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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 12 August 2013

August 12, 2013
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Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. You want great horror articles? This is the place to find the best the web has to offer. This week: Original versus Remake: The Amityville Horror Ten Things That Make Horror Films Unrealistic Rosemary’s Baby and the Politics of Women’s Bodies Six Things a Horror Game Needs Horror …

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Nine Worlds GeekFest 2013

August 8, 2013
3 mins to read

Tomorrow a brand new breed of festival makes its mark on the genre world: Nine Worlds Geekfest. Originally a kickstarter, Nine Worlds was fully funded with an impressive 232% of its target. Nine Worlds takes place at the Radisson and Renaissance hotels near London Heathrow. The action kicks off on 9 August at 3pm and …

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New Boss, Same As The Old

August 8, 2013
8 mins to read

I pledge allegiance to the flag of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan… does that sound good to you? Yeah, me neither. Unfortunately, it’s one of those all-too-true jokes that we know reaches its audience when it’s met with more winces than laughs. Considering where we’ve come as a society in just five short years, I …

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Publishing Horror in Australia

August 7, 2013
7 mins to read

Worldwide, the biggest publisher of horror fiction and non-fiction through the years would have to be the United States. Although the genre received initial release through the Gothic writers of the UK, America then went on to claim the genre with writers such as HP Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. Comparative to Europe and the …