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 remind us that the late Tim Curry’s Pennywise is the reason clowns are still so scary
- Horror DNA present the first of two articles selecting the finest in dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction
- Crime Reads take us back to a time of witches and the horror of Matthew Hopkins’ witch hunts
- What Sleeps Beneath provide a primer highlighting eighteen prominent trans horror authors
- The Ginger Nuts of Horror sit down for a haunting author interview with Alex Hunter
Bloody Disgusting remind us that the late Tim Curry’s Pennywise is the reason clowns are still so scary
Jenn Adams, writing for Bloody Disgusting, goes back to the 90s mini series of Stephen King’s It and is reminded of how the late Tim Curry’s performance as Pennywise may well be the reason clowns are so scary.
Horror DNA present the first of two articles selecting the finest in dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction
In this first part of a two-part series for Horror DNA, Tony Jones, the horror librarian, selects thirteen horrific books and series set in terrifying dystopian or post-apocalyptic worlds.
Crime Reads take us back to a time of witches and the horror of Matthew Hopkins’ witch hunts
Madeline Martin, author of A Time of Witches, looks back to the horrifying witch hunts of self-proclaimed ‘witchfinder general’ Matthew Hopkins in this article for Crime Reads.
What Sleeps Beneath provide a primer highlighting eighteen prominent trans horror authors
Dave V. Riser, writing for What Sleeps Beneath, selects eighteen outstanding trans horror writers you should be reading.
The Ginger Nuts of Horror sit down for a haunting author interview with Alex Hunter
The Ginger Nuts of Horror’s Jim McLeod sits down with Alex Hunter, writer of The House That Screamed and talks about the book, writing hauntings, and much more.
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KEV HARRISON