News Round-up Week Ending 4 August 2017

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Artwork by Graham Humphreys revealed ahead of Frightfest 2017 With line-ups falling into place and tickets on sale, The Horror Channel’s Frightfest has now revealed its new stunning artwork for 2017, produced by Graham Humphreys. Expect …

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Tattered Tomes: Floating Dragon by Peter Straub, Revisited

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By the time I finally got around to reading Floating Dragon by Peter Straub, the book was a beaten and torn library copy that needed to have some of the pages taped back inside to keep it together. The spine wasn’t just cracked; the shiny purple paper had been worn off from the previous reader’s …

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Look Out For … The Walking Dead: Here’s Negan by Robert Kirkman

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Look Out For … The Walking Dead: Here’s Negan by Robert Kirkman “His backstory presented in a collected hardback for those of us who like to fill our bookcases with the walking dead.” Who is Negan? Since his debut in THE WALKING DEAD #100, the charismatic psychopath has antagonized Rick Grimes, murdered his friend with …

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TIH 159: John Langan on The Fisherman, Training Your Mind For Good Ideas, and Creative Writing

TIH 159 John Langan on The Fisherman, Training Your Mind For Good Ideas, and Creative Writing

In this podcast John Langan talks about The Fisherman, training your mind for good ideas, and Creative Writing. About John Langan John Langan is the author of two novels, The Fisherman (Word Horde 2016) and House of Windows (Night Shade 2009), and two collections of stories, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Hippocampus 2013) …

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