Interview: John McCuaig

John McCuaig is a forty-something engineer, born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland but now living in London, England. He has four novels published along with over twenty short stories, all within the horror genre. His stories cover everything from werewolves to vampires, sea monsters to zombies and everything in between. Keep on reading…

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Interview: SB Knight

SB Knight is a new author in the horror and dark fantasy world. Published through MuseItUp Publishing, his passion is to deliver gripping new stories about the creatures of the night. Keep on reading…

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 8 April 2013

Welcome to Must Read Horror, the place to find the best horror articles of the week. Once again we’ve searched the internet for interesting and notable articles for your reading pleasure. This week: From Lovecraft To Evil Dead: The History Of The Necronomicon Fearing Chinese Censors, Paramount Changes World War Z CS Lewis And HP …

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Among The Dead by Timothy W. Long

The second book in Timothy W Long’s trilogy picks up exactly where the first left off. It’s been a few days since an inexplicable virus began transforming people into flesh-hungry deaders. The majority of the survivors are living as refugees in what was once a very popular football stadium. The story follows several groups as …

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News Round-up Week Ending 5 April

David Moody

The night becomes darker… For the Night is Dark, a collection of brand new horror stories edited by our very own Ross Warren, was released by Crystal Lake Publishing earlier on this week. The book includes stories from Ray Cluley, Carole Johnstone, Jeremy C Shipp and Gary McMahon amongst many others. For the Night is …

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Australia’s Most Terrifying and Haunted Places: New South Wales

The oldest state in Australia, New South Wales, was the site of the first landing by the British in 1788. Eleven ships of the First Fleet set sail from Britain on 13 May 1787, with the leading ship, HMS Supply, reaching Botany Bay and setting up camp on the Kurnell Peninsula on 18 January 1788. …

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The importance of a life outside genre

I have often talked about what being an editor and publisher means, mostly in terms of the mechanics involved in the job and the prerequisites needed. A good command of English, an understanding of narrative and how stories work, as well as a huge dollop of good old common sense, are absolute necessities, as are …

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Pre-order Roadkill by Joseph D’Lacey

Roadkill by Joseph D'Lacey cover reveal

Two vehicles, stripped to the bare essentials, accelerate to 180 miles per hour on a deserted highway. Their journey along this dead straight stretch, known as the Final Five, will decide the fate of the drivers – forever. Only a hundred seconds separate them from the finish line as they hurtle towards their destiny, dreaming …

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Film review: Any Minute Now

In an era of mega-budget movie-making, where films can cost upwards of $100 million and sometimes $200 million to make, it’s perhaps not surprising that the horror genre has seen a considerable surge in micro-budgeted productions. These are films produced for a few pennies, made in people’s homes and back gardens (and often looking like …

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Zombie Flesh Eaters

An abandoned yacht floats into New York waters prompting the Harbour Patrol to investigate. They find a squalid, cramped interior aboard the yacht, filled with rotting food and a towering, corpulent walking corpse that takes a bite out of one of the Patrol Guards before toppling into the water when the other guard unloads his …

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