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Look Out For … Black Mountain by Laird Barron

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“With Black Mountain, Barron’s second novel featuring Isaiah Coleridge, we see the story becoming darker and more horrific while still maintaining a powerful sense of character.” A headless, handless corpse found in the Ashokan reservoir has the local mob guys worried. It’s not too uncommon for a small-potatoes criminal like Harold Lee to turn up …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 8 Apr 2019

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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: Bloody Disgusting explain everything you need to know about folk horror before watching Ari Aster’s new film, Midsommar SPOILERS: NME pull together all of the horror ‘easter eggs’ found in …

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Look Out For … Mulgara: The Necromancer’s Will by David Rose

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“With his first novel, Mulgara, Rose uses horror, fantasy, erotica, and satire to show us a world where nothing is what it seems, and black magic reigns.” After Maecidion dies, Irion witnesses the reading of his will. He is outraged as coveted family heirlooms are passed down to his enemies. A practitioner of black magic, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 1 Apr 2019

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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: Morbidly Beautiful run a feature article explaining why Jordan Peele’s focus on black stories is good for horror and cinema in general Ultimate Classic Rock tells the convoluted, true …

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe … Don’t Go in The Old Dark House

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Some tropes refuse to die. Already dead, ghosts are in and poised to take the top spot of horror trends, right next to the occult. With Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House adaptation captivating audiences everywhere, it’s no surprise that creators are taking this time-worn trope and fashioning something new and fresh in ways that …

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Look Out For … Cardinal Black by Robert McCammon

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“Whether he’s writing modern day horror or a supernatural historical chiller, McCammon’s stories grab you by the throat and refuse to let you go.” It’s December 1703 and Berry Grigsby is not herself. Under the spell of Professor Fell’s strange drug experiments, her mind is fragmenting rapidly, her life in imminent danger. Her only path …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 25 Mar 2019

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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: Screen Rant choose ten psychological horror films to chill you to the bone The Washington Post runs a feature article on horror’s newfound mainstream success by a self-professed scaredy …

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Look Out For … Sefira & Other Betrayals by John Langan

Sefira & Other Betrayals by John Langan

“With unforgettable characters facing the most horrifying circumstances, Langan consistently delivers when it comes to nightmarish fiction.” A couple find a cooler on the side of the road, and discover the unearthly contents inside. At a mansion that overlooks the Hudson River, a writer investigates the weird paper balloons that float around the grounds.  A …

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Why I Wrote … The Worst Is Yet to Come by S.P. Miskowski

The Worst is Yet to Come by S.P. Miskowski

  Horror readers should feel right at home with S.P. Miskowski. Author of Knock Knock, Delphine Dodd, Astoria, In the Light (the Skillute series), as well as I Wish I Was Like You ( 2017’s This Is Horror Awards Novel of the Year and the 2017 Charles Dexter Award from Strange Aeons Magazine), her short …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 Mar 2019

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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: For St. Patricks’ weekend, Bloody Disgusting have selected ten Irish horror movies Ellen Datlow gives Locus Magazine readers the lowdown on what books thrilled her in 2018 FStoppers features …

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