Daily feature an in-depth long read …

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Look Out For … I Can See Your Lies by Izzy Lee

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“With her debut, Lee presents a supernatural cold-case with nightmarish repercussions for a struggling single mother.” Fin’s reality is crumbling.  Abandoned by her husband, raising her nine-year-old daughter on her own, Fin’s got some major issues going on. With her L.A. home sweltering, experiencing strange hallucinations, now her life has become a living nightmare. Is …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 22 January 2024

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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: The Lineup pick out six settings in horror novels so vivid they seem to be alive The Horror Tree look at perfectionism and how it can lead writer’s block …

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Look Out For … In the Valley of the Headless Men by L.P. Hernandez

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“With his latest, Hernandez presents us with the tale of two grieving brothers on a mysterious paradise getaway with horrifying secrets of its own.” As one of the last true wild places on the planet, Nahanni National Park is the perfect place for estranged brothers Joseph and Oscar to finally catch up. Only accessible by …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 15 January 2024

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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: The Lineup dig into the details of what identifies a work as horror fiction Horror DNA feature five books featuring ambitious and vengeful protagonists Crime Reads reevaluate the 1980s …

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Look Out For … Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine

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“With their latest, Moraine dives into post-apocalyptic territory with a tale of how human contact can have violent and deadly consequences.” It’s been so long since Riley has seen another human face. No faces, no eyes. If you want to survive, you can’t look. Then a new neighbor moves in down the road. The need …

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