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5 Must Read Horror Articles 29 Oct 2018

October 29, 2018
4 mins to read

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: The Guardian look to the coming Pet Sematary remake and ask what will be next for the horror reboot market The AV Club’s film critics choose their favourite sub-genre of …

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TIH 238: Alma Katsu on The Hunger, The Donner Party, and Writing as Escapism

October 26, 2018
4 mins to read

In this podcast Alma Katsu talks about The Hunger, the Donner Party, writing as escapism, and much more. About Alma Katsu Alma Katsu is the author of The Hunger, a reimagining of the story of the Donner Party with a horror twist. The Hunger made NPR’s list of the 100 Best Horror Stories, and was named one of the 21 best …

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Halloween 2018: Horror is a Lens

October 26, 2018
8 mins to read

It’s often said the best way to remember something is to write it down. Repeatedly. Case in point: in a recent podcast conversation with Simon Strantzas we spoke about different kinds of horror, and Simon’s perspective, that “horror is a lens through which we see the world, and that almost anything can be a horror …

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News Round-up Week Ending 26 October 2018

October 26, 2018
3 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from Crystal Lake Publishing, Fantastic Tales of Terror, edited by Eugene Johnson Featuring authors such as Joe R Lansdale, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Neil Gaiman and Mercedes M. Yardley, Fantastic Tales of Terror is an anthology of terrifying …