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Power and influence (warner Hannibal spoilers inside)

He puts his head back and closes his eyes, the final image of a fugitive Hannibal closes the second season of the namesake show, and what a powerful image to go out on. It demonstrates many major themes played out during the 13 episode arc that picked up with Will Graham wrongfully imprisoned and framed …

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Coming soon: The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud

The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud

We’re delighted to announce that later this year we’ll be publishing Nathan Ballingrud’s novella, The Visible Filth. This will be the final book in this year’s chapbook series. To secure a copy of The Visible Filth please take out an annual subscription to the This Is Horror chapbook series. The This Is Horror chapbook series officially ends with The …

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TIH 019: Looking back at Hannibal Season Two with Booked

In this podcast we sit down with Robb Olson and Livius Nedin from the Booked Podcast and discuss Hannibal Season Two. If you head over to the This Is Horror website you’ll also see a slideshow of Mads Mikkelsen’s suits in Hannibal. Topics [02:10] Impressions of Season two of Hannibal [08:00] Hannibal the fighter [11:25] The …

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Less is More: ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ by John Keats

This month, in the interest of doing something a bit different, I thought I’d look at a narrative poem instead of a short story. ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ was written by John Keats in 1819 and focuses on my favourite gothic staple, the femme fatale. You can read it here. It’s only twelve stanzas …

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