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Tattered Tomes: Mystery by Peter Straub, Revisited

March 24, 2017
8 mins to read

My first experience with Peter Straub’s Mystery was in 1990 when it was released. It was a dark time in my life; grad school was kicking my butt, my life was in shambles, and I needed a job so bad it hurt. When I wasn’t job hunting, I turned to books, and found Mystery sitting …

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News Round-up Week Ending 24 March 2017

March 24, 2017
3 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New crime and psychological collection by Paul B Kane out now Nailbiters is the new short story collection by Paul B Kane (Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell), featuring tales of crime and psychological terror. The book …

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Look Out For … Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King

March 23, 2017
3 mins to read

Look Out For … Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King “For the first time since 1991’s Needful Things King is taking us home, which in itself is cause for celebration before we even consider the premise of the book which practically screams classic King!” The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange …

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The Mammoth Book of the Mummy Edited by Paula Guran

March 23, 2017
9 mins to read

“Paula Guran has curated an anthology that could do more for mummy fiction than anything in the past decade, and is sure to bind and capture the imaginations of readers.” Paula Guran is one of the best editors working today in the field of genre fiction, particularly in dark fantasy and horror. Her themed and …