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Midnight Mix-Tape: April 2017 – Haunted

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Uncle Jake’s here to hook you up with some of the latest and greatest horror short stories available online right now. Stories that will challenge, evolve, and redefine what horror is, and what it will become. These are themed mix-tapes of fear, dread, danger, and gore, lovingly curated just for your reading pleasure. My grandma …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 3 April 2017

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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:   Eight ways to survive if you find yourself caught in a horror movie Nine horror franchises that should be brought back as TV shows Horror classics that never …

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Look Out For … Regression by Cullen Bunn and Danny Luckert

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  Look Out For … Regression by Cullen Bunn and Danny Luckert “With advance praise from the legendary Steve Niles … it looks like Bunn has another hit on his hands.” From Bram Stoker and Eisner Award nominated writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Sixth Gun, The Empty Man) comes Regression, a new horror series in …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 27 March 2017

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: Remembering Bernie Wrightson Kills That Were Almost In Freddy Vs Jason Book That Matter: Salem’s Lot Is Rotten Tomatoes Destroying The Movie Business? Resident Evil 7 Behind The Scenes …

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Tattered Tomes: Mystery by Peter Straub, Revisited

Mystery by Peter Straub

My first experience with Peter Straub’s Mystery was in 1990 when it was released. It was a dark time in my life; grad school was kicking my butt, my life was in shambles, and I needed a job so bad it hurt. When I wasn’t job hunting, I turned to books, and found Mystery sitting …

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Look Out For … Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King

Look Out For … Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King “For the first time since 1991’s Needful Things King is taking us home, which in itself is cause for celebration before we even consider the premise of the book which practically screams classic King!” The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 20 March 2017

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: Growing Up With Buffy 30 Years Later: A 1987 Theatrical Retrospective Ten Unseen Killer Movies Interview With Konn Lavery Cujo Behind The Scenes Photos   Growing Up With Buffy …

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Look Out For … The Broken Hours: A Novel of H.P. Lovecraft by Jacqueline Baker

Look Out For … The Broken Hours: A Novel of H.P. Lovecraft by Jacqueline Baker “The opportunity to peek beneath the shiny, leathery surface of the great man’s life in the guise of a fictional yarn is irresistible.” In the cold spring of 1936, Arthor Crandle, down-on-his luck and desperate for work, accepts a position …

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Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom

If there is one name that pops up lately on the radar when it comes to weird fiction, Victor LaValle’s name is one seen repeatedly. LaValle’s been in the scene for a while, primarily writing hard-to-classify novels that cross the bridge between weird and horror, while maintaining a strong literary aesthetic throughout. Author of The …

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Midnight Mix-Tape: March 2017- Whiteout in the Mountains of Madness

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  Uncle Jake’s here to hook you up with some of the latest and greatest horror short stories available online right now. Stories that will challenge, evolve, and redefine what horror is, and what it will become. These are themed mix-tapes of fear, dread, danger, and gore, lovingly curated just for your reading pleasure. Antarctica …

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