News Round-up Week Ending 9 March 2018

Alan Baxter

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Grey Matter Press announce two new releases from Alan Baxter in 2018 This last week saw Grey Matter Press announce two new releases from Alan Baxter, coming in 2018. The first, Manifest Recall, is a southern gothic …

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TOD 032 THEY REMAIN: A Special Presentation on the New Film

In this podcast Scott Nicolay goes behind the lens of They Remain, adapted from the story ‘–30–‘ by Laird Barron, with Director/Screenwriter Philip Gelatt, Cinematographer Sean Kirby, and Artist Jeanne D’Angelo. Plus special guest Bill Campbell of Rosarium Publishing on Sunspot Jungle and  an update on The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2018. The Outer Dark Symposium …

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Look Out For … The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge

The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge - cover

“With The Immaculate Void, Hodge is summoning something dark and twisted from deep within the cosmos, uncaring and relentless, and we can’t wait to read it.” Daphne is the one who got away. When she was six, a serial killer tried to end her life, but she managed to escape. Scarred for life, one could …

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AudioFear: Coroner

Coroner band

Swiss metal three-piece Coroner is a force to be reckoned with. From their early Death Cult demo to their last studio album Grin, Coroner consistently maintained a strong foothold on the metal scene while improving and progressing with content and style over time through the ever-changing musical soundscape. Featuring Ron Broder on bass and vocals, …

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TIH 194: Nick Mamatas on Editing Clarkesworld, Common Story Mistakes, and Writing a Novel in Eight Weeks

TIH 194 Nick Mamatas on Editing Clarkesworld, Common Story Mistakes, and Writing a Novel in Eight Weeks

In this podcast Nick Mamatas talks about Editing Clarkesworld, Common Story Mistakes, Writing a Novel in Eight Weeks, and much more. About Nick Mamatas Nick Mamatas is the author of a number of novels: Move Under Ground, Under My Roof, Sensation, The Damned Highway (with Brian Keene), Bullettime, Love Is the Law, The Last Weekend, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 5 Mar 2018

VERONICA

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: iD asks whether Veronica, the Spanish horror film recently released on Netflix, is one of the most frightening ever Comicbook present what they see as the seven best home …

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News Round-up Week Ending 2 March 2018

SmallPressPublishingBanner

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Sci-fi and scary have a feature article with editors in chief of Crystal Lake, Unnerving and Grey Matter Press For anyone interested in the current state of small press publishing within genre fiction, this article makes …

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TOD 031 Jon Padgett: 20 Years to Ventriloquism

In this podcast Scott Nicolay interviews Jon Padgett, author of The Secret of Ventriloqusim and co-editor of Vastarien: A Literary Journal. Plus co-editor Matt Cardin,  an update on The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2018 and the Annihilation movie reviewed by Eric Schaller and Matthew Cheney. The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird is a unique immersive …

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Look Out For … Obscura by Joe Hart

“Paranoia, psychological nightmares, and all within the giant expanse of space, with a NASA crew that’s losing their minds as well … Obscura by Joe Hart has it all. “   A new form of dementia has taken hold, aggressive and relentless,  affecting people of all ages. The symptoms are unlike anything we’ve ever seen. …

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TIH 193: Jon Padgett and Matt Cardin on Vastarien Literary Journal, Thomas Ligotti, and The Creative Self

TIH 193 Jon Padgett and Matt Cardin on Vastarien Literary Journal, Thomas Ligotti, and The Creative Self

In this podcast Jon Padgett and Matt Cardin talk about Vastarien, Thomas Ligotti, The Creative Self, and much more. About Vastarien Vastarien is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. Support Vastarien on Kickstarter Show notes [03:30] Vastarien origin story [08:40] Why Vastarien …

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