Category: Features

Top 5 authors who helped shape Southern Horror

July 4, 2012
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It is the 4th of July today, so in honour of Independence Day we bring you the 5 authors who helped shape Southern Horror. This list is in no way definitive, it is merely a list of authors who have entertained us through the years. Read more…

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The internet marketing cold caller and the problem with LOL

June 27, 2012
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LOL is the nervous laugh of internet interaction. I doubt anyone is actually laughing out loud as they type it. If they were, given how most people use it, they’re either mentally deranged or a cackling comic book villain. “Bank’s just foreclosed on the mortgage, could lose the house – LOL!” Read more…

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Spawn of Jaws: The Great Shark Movie Rip-Offs

June 20, 2012
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This June sees the re-release, in selected cinemas across the UK, of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975). It’s a film that pretty much set its director on the road to fame and fortune while at the same time making a huge amount of money for Universal. Jaws was such a success that it generated a whole …

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What is a chapbook? (And why every horror reader should own at least one)

June 20, 2012
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Today is International Short Story Day. We thought we’d do our bit and celebrate a literary art form that has undergone something of a revival recently – the chapbook. The chapbook is perhaps the short story in its ultimate form – a self contained, ordinarily limited and luxury edition. Find out a little bit about …