5 Must Read Horror Articles 14 Aug 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: Every Freddy Krueger Kill In 60 Seconds Flat Maniac: A Look Back Script To Pieces: The Killer Tomato Remake Why Life Felt More Like An Alien Prequel Than Alien …

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Book Review: Sip by Brian Allen Carr

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“Carr does an excellent job of threading the separate narratives together to create a compelling and exciting story with a cast of wonderfully entertaining characters.” He won the inaugural Texas Observer Story Prize (judged by Larry McMurtry) in 2011 with his short story, “The First Henley”, and also the Wonderland Book Award for Best Novel …

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Book Review: Ornithology by Nicholas Royle

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“These stories are compelling, artful, and hypnotic; they are stories which tread the line between the literary and genre with absolute ease, mixing in the surreal, the ambiguous.”   Nicholas Royle is a name which has long been associated with genre writing, having been published in various horror anthologies such as The End of the …

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Something Weird is Heading Back to Providence: An Exclusive Preview of NecronomiCon 2017, Part I

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NecronomiCon 2017 will be descending August 17-20 on Providence, RI in the United States. The biannual convention began as a celebration of H.P. Lovecraft but now has expanded its programming to cover the broad tapestry of Weird Fiction from classic authors to the contemporary Weird Renaissance. As such, it’s evolved into closest thing to a …

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News Round-up Week Ending 11 August 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … The Horror Channel Frightfest announces short film selection With the festival now just around the corner, The Horror Channel Frightfest have announced a collosal line-up of twenty-six short films which will be shown at this year’s …

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Look Out For … Strange Weather by Joe Hill

Look Out For … Strange Weather by Joe Hill “We can’t wait to have Hill’s distinctive and frequently terrifying voice whispering in our ears.” Four short novels from the author of The Fireman and Horns, ranging from creepy horror to powerful explorations of our modern society. One autumnal day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open …

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Book Review: Looming Low, edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan

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  “Boasting a who’s who of weird fiction authors, one look at the roster is enough to have any fan thoroughly excited.”   Looming Low is a huge collection of twenty-six new stories of weird fiction from Dim Shores publishing. Boasting a who’s who of weird fiction authors, one look at the roster is enough …

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TIH 161: Victor LaValle on The Ballad of Black Tom, H. P. Lovecraft, and Mastering F-bombs in Fiction

TIH 161 Victor LaValle on The Ballad of Black Tom, H. P. Lovecraft, and Mastering F-bombs in Fiction

In this podcast Victor LaValle talks about The Ballad of Black Tom, H. P. Lovecraft, f-bombs in fiction, and much more. About Victor LaValle Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, and The Changeling and two novellas, Lucretia and the …

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Searchlight: Unsolved Mysteries

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Before The X-Files, Unsolved Mysteries ruled the airwaves. For those of you who grew up in the late 80’s, seeing Robert Stack wearing his trusty overcoat was a weekly experience. True tales of strange disappearances, grisly murders, and spooky supernatural experiences gave viewers darker subject matter than they could handle. Considering the show ran for …

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Book review: Pacific Rising by John W. Dennehy

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“It’s one part Kaiju, one part military thriller, equaling an action-packed fight for survival.”   Something stirs after its slumber is broken by a hurricane. Tokyo won’t be safe once it emerges from the turbulent seas. The beast of legends attacks with full force, ravaging everything in its path. A joint effort by the U.S. …

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