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Look Out For … Violet by Scott Thomas

Violet by Scott Thomas

“With his second novel, Violet, Thomas writes of grief and loss with full authority, connecting maximum fear with deep emotional impact.” Summer, 1988. A time of sun and fun for most kids. Kris Barlow isn’t most kids, and she spent that summer saying goodbye to her dying mother. Faced with another devastating loss—the death of …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 2 September 2019

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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: Vulture suggest fifteen Mexican horror movies to get you started on a fertile breeding ground for the genre Discoverpods make seven suggestions for horror podcasts you might not know …

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Look Out For … On the Night Border by James Chambers

On the Night Border by James Chambers

“Chambers has a knack for making the ordinary extremely scary with the ability of a natural storyteller, spinning tales that easily slip into your nightmares.” A man desperately tries to kill his memories. A young girl grows up while standing in the shadow of a terrible monster. A legendary literary writer deals with a chaotic …

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Splatterpunk: Yes … There Will be Blood!

Splatterpunk Crew

No single sub-genre of fiction has spawned as much delight and controversy as splatterpunk. The mutated lovechild of clinical, horrific, and unflinching description with pulse-pounding, hair-raising stories populated by characters at the fringe of society, splatterpunk knows no limits or boundaries. It is horror fiction that rips through the barriers with its bare hands, pushing …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 26 August 2019

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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: Vanity Fair dive into the growing trend of ‘the 1%’ as villain in horror movies, while reviewing Ready or Not Engadget provide a look into the different types of terror …

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Look Out For … The Last Book You’ll Ever Read by Scott Hughes

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“Horror readers love a challenge, and with such an intriguing and mysterious title, no doubt they’ve met their match with Hughes’ debut collection.” A strange book mysteriously appears on your doorstep … An old woman and her weird creatures made of concrete … A man desperate to escape a horror from another world … A …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 19 August 2019

Scary Stories

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: Cinema Blend explain why Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is the perfect gateway to horror for young viewers Newsarama preview a new cosmic horror comic series from Vault Comics, Black …

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Look Out For … All the Things We Never See by Michael Kelly

“With this latest collection, Kelly continues pushing the boundaries of the Weird with personal stories that defy genre and slip into the literary.”  Filtered through the lens of weird fiction, these stories examine identity, grief, abandonment, love, the homeless, and terrible illness. Over thirty pieces of the weird and strange, three of which are original …

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe: Here Comes Hillbilly Horror

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The scene is so familiar. A group of friends headed out to the great outdoors, all staying in a cabin in the woods. As diverse a group as you’d find, each with their own quirks and agendas. There’s camaraderie, romance, one-upmanship, and tension, especially sexual tension. Yet, something feels a little … off. One of …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 12 August 2019

Toni Morrison

Welcome to Must Read Horror. Last week, we lost one of the most celebrated writers ever, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison. Author of Beloved, Song of Solomon, Sula, and The Bluest Eye, among many other works, she often used magic realism, fantasy, and horror to explore the boundaries of human experience in a way that …

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