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News Round-up Week Ending 28 August 2020

August 28, 2020
5 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from C. S. Alleyne and Crystal Lake Publishing, Belle Vue, out now History student Alex Palmer is thrilled when his girlfriend, Claire Ryan, buys an apartment in Belle Vue Manor, formerly a Victorian lunatic asylum. But …

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TOD 080 The Outer Dark Symposium 2020, Part 1: Nightscape Press Readings: Carrie Laben, Fiona Maeve Geist, Zin E. Rocklyn, Brooke Warra

August 27, 2020
13 mins to read

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 kicks off with the Nightscape Press Readings Block featuring authors Carrie Laben, Fiona Maeve Geist, teri.zin, and Brooke Warra, and hosted by Robert S. Wilson and Jennifer Wilson, who also introduce this episode. The readings took place on Friday August 14, 2020, and the intro was …

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Look Out For … The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

August 27, 2020
2 mins to read

“With The Loop, Johnson pumps up the crazy, with a pulse-pounding science-gone-mad horror novel only he could envision.” Turner Falls is nestled in the western Oregon hills. It’s the kind of place you want to escape to for a nice vacation. When an unexplainable outbreak occurs, Turner Falls becomes the center of chaos. Several of …

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Book Review: The Apocalypse Strain by Jason Parent

August 26, 2020
5 mins to read

“The strength lies in the action and pacing more than relatable characters or a complex, hard-hitting story, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. And no mean feat, either.” When Jason Parent wowed us with his collection Wrathbone and Other Stories (Red Room Press, 2016) in November of 2016, he had published a …