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September 1, 2017
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Debut short story collection by Mark W. Curran, The Witches of Wildwood, out now The debut collection from horror author Mark W. Curran features stories about witches, werewolves, swamp creatures and more besides. Aimed at a young …
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August 29, 2017
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Most horror fans celebrate H.P. Lovecraft’s birthday this month—August 20th to be exact—as the recent NecronomiCon festival just ended in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft’s birthplace, with a massive celebration of all things Weird. Lovecraft’s fiction is rather polarizing, stemming from obvious racism in some of his works. My friend Gabino Iglesias, recently commented on social …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/searchlight-supernatural-horror-in-literature/
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August 29, 2017
- 4 mins to read
“Fans of Stephen Graham Jones will find their expectations shattered in all the right ways, while newcomers will find themselves introduced to their new favorite writer.” Stephen Graham Jones is a true master of storytelling in any format. Novel, short-story, novella, comics, it doesn’t matter, because you know he’s going to pack a ton of …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-review-mapping-the-interior-by-stephen-graham-jones/
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August 28, 2017
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William Tobe Hooper, legendary director, writer, and producer, passed away of natural causes 26 August, 2017. He was 74 years old. Hooper was directly involved in eighteen films and several television shows, but will always be remembered for his 1974 film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Considered one of the most influential horror films of …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/in-memoriam-tobe-hooper-1943-2017/