Book Review: Winter Holiday by Chad A. Clark

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“Winter Holiday is a fast-paced, satisfying read which recalls those classic stories from horror’s heyday yet also has a modern sensibility.”   Dark Minds Press is a small UK outfit run by Ross Warren and Anthony Watson who have, since their inception only a few years ago, put out some excellent anthologies, collections, and novellas. …

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5 Years, 200 Episodes, Celebrate the This Is Horror Podcast and Leave Us An Audio Message

5 Years 200 Episodes This Is Horror Podcast Celebration

It’s been five years and almost two-hundred episodes since we put out the first episode of the This Is Horror Podcast, in which Dan Howarth, John Costello, and I reviewed Chained and I interviewed Jennifer Lynch. We’ve interviewed some of our favourite authors, creatives, and publishing professionals including Joe Hill, Joe R. Lansdale, Gemma Files, Adam Nevill, …

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TIH 197: Chris Kelso on Writing From The Wound, Turning 30, and Confusing The Art with the Artist

TIH 197 Chris Kelso on Writing From The Wound, Turning 30, and Confusing The Art with the Artist

In this podcast Chris Kelso talks about writing from the wound, turning thirty, confusing the art with the artist, and much more. About Chris Kelso Chris Kelso is an award-winning genre writer, editor, and illustrator from Scotland. His short stories and articles have appeared in magazines and journals across the UK, US, and Canada, including SF Signal, …

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Searchlight: It’s Alive!

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Long before he was melting faces with his blistering guitar solos for Metallica, Kirk Hammett was a lifelong horror geek. Through the decades, Hammett has amassed an impressive collection of horror memorabilia, including rare horror and science fiction movie posters. It’s Alive!: Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Movie Posters from the Kirk Hammett Collection boasts a …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 Mar 2018

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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: Collider pick out ten psychological thriller movies guaranteed to mess with your head Cinema Blend sidestep the hits and pick out the misses in horror cinema Barnes and Noble …

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News Round-up Week Ending 23 March 2018

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … PS Publishing announce new Robert McCammon novel The Listener, published by Cemetery Dance Set in the period of the great depression in the context of the many hundreds of young people kidnapped at the time, The Listener, …

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Look Out For … Figures Unseen by Steve Rasnic Tem

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“Tem has this powerful ability to blend genres seamlessly while engaging the reader at a personal level with stories unlike anything you’ve ever read.”   A father and son go on a strange downtown “fishing” trip, suburban backyard nightmare fuel with skinned rabbits, a young boy cannot escape his bad dreams of trees and his …

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Searchlight: The Werewolf

The Werewolf by Montague Summers

When you run out of stories to read about a monstrous subject, sometimes it’s best to visit the folklore that fuels those tales. When it comes to the werewolf, there’s a ton of fiction out there, but not much of it is very good. Fortunately for us, the best werewolf fiction out there delivers the …

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Book Review: Life Is What Happens Between Advertisements by Brian Auspice

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“If you like your novellas to lead you off the beaten track into an adventure in narrative style, while still delivering an entertaining and thought-provoking story, you can’t go wrong with this book.”   Brian Auspice’s first book, Deep Blue (Eraserhead Press, 2014), was released as part of the New Bizarro Author Series and, given …

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TIH 196: Michael David Wilson and Dan Howarth on How To Start Podcasting, Growing Up, and Parenthood

TIH 196 Michael David Wilson and Dan Howarth on How To Start Podcasting, Growing Up, and Parenthood

In this podcast Michael David Wilson and Dan Howarth talk about How To Start Podcasting, Growing Up, Parenthood, and much more. About Michael David Wilson and Dan Howarth Michael David Wilson is the founder of This Is Horror. A professional writer, editor, and podcaster, his work has appeared in various publications including Dark Moon Digest, LitReactor, and Scream. …

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