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News Round-up Week Ending 20 March

March 20, 2015
2 mins to read

Stephen King returns to the short form Stephen King will release his latest short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams on 3 November. The book will bring together 20 of King’s most recent short stories but will also provide his first major insight into the craft of writing since his writing guide/bio On Writing. …

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TIH 036: Nathan Ballingrud on The Visible Filth, His Second Collection and What Writers Should and Shouldn’t Do

March 20, 2015
9 mins to read

In this podcast Nathan Ballingrud talks about The Visible Filth, His Second Collection, Winning The Shirley Jackson Award and What Writers Should and Shouldn’t Do. About Nathan Ballingrud Nathan Ballingrud is an American writer of horror and dark fantasy. His first book, the short story collection North American Lake Monsters, was published in 2013 by Small …

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Fiction: Residue by Fred Venturini

March 20, 2015
6 mins to read

Ammonia-based glass cleaners evaporate quickly, giving the impression that the streaks in the glass are disappearing. They’re not disappearing—the paper towels scar the glass, leaving behind a history of each wiping direction, each stroke, each movement of the hand. Some people believe that newspapers are the only choice for cleaning glass, that the ink somehow …

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Film Review: In Order of Disappearance (2014)

March 20, 2015
5 mins to read

“Ridiculously Entertaining…” Nils Dickman (Skarsgard) is a snowplough driver in a remote Norwegian town. (And yes, his surname is considered as amusing in Norway as it would be in Britain, and for the same reason). At the start of the film, two things happen: Nils is named Citizen of the Year by his fellow townsfolk, …