News Round-up Week Ending 05 August 2016

  • August 5, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

American Horror Story season 6

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… Luc Besson Found Guilty Of Plagiarising Escape From New York In a landmark legal ruling, Luc Besson’s story for 2012 film Lockout starring Guy Pearce was found to have plagiarised a number of significant elements from John …

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Book Review: I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas

  • August 5, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

I Am Providence Nick Mamatas cover

“Nick Mamatas has shown himself again and again to be one of the best, most conceptually diverse authors in genre fiction today.” When we think of weird Lovecraftian fiction, many things come to mind, things we’ve heard and read of so many times they’ve practically become embedded in our subconscious minds. Places and monsters like …

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TOD A03 S.P. Miskowski: Tall Tales & Little Lies

  • August 4, 2016

  • 6 mins to read

In this archival podcast Scott Nicolay interviews S.P. Miskowski, author of The Skillute Cycle (Omnium Gatherum). It was recorded on July 5, 2015 and originally aired on July 7, 2015. This broadcast also includes bonus new content featuring a review of The Skillute Cycle by Gemma Files, author of the Shirley Jackson Award-winning novel Experimental Film. Show Notes …

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The Cutting Room – Let Her Out

  • August 4, 2016

  • 2 mins to read

Twenty-three years after her hooker mother tried to kill her in the womb Helen remains psychologically damaged goods—a mindset that gets worse when she suffers a traumatic head injury in an accident. Awakening in hospital, it’s discovered that Helen has a tumour growth in her brain causing her to experience dark visions, disembodied voices and …

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