Category: Features

Look Out For … Private Rites by Julia Armfield

November 14, 2024
3 mins to read

“With Armfield’s latest, she reimagines King Lear with a tale of love and loss tinged in supernatural wickedness.” The rain has been falling for a long time, and now the land has reshaped itself, and the old rituals are creeping back in. Isla, Irene, and Agnes, three sisters, have not spoken to each other for …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 11 November 2024

November 11, 2024
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: The Lineup look back ten years at terrifying serial killer thriller Nightcrawler Crime Reads wonder about the role of time and memory in the ghosts we make of each other …

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Look Out For … The Incubations by Ramsey Campbell

November 7, 2024
3 mins to read

“With his latest, Campbell continues to make life’s most trivial concerns the stuff of bloodcurdling nightmares, guaranteed to send a shiver down your spine.” Leo Parker’s visit to Alphafen seemed idyllic. Soon after he leaves, that’s when the nightmares start. The airport becomes a labyrinth. The very words he says become treacherous, even lethal. And …

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Pounding the Keys – Productivity and Writing Routines

November 5, 2024
30 mins to read

In the last collaborative article here on This Is Horror, we talked about book launches and all the social media, conventional marketing and other promos that go with them. The verdict across the board seemed to be that they’re a necessary evil. We just want to get on with the writing, right? Right?! Well, sometimes, …