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July 4, 2017
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A fan of horror movies since childhood, probably one of my most treasured gifts was a book I received for Christmas when I was ten years old, A Pictorial History of Horror Movies by Denis Gifford. This book ranks extremely high on the inspiration scale, and with good reason. TV in my household in 1977 …
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June 30, 2017
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New anthology of weird fiction, Behold! Oddities, Curiosities & Undefinable Wonders coming 28 July from Crystal Lake Publishing Sometimes the contributors list for an anthology is just too good to ignore and the new weird fiction anthology, Behold! …
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June 27, 2017
- 5 mins to read
Listeners of the This Is Horror podcast have probably heard me mentioning a book called Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made by Alex Epstein. Though not an actual writing reference guide, this book influenced my writing quite a bit. Epstein’s brutal honesty and eye-opening approach to the script writing business isn’t for everyone, but …
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June 26, 2017
- 8 mins to read
“A supernatural rural noir, reeking of Texas and blood, that grabs you by the throat and never lets go.” Travis Stillwell isn’t a very nice guy. Cruising Texas honkytonks by night, Travis plays the ladies’ man part well enough to add the notches to his belt. Unfortunately, the ladies never wake up after the …
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