Australian Women Writers of Outstanding Horror and Dark Fantasy: A Not Quite Top Ten

Last year, the infamous Snowtown bank – in which eight bodies were found decomposing in six plastic barrels – went up for auction. It was affordable, as I recall; on the market for less than $200,000. It came attached to a little, comfortable house. It wasn’t too far a drive from the city of Adelaide. …

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The Fictional Man by Al Ewing

Alongside his work in comics, Al Ewing has in recent years built up an exciting and original body of prose fiction, most notably for Abaddon Books with novels like El Sombra, Gods Of Manhattan, Pax Omega, Death Got No Mercy and I, Zombie. He has displayed a skill for spinning familiar pulp tropes into shapes …

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TIH 007: The Lords of Salem Review with Booked

The Lords of Salem

In this podcast we review The Lords of Salem with our friends at Booked Podcast, Livius Nedin and Robb Olson. Topics [01:10] Introductions [01:55] Past experiences with Rob Zombie [05:50] The Lords of Salem synopsis [08:48] Revisiting the past/the witch trials [11:30] Expectations going into the film [13:30] Rob Zombie and originality [16:32] Music video …

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Lost in time: the wicked voice of Vernon Lee

The Gothic is obsessed with the past. In older texts this can be seen most obviously with the settings, such as castles, ruins and monasteries but also with regard to the characters that inhabit these stories. Creatures like demons, incubi and succubae belong to a mythological past whereas a whole host of monsters impervious to …

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Review: The Lords of Salem

Rob Zombie’s new film is a departure from gorier efforts like House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects and his two Halloween remakes. In fact it’s initially quite quiet and restrained, before growing increasingly surreal and unhinged as it progresses to a climax as garish, lurid and loud as an MTV rock video. That’s an …

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Review: Blood Fugue by Joseph D’Lacey

Jimmy Kerrigan is a writer living in small-town Hobson’s Valley. An outsider with an inexplicable fear of the dark, Kerrigan is something of a mystery to those in the community. The opening scenes with Randall Moore, the proprietor of a local store, suggest that Jimmy is about as welcome as a bout of chlamydia, which …

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Apex Magazine #44 Edited by Lynne M Thomas

Eugie Foster’s ‘Trixie and the Pandas of Dread’ is a highly comedic tale of gods and, as the title suggests, pandas. Trixie is a god whose job it is to smite the sinners – no matter how trite their crime. Regretfully, when the Dogma Depot asked her what creatures she desired to carry her around, …

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Evil Dead Review and The Evil Dead & Me

After the recent release of Evil Dead (2013) we present to you a couple of pieces with somewhat differing views on this year’s most anticipated remake. First up we’ve a full review of Evil Dead, this is followed by John Llewellyn Probert’s latest instalment in ‘The Bloodstained Balcony’ column, The Evil Dead and Me. Evil …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles – 29 April 2013

The Crow

It’s that time again, folks! We’ve been scouring for the best horror articles the internet has to offer. This week on Must Read Horror: Best Horror Games: A Complete History Clive Barker In Comics Part 3: Raising Hell At Marvel Top 10 Great Horror Films of 1973 That Weren’t The Exorcist Horror Cinema’s Most Cursed …

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Winner of the chapbook subscription and Joe & Me by David Moody reduced

At the end of last year we said that anyone who bought a chapbook between 18 December and 18 January would be entered into a prize draw to win an annual subscription. We’re delighted to announce that the winner of the subscription is: Matjaz Rojc Don’t forget that ALL premium subscribers to the This Is …

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