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News Round-up Week Ending 3 January 2025

  • 12 months ago
  • 4 mins to read

The Home by Judith Sonnet - cover

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Releasing 15 January, The Home by Judith Sonnet In the early ’60s, in a seemingly more “innocent” time, a group of teenagers were lured into a supposedly haunted house. The place on Sycamore Lane has a …

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Look Out For … Metamorphosis by Ross Jeffery

  • 12 months ago
  • 2 mins to read

Metamorphosis by Ross Jeffery - cover

“With his latest, Jeffery presents a story of transformative grief, tearing down the boundaries of pain and madness.”   There was a time Cynthia thrived on her freedom. Now, she has a relentless desire to reclaim all that’s she’s lost. Leading a double life, Cynthia plots a meticulous plan, blurring the boundaries between love and …

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Look Out For … And One Day We Will Die, edited by Patrick Barb

  • 12 months ago
  • 3 mins to read

And One Day We Will Die, edited by Patrick Barb - cover

“With this new anthology, Barb has curated a literal “who’s who” roster of the best weird fiction writers working today, with tales inspired by the songs of Neutral Milk Hotel.” A new anthology featuring tales inspired by the strange and beautiful music of Neutral Milk Hotel. Twenty-two stories of weird, phantasmagoric fiction. Alternate histories, mythological …

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Look Out For … Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

  • 12 months ago
  • 3 mins to read

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman - cover

“With his latest, Chapman taps into our national obsession of endless doomscrolling with a timely and relevant novel of nightmarish, violent horror.” Far-right cable news has been chipping away at Noah’s parents for years. When his mother leaves him a strange voicemail about the “Great Reawakening”, Noah figures it’s something about one of her conspiracy …

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