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Tattered Tomes: Stephen King’s Firestarter Revisited

July 20, 2016
11 mins to read

Sometime around 1983 I finally secured a copy of Stephen King’s Firestarter in the form of a dog-eared paperback barely held together by the binding. Upon opening the book for the first time, some of the pages at the front fell out of the book, and I thought about calling the library to explain what …

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TIH 102: Aaron Sterns on Wolf Creek, Screenwriting and Existential Nightmares

July 19, 2016
2 mins to read

In this podcast Aaron Sterns talks about the Wolf Creek series, existential nightmares and screenwriting. About Aaron Sterns Aaron Sterns is the co-writer of Wolf Creek 2 (Best Screenplay Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival 2014), and author of the prequel novel Wolf Creek: Origin which has just won the 2014 Australian Shadows Award for best Australian horror novel of …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 July 2016

July 18, 2016
3 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: 15 great horror films on Netflix 7 of Horror Director David Cronenberg’s Most Twisted Movies Save the Slashers: In Defence of 80’s Horror Movies The H Word: On Writing …

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News Round-up Week Ending 15 July 2016

July 15, 2016
5 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Dark Regions Press Release The Booking by Ramsey Campbell The long awaited novella by the veteran genre author, The Booking, was released this past Tuesday 12 July. Available as a special edition hard back from Dark Regions …