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: Marie Claire run a feature article on why horror might well be the most comforting thing to watch in today’s world Film School Rejects explore body horror Forget the …
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … From author John Houlihan come two novelisations of the Mophidius Entertainment’s Mon Dieu Cthulu game From author John Houlihan (The Trellborg Monstrosities) come two new novelisations of the Mophidius entertainment game, Mon Dieu Cthulu, set in a Lovecraftian universe. …
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“A couple of horror filmmakers, a creepy castle on an isolated island, an evil entity that’s hungry for flesh … The Sorrows is a recipe for horror that only Jonathan Janz can serve.” Filmmakers Ben and Eddie figure the creepy Castle Blackwood is the perfect setting for a horror film. Located at The Sorrows, …
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In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the fourth installment of The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2018 including ‘Shimmering Screens and Dead Channels‘ panel, moderated by Orrin Grey and featuring Gregory Norman Bossert, Heather Buckley, Sam Cowan, Marc Laidlaw, and Izzy Lee, plus Readings by Gregory Norman Bossert, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Marc Laidlaw and special guest Shane …
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“A lovely mash-up of genres, Strange Ink is a great start to what promises to be a cracking new series.” Horror is a multi-faceted and chimeric beast. Though there are those who argue for narrow, limiting boundaries of what constitutes horror, there is no doubt its reach is wide and varied. It can be …
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In this podcast John F.D. Taff talks abo short vs. long fiction, The Bell Witch, blending fact with fiction, and much more. About John F.D. Taff John F.D. Taff is a Bram Stoker Award-Nominated author with more than 30 years experience, 90+ short stories and five novels in print. His first fiction collection, Little Deaths, was named …
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Today, November 19th, creators are joining together to say thank you to their wonderful patrons. To celebrate the occasion, Michael David Wilson and Bob Pastorella have recorded a special Patrons Only Q&A and Gratitude Party to say thank you to This Is Horror Podcast patrons. Patrons can listen to the two-hour audio version here. And …
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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’s ‘It Came From the 80s’ series looks at The Howling Contrary to certain recent articles, The Quietus argues the case for 2018 perhaps being horror’s best ever year …
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In this podcast John F.D. Taff talks about creating your own opportunities, The Haunting of Hill House, living in a golden age of horror, and much more. About John F.D. Taff John F.D. Taff is a Bram Stoker Award-Nominated author with more than 30 years experience, 90+ short stories and five novels in print. His first …
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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Two interlinked stories in one novel explore the last movements of the final victim of the 1888 Whitechapel Murders In 13 Miller’s Court, two novels by Alan M. Clark and John Linwood Grant come together to tell …
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In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the third installment of The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2018 including ‘The Frame is the Landscape’ panel, moderated by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro and featuring Philip Fracassi, Rebecca J Allred, Michael Griffin, Liv Rainey-Smith, Eric Schaller, plus Readings by Eric Schaller, Rebecca J. Allred and Sumiko Saulson. These segments were recorded …
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“John C. Foster has quickly established himself as one of the fastest rising stars in the horror genre.” As US Marshal Virgil Bone arrives at a remote island to retrieve the body of a dead fugitive, he finds himself trapped on the isle by heavy storms. There he discovers that everyone on the island is …
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Back in 2015, we were incredibly lucky to publish The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud. After Dan Howarth and I read and loved North American Lake Monsters we reached out to Nathan to see if he’d write a novella for This Is Horror. To our delight, Nathan said yes and we’re honoured that The Visible Filth and Nathan Ballingrud are part …
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“The Last Temptation of Dr. Valentine is a fitting end to the trilogy and a rare sequel that manages to equal and even surpass what has gone before.” A few years ago—2012 to be precise—an exciting novella called The Nine Deaths of Dr. Valentine by UK horror writer John Llewellyn Probert was published through a …
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“From body horror, to vampires, to the downright strange, to horror of a quieter nature, the full spectrum of the genre is on display. The through line is the exquisite storytelling of a skilled and masterful author.” Known to imbue his work with a sense of emotional tribulation, “King of Pain” John F.D. Taff …
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