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News Round-up Week Ending 16 March 2018

March 16, 2018
3 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Mark Lumby’s charity horror anthology, Dark Places Evil Faces confirmed to have raised more than £700 for Macmillan Cancer Care A bit of good news this week from PS Publishing, advising us that, after production costs, the …

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TOD 033 Josh Malerman: With an Invisible Drummer by His Side

March 15, 2018
9 mins to read

In this podcast Scott Nicolay interviews Josh Malerman, author of Goblin and Unbury Carol (coming April 10, 2018). Plus Simon Berman of Strix Publishing and an update on The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2018 with Anya Marin. The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird is a unique immersive one-day event featuring 26 authors/artists/filmmakers editors and approximately 12 …

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Look Out For … The Spirit Photographer by Jon Michael Varese

March 15, 2018
2 mins to read

“The Spirit Photographer explores a con-artist facing the supernatural, which opens the door for dark character development against the backdrop of the emotional lure of the chance for others to see their lost loved ones again.” Edward Moody is a con-man. Setting up shop in 1870’s Boston, he uses the new technology of photography to …

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Searchlight: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers

March 13, 2018
4 mins to read

Some writers thoroughly enjoy the editing process. They love going through their rough drafts and picking them apart line by line, word by word, polishing the draft to prepare it for submission. Other writers loath the necessary evils of editing. The creative process is their true joy in writing, and all that editing just feels …