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Australia’s Most Terrifying and Haunted Places: South Australia – Grapevines and Ghosties

March 21, 2014
10 mins to read

South Australia is renowned for its wines and churches, but a long history is reflected in all the hauntings that are reported around the capital, Adelaide, alone. Founded in 1836, Adelaide has the oldest record of an official city council in Australia (1840). It was originally planned to be the first settlement in the entire …

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News Round-up Week Ending March 21

March 21, 2014
2 mins to read

The M Word Horror publishers Big Pulp are releasing a brand new bi-annual magazine this May which they have lovingly dubbed M which stands for Murder and the Macabre. It is a publication of horror fiction and covers everything grim, gruesome and violent. From horror fiction to crime and even some dark poetry. Print versions …

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Disconnect by L.R. Bonehill

March 13, 2014
6 mins to read

The winner of our Zombie Flesh Eaters competition, Disconnect by L.R. Bonehill. Illustrated by Nick Gucker. Emily looked up from the glowing screen of her phone just in time to register the dark shape coming towards her. One foot stretched out into the grime-spattered street as the van grumbled past, its rusted wheels edging dangerously …

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Book Review: Ratman’s Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert

March 11, 2014
5 mins to read

“Valancourt should be congratulated for bringing this back into print!” In his introduction to this welcome new edition of Stephen Gilbert’s Ratman’s Notebooks, Kim Newman makes the bold claim that it is this book that effectively launched a new era in horror fiction, effectively kick-starting the careers of both Stephen King and James Herbert. Had …