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News Round-up Week Ending 2 April 2021

April 2, 2021
5 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … John F. D. Taff’s The Fearing quartet of novellas coming 25 May in a single volume Multiple Bram Stoker Award-nominated author John F.D. Taff’s sprawling, apocalyptic epic The Fearing was called “the event of the year” when it was …

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TOD 096 Quarantine Readings: Josh Malerman and Kristi DeMeester

April 1, 2021
8 mins to read

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Josh Malerman and Kristi DeMeester. This episode’s content was recorded on Tues. March 16 and Thurs. March 25, 2021. Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series continues with Kristi DeMeester and Josh Malerman (0:48:23). Kristi reads the complete story ‘Immolation’ (Nox Pareidolia, Nightscape Press, 2020) (0:10:33) and …

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Look Out For … Bayou Whispers by R.B. Wood

April 1, 2021
3 mins to read

“With his debut novel, Wood gives us a story of a woman determined to help her old friend, and steps off into the deep end of an occult nightmare.” New Orleans native Jeannine LaRue knows about surviving. She lost her whole family during Hurricane Katrina, then suffered extreme sexual and psychological violence, held hostage by …

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Book Review: The Paradox Twins by Joshua Chaplinsky

March 31, 2021
6 mins to read

“Chaplinsky has delivered an adventurous and unique book, full of dry humour, and realistic and flawed characters you can’t help but root for.” As well as being Managing Editor of the massive online writing community LitReactor.com, Joshua Chaplinsky is also an accomplished author, having written and self-published cult classic Kanye West—Reanimator (first in 2015, …