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News Round-up Week Ending 14 July 2017

July 14, 2017
3 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Secrets of the Weird by Chad Stroup, available now from Grey Matter Press Featuring a variety of the taboos of today’s society, such as drag queens, neo-nazis, prostitutes, cannibals and more besides, Secrets of the Weird is …

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Book Review: Black Static, Issue 58

July 13, 2017
6 mins to read

“There is more than enough contained within this particular issue—and, indeed, the magazine as an ongoing enterprise—to satisfy any who seek well-written, literary works of a dark bent.” Halfway through the year and it’s time for another review of Black Static, that purveyor of dark, literary fiction, insightful columns, and reviews/interviews. In this issue there …

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Look Out For … Final Girls by Riley Sager

July 13, 2017
2 mins to read

Look Out For … Final Girls by Riley Sager “Once the credits start to roll and we leave the final girl bloodied, bruised but alive, what happens next?” Each girl survived an unthinkable horror. Now someone wants them dead… They were the victims of separate tragedies. Three strangers bound by similar traumas grouped together by …

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[Preview] SU 002: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

July 12, 2017
2 mins to read

Our latest episode of Story Unboxed: The Horror Podcast on the Craft of Writing unboxes and analyses Rosemary’s Baby. You can get full access to the three-hour plus episodoe for $3 on Patreon, but perhaps you’re on the edge, here’s a forty-minute preview to give you a taster. Get access to the full episode on Patreon …