Dan Howarth

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News Round-up Week Ending 19 June

American Gods

Get ready to meet Meg Reports are circulating that Eli Roth has signed on to direct Meg, the big screen adaptation of Steve Altern’s New York Times bestselling novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror. After many false starts it looks like this crazy, massive shark project may finally be sticking its considerable fin above …

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News Round-up Week Ending 5 June

the last outpost

FUBAR unleashed Cohesion Press have released the latest collection from Weston Ochse, FUBAR. This collection of war stories brings together Ochse’s war fiction and essays from over the last twenty years. It is the definitive word on Ochse’s military output and a must for fans of the military horror sub-genre. You can grab your copy …

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News Round-up Week Ending 29 May

Pennywise

R.I.P. Tanith Lee 1947-2015 This week saw the passing of fantasy and horror author Tanith Lee, aged 67. Lee was the first female winner of the British Fantasy Award in 1980 and subsequently won the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story in 1983 and 1984. She also won the Lifetime Achievement Award from both …

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News Round-up Week Ending 22 May

Grieving Stones

Gary McMahon gives readers some grief To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Spectral Press, editor Simon Marshall-Jones has announced the release of The Grieving Stones by Gary McMahon, the author of Spectral’s debut release What We Hear In The Dark. The book will feature artwork from David Verba and will be available for pre-order later …

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News Round-up Week Ending 15 May

Stephen Graham Jones

Portman to star in Annihilation? Oscar winning actress Natalie Portman is due to star in the big screen adaptation of Jeff Vandermeer’s novel Annihilation, the first book in his Southern Reach Trilogy. The contract is yet to be signed but  the wheels are clearly turning, whereas Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton are also heavily linked …

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News Round-up Week Ending 8 May

The Outsiders

Shirley Jackson nominees announced The nominees for 2014 Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced. The best novel category sees Alison Littlewood duke it out with Jeff Vandermeer and Josh Malerman whereas in the edited anthology category, Spectral Press’ The Spectral Book of Horror Stories gets a nod. British authors Steve Volk and V.H. Leslie also pick up nominations. …

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News Round-up Week Ending 1 May

Black Static 46

Black Static #46 TTA Press have released the cover and contents of the latest issue of Black Static. The fantastic cover art has been created by Ben Baldwin whereas fiction from Ralph Robert Moore, Damien Angelica Walters and Gary McMahon among others, join regular features from Stephen Volk and Lynda E. Rucker. Subscribe to Black …

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News Round-up Week Ending 24 April

Ramsey Campbell

Ramsey Campbell honoured British horror legend Ramsey Campbell has been awarded an honorary fellowship by Liverpool John Moores University for his outstanding contribution to literature. The Liverpool born author has won four World Fantasy Awards, ten British Fantasy Awards, three Stoker Awards and the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award in his long and distinguished career. Walter …

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News Round-up Week Ending 10 April

True Detective

True Detective Season 2 trailer emerges The trailer for the highly anticipated second season of True Detective has been released. Feast your eyes on the clip below and prepare yourself for 21 June when it hits our screens again. Sinister sequel haunts viewers The sequel to the 2012 box-office hit Sinister will be released on 21 …

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News Round-up Week Ending 3 April

James Herbert

James Herbert Award picks first winner On Wednesday 1 April, Nick Cutter – pseudonym of the author Craig Davidson, scooped the first annual James Herbert Award for his novel, The Troop. Cutter’s novel won through a strong field including Bird Box by Josh Malerman, M.R. Carey’s The Girl With All The Gifts and Kim Newman’s …

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