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Happy Birthday Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee Dracula

Today, the 27 May 2012 marks the 90th birthday of one of the legends of the silver screen. Famous the world over for his numerous roles within horror and genre cinema, Christopher Lee is still working in films and, in his 80s, has also been recognised in the heavy metal world. The man behind the …

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Frazer Lee Interview

Frazer Lee is one of the rising stars of the UK horror film scene.  He has won numerous awards for his short films. His first major full-length movie Panic Button, was released last year to a lot of critical praise.  As well as being a filmmaker, Frazer’s debut novel The Lamplighters, was one of the …

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Frazer Lee – Part I

Frazer Lee

Frazer Lee is one of the rising stars of the UK horror film scene.  He has won numerous awards for his short films. His first major full-length movie Panic Button, was released last year to a lot of critical praise.  As well as being a filmmaker, Frazer’s debut novel The Lamplighters, was one of the …

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This Is Horror Premium Chapbook Series

Joe & Me by David Moody

A year ago, This Is Horror was born albeit under its former alias Read Horror. It’s been one hell of a journey thus far and we’re not planning on slowing down any time soon. In fact, we’re stepping things up a notch with a brand new arm – the This Is Horror Premium Chapbook Series. …

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Screaming Dreams

Stephen King

This interview is with Screaming Dreams’ Editor-in-Chief, Steve Upham. When and how did Screaming Dreams form? It started purely as a personal homepage, around the turn of the Millennium. It was early days for my attempts with digital artwork and I originally created the site as a place to upload some of my images at …

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Jonathan Green

Jonathan Green

Jonathan Green is a writer of speculative fiction, with more than thirty-five books to his name. He is the creator of Abaddon Books’ Pax Britannia steampunk universe, and his eighth novel set within that world will be published in 2012. He has also written for such diverse properties as Doctor Who, Star Wars: The Clone …

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How to deal with a bad review and become a better writer

Fed up of bad reviews

You know, if there’s one thing that you can expect during your career as a writer, it’s the bad review – an occupational hazard of the vocation, unfortunately. Whilst no writer actively wants one, inevitably there will be the odd one or two spanners thrown in your way. It’s a part and parcel of the …

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Tales of the Weak and the Wounded

Tales of the Weak and the Wounded by Gary McMahon

Fresh off the back of winning a brace of This Is Horror awards, acclaimed author Gary McMahon’s new collection Tales of the Weak and the Wounded is available to pre-order as of 14 February 2012 [The perfect Valentine’s Day gift – Editor]. Published by American outfit Dark Regions Press, the collection promises to be a …

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Win Prizes: Support This Is Horror

Thank you for reading This Is Horror, it really is a pleasure to watch the readership grow on a weekly basis. It is a testament to how much support the genre has on a global level (did you know our readership is split almost equally between the UK, US and Australia?). And whilst our columnist, …

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New Gary McMahon flash fiction and illustrated by Manon Delacroix

The latest in our Flash Fear has landed, and it comes to us from Gary McMahon who just yesterday scooped both the Novel of the Year and Chapbook of the Year awards in the This Is Horror Awards 2011. It is illustrated by the equally talented Manon Delacroix. Farmer Dodd’s Harvest by Gary McMahon

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