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News Round-up Week Ending 13 May 2016

May 13, 2016
4 mins to read

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week. Of course, given that it’s Friday the 13th today, we had to start with this… Friday The 13th: The Game Coming Very Soon Not since the glory days of Sega’s megadrive and the Splatterhouse series has a …

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The Cutting Room – Blood Feast

May 12, 2016
2 mins to read

Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run an American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of ancient Egyptian culture. During these long lonely nights, he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive ancient goddess …

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Audiobook Review: Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon and Dirk Maggs

May 11, 2016
5 mins to read

“Must-listen sci-fi drama!” Alien: Out of the Shadows is an original audio drama from Audible. It’s written and produced by Dirk Maggs, who has previously adapted An American Werewolf in London and created original pieces set in the Independence Day universe, and it’s based on Tim Lebbon’s book of the same name. It runs for …

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Give it All You Got by Giving it Away: How the Gift Economy is a Great Model for Professional Writers

May 11, 2016
12 mins to read

The primary school my daughters used to attend had a strict non-competitive sports policy. This made their annual sports day a tedious affair. The main part of the day involved a song and dance routine that all the children performed, in which they sang about the importance of ‘taking part’ and patted themselves on the …