Look Out For … Let’s Go Play at the Adams’ by Mendal W. Johnson

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“Originally released in 1974, Let’s Go Play at the Adams’ has gained a massive reputation as one of the most terrifying horror novels ever published.” They’re only kids. That’s what Barbara keeps telling herself. But now the twenty-year-old babysitter is getting a little worried. It’s just a game. She finds herself bound and gagged, the …

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Splatterpunk—Yes … There Will be Blood: Origins in Urban Decay

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1980 AD. Jimmy Carter is in the last full year of his presidency, Mount St. Helen’s awakens from her slumber, AC/DC’s singer Bon Scott drinks himself to death, the US pulls out of the Olympics in Moscow, the Rubik’s Cube frustrates millions, Iron Maiden is born and John Bonham dies, Darth Vader is Luke’s father, …

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TIH 324: T.E. Grau on I Am The River, Operation Wandering Soul, and Future Projects

TIH 324 T.E. Grau on I Am The River, Operation Wandering Soul, and Future Projects

In this podcast T.E. Grau talks about I Am The River, Operation Wandering Soul, future projects, and much more. About T.E. Grau T.E. Grau is a Shirley Jackson Award- and Bram Stoker Award-nominated author and screenwriter whose books include I Am The River (nominated for the 2018 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a First …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 27 January 2020

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Bloody Disgusting suggest five horror comics ripe for adaptation into movies Richard Thomas writes on ‘show, don’t tell,’ for his excellent LitReactor craft series, Storyville Cemetery Dance feature chapter …

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