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

  • June 3, 2021

  • 3 mins to read

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“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

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“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 …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 31 May 2021

  • May 31, 2021

  • 4 mins to read

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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: Puzzlebox Horror explore the roots of the folk horror sub-genre Horrified Magazine ask whether a horror film needs to be scary, taking The Awakening as their example Horror Oasis explain …

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News Round-up Week Ending 28 May 2021

  • May 28, 2021

  • 4 mins to read

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Released today through Crystal Lake Publishing, Of Men and Monsters, by Tom Deady In June of 1975, Ryan Baxter’s mom moves him and his brother, Matt, to the small seaside town of Bayport, MA to escape their …

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