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September 13, 2016
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5 mins to read
Look Out For … The Travelling Bag & Other Ghostly Stories “Within Hill’s characters and the spectres they face we see our modern concerns and fears, reflected back at us.” From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday is invaded by the evil otherworldly in this unforgettable …
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September 6, 2016
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5 mins to read
Look Out For … Chills by Mary SanGiovanni “The claustrophobic setting creates an atmosphere of mounting and nightmarish tension.” True Detective meets H.P. Lovecraft in this chilling novel of murder, mystery, and slow-mounting dread from acclaimed author Mary SanGiovanni… It begins with a freak snowstorm in May. Hit hardest is the rural town of Colby, …
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August 30, 2016
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4 mins to read
Look Out For … The Bureau Of Them by Cate Gardner “The Bureau Of Them is Cate Gardner’s best work yet.” You’re not the first to talk to your dead here, the vagrant said. The living always chase after their dead until they come upon their own. Formed from shadow and dust, ghosts inhabit the …
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August 23, 2016
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5 mins to read
Look Out For … Albion Fay by Mark Morris “Albion Fay is at once a familiar horror tale and something disconcertingly different.” Albion Fay, a holiday house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature’s bounty. For the adults, a time for relaxation and to recharge the batteries, while for the children, a chance for exploration …
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August 16, 2016
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5 mins to read
Look Out For … Crooked by Austin Grossman “Crooked is a tragicomedy combining political intrigue and Lovecraftian monstrosities.” This is the story of the great con game that was the late twentieth century, of American history’s worst presidency, of how I learned to lie. It is not history as you know it. There are at …
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August 9, 2016
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5 mins to read
Look Out For … A Brutal Chill In August by Alan M. Clark “A Brutal Chill In August shows the human tragedy behind Jack the Ripper’s crimes.” We all know about Jack the Ripper, the serial murderer who terrorised Whitechapel and confounded police in 1888, but how much do we really know about his victims? …
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August 3, 2016
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5 mins to read
Look Out For … I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas “I Am Providence is whip-smart, darkly witty and a genuine page-turner.” For fans of legendary pulp author H. P. Lovecraft, there is nothing bigger than the annual Providence-based convention the Summer Tentacular. Horror writer Colleen Danzig doesn’t know what to expect when she arrives, but …
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July 26, 2016
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5 mins to read
Look Out For … You’ll Know When You Get There by Lynda E. Rucker “Rucker’s fiction shows a mature and highly original understanding of what scares the bejesus out of us.” A woman returns home to revisit an encounter with the numinous; couples take up residence in houses full of sinister secrets; a man fleeing …
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July 19, 2016
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4 mins to read
Look Out For… Blighters by Tim Major “Blighters is a peculiar and somehow very British take on the alien invasion theme.” Them Blighters are everywhere. They fell out of the sky last year, great horrible armour-plated slugs with razor-sharp fangs. But ugly as they are, they give the ultimate high to anyone nearby: a blissful, …
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July 12, 2016
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5 mins to read
Look Out For… Breaking Point by Kit Power “Fans of Jack Ketchum, Jasper Bark or Clive Barker will find much to admire here.” A Cyclist is knocked unconscious on his way home and wakes up in a nightmare… A devoted husband begins to suspect all is not well with his marriage… A desperate family man, …
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