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News Round-up Week Ending 4 June 2021

June 4, 2021
4 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … From writer Steve Stred, Sacrament, the final instalment of the Father of Lies trilogy, out now Following the events of COMMUNION, Professor Bianchi knows that Father is getting closer to finally completing the steps to ultimately …

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TOD 100 Steve Toase: The Archaeology of Rot and Snails

June 3, 2021
9 mins to read

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Steve Toase, whose debut collection, To Drown in Dark Water came out in April 2021 from Undertow Publications. This episode was recorded on Tuesday May 18, 2021 Show Notes In our 100th episode on This Is Horror, Anya Martin interviews Steve Toase, whose debut collection, To Drown in Dark …

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Look Out For … The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro

June 3, 2021
3 mins to read

“With her latest, Castro plunges deep into urban legend territory with an Aztec goddess reborn for vengeance.” In 2018, Brenda Alvarez has returned home to Texas to see her best friend Veronica get married. La Reina de Las Chicharras, The Queen of The Cicadas, is the basis of an urban legend associated with the farm …

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Book Review: I Spit Myself Out by Tracy Fahey

June 2, 2021
6 mins to read

“Reader be warned … These are no light tales, no easy reading. They are readable, incredibly so, but they will crush you. There are no easy answers or neat conclusions to these stories.” In recent years, there has been a growing popularity in the horror and weird arena for stories that meld the literary …