Book Review: A Small Charred Face by Kazuki Sakuraba

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“Beyond the average tale of vampires, it bares the truths of life through both violence and beauty, imparting lessons one won’t soon forget.” A Small Charred Face is a series of three young adult stories that connect and describe the lives of an ancient Chinese race of vampires and the humans entwined in them. The …

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TOD 017 Christina Sng: All the Ends of the World

In this podcast Scott Nicolay interviews poet Christina Sng, author of Astropoetry and A Collection of Nightmares. Also Gabino Iglesias (LitReactor, Zero Saints) reviews Christina Sng’s A Collection of Nightmares and Jeremy Roberts Johnson’s In the River. Show Notes Poet Christina Sng joins Scott from Singapore to talk about her recent collections Astropoetry (Alban Lake Publishing) and A …

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Look Out For … Treasured Chests: A Zombie Anthology by various authors

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Look Out For … Treasured Chests: A Zombie Anthology by various authors   “Zombie stories are much like the living dead themselves, they never get old, and they keep on coming.” A charity anthology of short Zombie Stories created in aid of the charity Breast Cancer Care (registered Charity in England & Wales 1017658). All …

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TIH 168: Livia Llewellyn on Long vs Short Fiction, Bad Writing Advice, and Horror Misconceptions

TIH 168: Livia Llewellyn on Long vs Short Fiction, Bad Writing Advice, and Horror Misconceptions

In this podcast Livia Llewellyn talks about long vs short fiction, bad writing advice, horror misconceptions, and much more. About Livia Llewellyn Livia Llewellyn is an award-winning writer of horror, dark fantasy and erotica, whose fiction has appeared in ChiZine, Subterranean, Apex Magazine, Postscripts, Nightmare Magazine, as well as numerous anthologies. Engines of Desire: Tales …

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Searchlight: Brian Reitzell

Brian Reitzell

Born in 1965, Brian Reitzell probably isn’t a name most are familiar with. A former member of the punk band Redd Kross, Reitzell shifted his talents over to soundtracks, and hasn’t looked back, apart from the occasional side project. His soundtracks include his work with the Sofia Coppola films The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, …

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Book Review: House of Windows by John Langan

House of Windows by John Langan

“If you like your haunted house stories to ask questions, to deliberately obfuscate truth and to have a sparkling style, then House of Windows is the intelligent horror you’ve been waiting for.”   John Langan’s House of Windows is not just a literary horror novel but also a novel about literature. Dealing with thematic links …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 18 Sep 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: It’s Time For Freddy To Be Great Again Eight Disturbing Scenes From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Series IT Director Andy Muschietti On The Scenes That Terrified Him As A …

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Book Review: Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders

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“The tales draw you in with the charm of a sideshow barker, promising your imagination things it has never seen before, and a few it may wish it could soon un-see.” From the alluring foreword written by the astonishing Josh Malerman, to the table contents packed with writers who have true magic up their sleeves, …

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News Round-up Week Ending 15 September 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …    Hellboy Reboot Bumped To 2019 The Descent director Neil Marshall’s darker, rated-R take on Hellboy began filming this week, and was originally scheduled for a 2018 release date, but it’s been confirmed that the reboot’s release has now …

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Look Out For … House of Spines by Michael J Malone

Look Out For … House of Spines by Michael J Malone “A dark, brooding psychological journey into tension and terror.” A terrifying psychological thriller cum Gothic mystery, as a young man with mental health issues inherits an isolate mansion, where all is not as it seems … Ran McGhie’s world has been turned upside down. …

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