Category: Features

Look Out For… Shadows & Tall Trees 6 and Savage by Gary Fry

  • June 3, 2014

  • 5 mins to read

Look Out For… Shadows & Tall Trees 6 ” A manifesto for horror in the short story form.“ Shadows & Tall Trees is the flagship publication of Undertow Publications, a small press based near Toronto. In 2010 and 2013 the journal was a finalist for the British Fantasy Award for Best Periodical/Magazine. Featuring notable visionaries including Robert …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 2 June 2014

  • June 2, 2014

  • 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: Why Horror is Good for You (and Even Better for Your Kids) Movies Don’t Create Psychos: A Scream Retrospective Dissecting Clive Barker! A Short History of Found-Footage Horror Horror Movies for Beginners: …

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Game of Thrones: Where ‘Supernatural’ Rarely Means ‘Horror’

  • May 28, 2014

  • 6 mins to read

DISCLAIMER: This piece contains minor spoilers since it is near-impossible to discuss GoT without including specifics. Be warned! CAVEAT: I am a great fan of GoT and anticipate it being aired each week; even so, this article addresses an element of the show that has irked since Season One. There is, I’ll admit, something unsettling …

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Look Out For… Dark Entries by Robert Aickman and Mr Mercedes by Stephen King

  • May 27, 2014

  • 7 mins to read

Dark Entries by Robert Aickman “A very eccentric, British version of Kafka!“ Aickman’s stories are constructed immaculately, the neuroses of his characters painted in subtle shades. He builds dread by the steady accrual of realistic detail, until the reader realises that the protagonist is heading towards their doom as if in a dream. Dark Entries …

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