Category: News

News Round-up Week Ending 19 May 2017

The Goddess a Demon

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Reissue of Richard Marsh’s The Goddess: A Demon released through Country Books. Country Books are reissuing one of the seventy novels written by the prolific and mysterious nineteenth century author of horror and crime fiction, Richard Marsh. …

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News Round-up Week Ending 12 May 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Independent film Bella in the Wych Elm explores true folk horror tale From director Thomas Lee Rutter and Carnie Films, comes Bella in the Wych Elm, a folk horror film focussing on an unsolved murder case from the …

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News Round-up Week Ending 5 May 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Debut novel by Michael McGovern Morbid Thoughts out now Fans of the seminal American Psycho could do well to take a look at the debut thriller from upcoming author Michael McGovern. The book tells the story of Aaron …

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News Round-up Week Ending 28 April 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New novel The Third Twin by Darren Speegle out today From Crystal Lake Publishing comes The Third Twin, the new novel by Darren Speegle (A Rhapsody for the Eternal). The story follows the outdoor travel writer, Barry Ocason, being …

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News Round-up Week Ending 21 April 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Horrified Press launch new chapbook by Cynthia Morrison In the Briar is the latest story by acclaimed horror writer Cynthia Morrison (previous short stories have been included in anthologies The Black Cat, Neon and Blood and more besides). It …

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New Patreon Podcast: Story Unboxed

Introducing Story Unboxed

As reported a few days back we’re having an Extreme Summer of Podcasting at This Is Horror. The more patrons we gain in April, the more podcasts we’ll record over the summer. Today we introduce another reason why you might want to become a This Is Horror Podcast patron … Story Unboxed Story Unboxed is …

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This Is Horror Extreme Summer of Podcasting

Long-term listeners of the This Is Horror Podcast may be aware that This Is Horror and Michael David Wilson have a tendency to embark on ambitious (read ‘downright stupid’) challenges from time-to-time. Last year there was the whole “let’s double Patreon support in 30 days” quest and earlier this year the 2017 One Story Per …

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Book Review: Thirteen Views of the Suicide Woods by Bracken MacLeod

Thirteen Views of the Suicide Woods by Bracken MacLeod - cover

“MacLeod packs emotion and power into his words, delivering terror and tenderness in equal measure as the story requires.”   Thirteen Views of the Suicide Woods is the debut short story collection from Bracken MacLeod, the author of Stranded. Having found critical acclaim with Stranded, MacLeod’s collection is a significant change of pace from the …

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News Round-up Week Ending 14 April 2017

Dark Beacon - One Sheet Poster

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New British Horror Dark Beacon coming later in 2017 Featuring April Pearson (Skins) and John Campling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Dark Beacon is the story of Amy, a woman who is in love with Beth, who is …

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News Round-up Week Ending 7 April 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New speculative story collection from Kenneth W. Cain available now In a new release from Crystal Lake Publishing, Embers by Kenneth W. Cain (The Old Tales, Fresh Cut Tales) is a collection of twenty-five short stories focussing on …

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