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News Round-up Week Ending 16 October 2020

October 16, 2020
4 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New dark poetry collection, tackling the subject of Jack the Ripper by Alessandro Manzetti, out now From Two-Time Bram Stoker Award-winning autor Alessandro Manzetti 26 new poems telling in a new way the story of Jack …

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TOD 084 The Outer Dark Symposium 2020: Weird World-Building Panel

October 15, 2020
17 mins to read

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel Weird World-Building: Strange Cities, “Other” Countries, and Cobbly Universes, featuring Natania Barron, Jesse Bullington, Jeffrey Ford, Seb Doubinsky, L.M. Davis, and Sarah Read. PLUS Readings by Valjeanne Jeffers, Jeff Strand, L.M. Davis, and Ian McDowell. This programming was recorded on Saturday August 15, 2020. …

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Look Out For … Haunted: Perron Manor by Lee Mountford

October 15, 2020
3 mins to read

“With his new novel series, Mountford tackles hauntings with his fictional home Perron Manor, just in time for the season.” The house seemed too good to be true. When sisters Sarah and Chloe inherit Perron Manor, the kind of home they never dreamed of owning, it really did feel too good to be true. But …

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Book Review: Keep It Inside and Other Weird Tales by Mark Anthony Smith

October 15, 2020
6 mins to read

“Smith achieves a fine balance of literary flourishes, married with horrific hammer blows, all wrapped up in the kind of tale one might expect to hear from the storyteller uncle or grandmother in the family” Mark Anthony Smith is a relative newcomer to the horror genre, with his first two releases, Hearts of the Matter, …