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News Round-up Week Ending 3 November 2023

November 3, 2023
6 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Available now from author Tananarive Due and Gallery / Saga Press, The Reformatory Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest …

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Look Out For … Merciless Waters by Rae Knowles

November 2, 2023
3 mins to read

“With this debut novella, Knowles presents a seafaring tale of desire and revenge, steeped in folklore and relentless rage.” On the Scylla, there’s no future or past. For Jaq, her lover Lily, and their all-female crew, there is only an endless present. Things are better that way. And it keeps Lily right beside Jaq, where …

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This Is Horror Awards 2022: Public Nominations Are Open

November 2, 2023
2 mins to read

The public nominations are now open for the twelfth annual This Is Horror Awards. These awards are for 2022 releases and not 2023 (which will be coming soon). Here are the categories: Novel of the Year Novella of the Year Short Story Collection of the Year Anthology of the Year Fiction Magazine of the Year Publisher …

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TIH 534: Alan Baxter on Sallow Bend, The Gulp, and Australian Horror Fiction

October 31, 2023
4 mins to read

In this podcast, Alan Baxter talks about Sallow Bend, The Gulp, Australian horror fiction, and much more. About Alan Baxter Alan Baxter is a multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers and dark fantasy liberally mixed with crime, mystery and noir. This Is Horror podcast (hey, that’s us) calls him “Australia’s master of literary darkness” and the …