Category: Features

Voluntarily Committed: My Stay in a Haunted Asylum – Part Two

September 19, 2015
7 mins to read

Day One Friday morning arrived with coffee, croissants and a nice hot shower. Aside from a fleeting feeling of standing wet, naked, and not quite alone, the morning was uneventful. The retreat space was feeling more homely with the busy-ness of breakfast bustle. The attendees arrived in dribs and drabs throughout the day. It was …

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Injured Eyeballs: Who the Fuck is Michael McDowell – Part 2

September 18, 2015
8 mins to read

In my last column I wrote about Michael McDowell’s career as a horror novelist and screenplay writer. In this column, the second of a three part feature on McDowell, I’m going to write about his novels. McDowell was a very fast and a very prolific writer. Before the sale of his first published novel The …

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Look Out For… Hungry Celluloid by Frank Duffy and Shadow On The Wall by Jonathan Aycliffe

September 15, 2015
4 mins to read

Look Out For… Hungry Celluloid by Frank Duffy “Hungry Celluloid contains compelling, literate and disturbing pieces by a writer who knows exactly how horror works.” The new collection from Frank Duffy, author of The Signal Block and Other Tales and Unknown Causes brings together thirteen unsettling stories which push through the thin fabric of reality …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 14 September 2015

September 14, 2015
3 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Wes Craven’s Horror Legacy: The Intelligent Slasher A Demon and a Gentleman: Dr Walpurgis and BBC’s The Vault of Horror Past and Future: Esoteric and Exoteric Philosophy in Weird Fiction Monster Mixtape: …