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Searchlight: Lore

November 21, 2017
3 mins to read

When writing horror, one thing that can make a story really scary is making it believable. For a lot of writers that means scouring the internet, books, historical records and more to find equivalents to the situations we are writing about. I was on just such an information hunt when I stumbled upon Lore, and …

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Book Review: The Polite Ones by Cody Goodfellow

November 20, 2017
5 mins to read

“Goodfellow is the go-to guy for your fix of things strange and wonderful.” The Polite Ones by Cody Goodfellow is about a girl who has grown up in an underground world, years after the end of the human world above. She is a member of a clan and it’s customary for them to wear masks …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 20 Nov 2017

November 20, 2017
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: No Film School highlights ten horror films that ought to be on every indie film student’s watch list John Ajvide Lindqvist reveals what scares him to The Straits Times …

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Book Review: I’ll Bring You the Birds From Out of the Sky by Brian Hodge

November 17, 2017
5 mins to read

“By turns emotional, thrilling, and dread-inducing, leading to a muted yet devastating conclusion. Brian Hodge is clearly a master craftsman of a writer.” Released as a limited-edition hardback through Cemetery Dance, Brian Hodge’s novella I’ll Bring You the Birds From Out of the Sky is a stellar example of a complete artistic package. From the …