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Book Review: The Feast of All Souls by Simon Bestwick

December 16, 2016
5 mins to read

“We can happily say that Simon Bestwick sticks the knife smoothly into his readers before he starts twisting it around.” In his latest novel, Simon Bestwick has taken what appears on the surface to be a traditional haunted house ghost story, and twisted it into something altogether stranger and unique. Something that in no way …

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Look Out For … Six Scary Stories selected by Stephen King

December 15, 2016
2 mins to read

Look Out For … Six Scary Stories selected by Stephen King “The stories will make you think twice before cuddling up to your old soft toy, dipping your toe into the water, or counting the spots on a leopard.” Stephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and …

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TIH 124: Ray Cluley on Authentic Storytelling, Researching Locations and Short Story Writing

December 14, 2016
3 mins to read

In this podcast Ray Cluley talks about full-time and part-time writing, authentic storytelling, research for stories and much more. About Ray Cluley Ray Cluley has been published in Black Static, Interzone and Crimewave from TTA Press, Shadows & Tall Trees from Undertow Press, and Icarus from Lethe Press, as well as featuring in a variety of anthologies. …

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Injured Eyeballs: Old Time Radio Horror

December 14, 2016
13 mins to read

This month, it’s time to dim the lights and gather around the wireless for a midnight broadcast, as we look back on an age when some of the scariest stories ever written went out over the radio waves. When a whole nation was enthralled and appalled by Old Time Radio Horror. Old Time Radio, also …