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News Round-up Week Ending 18 December 2020

December 18, 2020
6 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Three Christmas horrors from writer Mark Cassell, available now From the author of the Shadow Fabric mythos comes this 70-page Christmas chapbook featuring three stories. ‘Santa’s Elite’ finds the human population fast approaching eight billion, and …

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Look Out For … The Hobgoblin of Little Minds by Mark Matthews

December 17, 2020
3 mins to read

“With his latest novella, Matthews blurs the edges of science and horror with an intimate view of mental illness and patient treatment.” All Kori wanted was for her father to get better. She suffered through his mental illness, and now he’s disappeared. Breaking into the abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital, she’s hoping to find some trace …

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Book Review: Wyrd and Other Derelictions by Adam Nevill

December 16, 2020
9 mins to read

“Such is Nevill’s command of language and ability to project a crystal-clear image into the reader’s mind that we are truly captivated by the inference of what may have happened in each story, given his terrifying description of the aftermath alone.” He is the author of nine horror novels, three of which have won …

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TIH 379: Angel Luis Colón on Crime Fiction, Cancel Culture, and Literary Agents

December 14, 2020
3 mins to read

In this podcast Angel Luis Colón talks about crime fiction, cancel culture, literary agents, and much more. About Angel Luis Colón Angel Luis Colón is the Derringer and Anthony Award-nominated writer of five books including his latest novel Hell Chose Me. In his downtime, he’s edited an anthology or two, hosted a podcast, helped edit …