“Chambers has a knack for making the ordinary extremely scary with the ability of a natural storyteller, spinning tales that easily slip into your nightmares.” A man desperately tries to kill his memories. A young girl grows up while standing in the shadow of a terrible monster. A legendary literary writer deals with a chaotic …
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No single sub-genre of fiction has spawned as much delight and controversy as splatterpunk. The mutated lovechild of clinical, horrific, and unflinching description with pulse-pounding, hair-raising stories populated by characters at the fringe of society, splatterpunk knows no limits or boundaries. It is horror fiction that rips through the barriers with its bare hands, pushing …
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“There are so many different flavours of horror available that it will be nigh on impossible for a reader not to find something to enjoy.” If you follow either of the co-editors on social media, or are yourself a budding short story author, you may well have seen the origin of this seemingly-absurd concept …
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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: Vanity Fair dive into the growing trend of ‘the 1%’ as villain in horror movies, while reviewing Ready or Not Engadget provide a look into the different types of terror …
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In this podcast Brian Keene talks about The Horror Show podcast, retiring, leaving Facebook, and much more. About Brian Keene Brian Keene writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. Keene’s 2003 novel, The Rising, is …
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from writer Craig Stewart and Hellbound Books, Worship Me New from Hellbound books, is Worship Me, the debut novel from Canadian writer and filmmaker Craig Stewart. The novel finds the worshippers at St Paul’s United Church being …
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In this podcast Scott Nicolay interviews author/editor Molly Tanzer, whose most recent book is Creatures of Want & Ruin, and is also a featured guest at NecronomiCon this week in Providence, RI. The podcast was recorded on Thursday August 15, 2019. Show Notes In this podcast Scott Nicolay interviews author/editor Molly Tanzer, whose most recent …
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“Horror readers love a challenge, and with such an intriguing and mysterious title, no doubt they’ve met their match with Hughes’ debut collection.” A strange book mysteriously appears on your doorstep … An old woman and her weird creatures made of concrete … A man desperate to escape a horror from another world … A …
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In this podcast Brian Keene talks about writing for market, public vs. private persona, last year’s burn accident, and much more. About Brian Keene Brian Keene writes novels, comic books, short fiction, and occasional journalism for money. He is the author of over forty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and dark fantasy genres. Keene’s …
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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: Cinema Blend explain why Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is the perfect gateway to horror for young viewers Newsarama preview a new cosmic horror comic series from Vault Comics, Black …
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from writer Patrick Loveland and Stay Strange publishing, Too Many Eyes, a collection of short horror and sci-fi stories Following on from his 2017 novel, A Tear in the Veil, Too Many Eyes is Patrick Loveland’s first …
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In this podcast The Outer Dark presents ‘The Art of Unease: Weird Fiction, Strange Stories, and Other Surreal Horrors That Mess With Your Head’, a panel from Necon 39 featuring Laird Barron, Nadia Bulkin, Victoria Dalpe, Todd Keisling, K.H. Vaughan, and moderated by John Foster, plus an exclusive interview with John Foster, a guest at all three The Outer Dark Symposia. The panel …
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“With this latest collection, Kelly continues pushing the boundaries of the Weird with personal stories that defy genre and slip into the literary.” Filtered through the lens of weird fiction, these stories examine identity, grief, abandonment, love, the homeless, and terrible illness. Over thirty pieces of the weird and strange, three of which are original …
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The scene is so familiar. A group of friends headed out to the great outdoors, all staying in a cabin in the woods. As diverse a group as you’d find, each with their own quirks and agendas. There’s camaraderie, romance, one-upmanship, and tension, especially sexual tension. Yet, something feels a little … off. One of …
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In this podcast Gemma Files talks about Spectral Evidence, mortality, structuring short story collections, and much more. About Gemma Files Born April 4, 1968, in London, England, Gemma Files is the child of two actors (Elva Mai Hoover and Gary Files) and has lived most of her life in Toronto, Canada. Previously best-known as a …
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TIH 300: Adam Nevill, Joe R. Lansdale, Josh… In this podcast we chat with Adam Nevill about self-publishing,…
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News Round-up Week Ending 13 September 2019 Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news…
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TOD 052 The Outer Dark Symposium 2019, Part 3: The… In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the third installment…
