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News Round-up Week Ending 14 August

Game Over

Liverpool Horror Fest 2015 The 2015 incarnation of the Liverpool Horror Fest takes place tomorrow (Saturday 15th August) at The Kazimier in Liverpool. The event will feature guests such as Ramsey Campbell, Paul Kane, Barbie Wilde and Simeon Halligan of Grimmfest. The full line-up including details of the evening’s entertainment and tickets can be found …

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The Record Player Skips When I Drink With the Dead by John C. Foster

John C. Foster was born in Sleepy Hollow, NY, and has been afraid of the dark for as long as he can remember. A writer of thrillers and dark fiction, Foster lives in New York City with his lady, Linda, and their dog, Coraline. Dead Men is his first novel and will be available from …

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News Round-up Week Ending 31 July

New Ash vs. Evil Dead Photo Released A brand new photo of a chainsaw wielding Bruce Campbell from Starz upcoming Ash vs. Evil Dead series has been released. The first season is set to consist of ten half-hour episodes, executive produced by the original filmmakers of the franchise Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell. Synopsis: …

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Competition: Win The Town That Dreaded Sundown DVD

This competition is now closed. We’ll have more great competitions coming soon!

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Horror Comics Roundup: July 2015

Alan Moore: One of the most influential comic book writers of any generation. Writer of Watchmen, Batman: The Killing Joke, The Saga of Swamp Thing, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell, and many, many more epic comic series and graphic novels. The creator of John Constantine, that Hellblazing cat conjuring dirty deeds done dirt …

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News Round-up Week Ending 24 July

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British Fantasy Award nominees announced The nominees for the 2015 British Fantasy Awards have been announced. The shortlists have been whittled down by the juries with some fantastic books and authors amongst them. Special congratulations go to Rich Hawkins and Laura Mauro for their maiden nominations along with Ray Cluley for his nomination for Water …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 20 July 2015

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Where to Start with the Works of Peter Straub Revisiting Danse Macabre by Richard Chizmar The State of Horror Video Games in 2015 HP Lovecraft and HR Giger: How Their Dreams Became …

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News Round-up Week Ending 17 July

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R.I.P. Tom Piccirilli It is with great sadness that This Is Horror reports the passing of horror author Tom Piccirilli. The multiple Stoker award winning novelist, short story writer and poet passed away earlier this week at the age of just fifty years old. The thoughts of the staff at This Is Horror are with …

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News Round-up Week Ending 10 July

Locke and Key

World Fantasy Awards 2015 The 2015 World Fantasy Awards will be handed out at the World Fantasy Convention in November, this week saw the short-lists announced for all categories. Nominees include Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, Ellen Datlow’s Fearful Symmetries and Michael Kelly’s Shadows & Tall Trees. The full list of nominees is available from …

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News Round-up Week Ending 3 July

The Grieving Stones

FrightFest line-up announced The line-up for this year’s Film4 FrightFest has been announced. The festival has unleashed a massive array of films for the viewing pleasure of its rabid audience. The festival covers horror in all forms from foreign language films to remastered classics and the festival always pays homage to its British heritage with …

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