TIH 074: Simon Strantzas on Weird vs. Strange Fiction, Writing Routine and Thinking Horror

  • January 4, 2016

  • 4 mins to read

In this podcast Simon Strantzas talks about the distinction between weird and strange fiction, his writing routine, the new journal Thinking Horror, his current works-in-progress and much more.  About Simon Strantzas Simon Strantzas is the author of Burnt Black Suns (Hippocampus Press, 2014), Nightingale Songs (Dark Regions Press, 2011), Cold to the Touch (Tartarus Press, 2009), and …

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Film Review: Ghost Story (1981)

  • January 4, 2016

  • 5 mins to read

“Unquestionably one of the best supernatural chillers of its time.” Don travels back to his hometown in New England for the funeral his brother David, after he dies under strange circumstances on the day before his wedding to the ethereal Alma Mobley – a woman who Don himself had once loved. Arriving there he meets …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 4 January 2016

  • January 4, 2016

  • 3 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror, and a whole new year of great articles hand-picked for your reading pleasure from the internet. Unsurprisingly, ‘best-of 2015’ lists are ubiquitous this week, but not here as, frankly, we’ve had enough of them. This week: Fangoria’s Petrifying Predictions for Horror in 2016! We All See Dead People: Horror’s Postmodern …

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News Round-Up Week Ending 1 January 2016

  • January 1, 2016

  • 7 mins to read

Here’s a selection of some of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week… The Forest Set To Hit UK Cinemas in February. The Forest is set to get an UK Cinema in February 2016. This supernatural thriller is set in the legendary Aokigahara Forest at the base of Mt. …

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