News Round-up Week Ending 14 October 2016

  • October 14, 2016

  • 4 mins to read

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Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Punk Legends The Misfits’ songs immortalised in new story compilation Minneapolis’ Wierdpunk Books has announced the release of a short story collection based on the lyrics of the Danzig-era songs of punk legends, The Misfits. Featuring …

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A Halloween Blast from the Past: The Nightmare Man

  • October 13, 2016

  • 8 mins to read

The Nightmare Man - BBC

With Halloween on the way, it’s a good time to find some suitably chilling reading or viewing for when the night wind howls outside. Maybe that’s why my thoughts turned to The Nightmare Man, the BBC TV adaptation of David Wiltshire’s novel. It scared the hell out of British viewers in 1981, and inspired a …

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The Cutting Room: Black Mirror

  • October 13, 2016

  • 2 mins to read

Black Mirror is an anthology series that taps into our collective unease with the modern world, with each stand-alone episode a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of our lives; in every home; on every desk; in every palm—a plasma screen; a monitor; a Smartphone—a …

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TIH 114: John F.D. Taff on Good and Bad Editors, I Can Taste The Blood and Grey Matter Press

  • October 12, 2016

  • 3 mins to read

John F D Taff Podcast 114

In this podcast John F.D. Taff talks about good and bad editors, I Can Taste The Blood, working with Grey Matter Press and much more. About John F.D. Taff John F.D. Taff is a Bram Stoker Award-Nominated author with nearly 30 years experience in all sorts of writing…public relations, marketing, sales, journalism and creative.  He’s a published author with …

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