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Horror is Not a Dirty Word

May 15, 2018
9 mins to read

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the book store, or walk into your local theater, horror is back. Well, it’s been back. For a while. No, horror didn’t just perform its own jump-scare and pop up from behind the sofa. This all started several years ago, maybe as long as a …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 14 May 2018

May 14, 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 Mary Sue has a fascinating article about Final Girls and whether they can be viewed from a feminist perspective or not Variety reports on the rude health horror …

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News Round-up Week Ending 11 May 2018

May 11, 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 non-fiction release by M. R. James expert Rosemary Pardoe coming 31 May Having edited the M. R. James-related supernatural magazine Ghosts & Scholars since 1979, Rosemary Pardoe knows a thing or two about supernatural fiction. Coming …

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Look Out For … The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

May 10, 2018
2 mins to read

“The concepts of this story; the shadowless and the cult that worships them, loss of memory and strange powers that come with a heavy price, are epic and universal, with horrific implications.” In the near future, at a market in India, a man’s shadow disappears. He’s not alone with this phenomenon, as others around …