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Look Out For … House of Windows by John Langan

July 6, 2017
2 mins to read

Look Out For … House of Windows by John Langan “It’s not often a truly literary haunted house story comes along.” For the last few years, Veronica Croydon has been at the centre of scandal, first as the younger woman for whom her famous professor left his wife, and then as his apparent widow. When …

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Searchlight: A Pictorial History of Horror Movies

July 4, 2017
4 mins to read

A fan of horror movies since childhood, probably one of my most treasured gifts was a book I received for Christmas when I was ten years old, A Pictorial History of Horror Movies by Denis Gifford. This book ranks extremely high on the inspiration scale, and with good reason. TV in my household in 1977 …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 3 Jul 2017

July 3, 2017
3 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: Dangerous Visions Sci-Fi Season Coming To Radio 4 Eight Must Read Horror Reference Books Why Dr Sam Loomis Is One Of Horror’s Greatest Heroes Watch Neil Blomkamp’s New Sci-Fi …

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Book Review: Hard Sentences, edited by David James Keaton and Joe Clifford

July 3, 2017
7 mins to read

“…this anthology delivers some serious goods, like hard to come by contraband…” Hard Sentences is a collection of stories themed around those poor bastards serving hard time on the infamous rock known as Alcatraz and also the people and lives they left behind. The pain and sorrow in a place like that hangs around for …