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News Round-up Week Ending 6 March

March 6, 2015
2 mins to read

A weird year ahead for Strantzas Simon Strantzas, author of the collection Burnt Black Suns and previous Year’s Best Weird Fiction contributor has been named as the guest editor for the third volume of the best-selling end of year series. The collection will be published in 2016 and will co-edited by long standing series editor …

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The Cutting Room: Alien 5

March 5, 2015
3 mins to read

Alien 5 Toothy, acid blooded xenomorph terrorises various citizens of the galaxy, and quite possibly an old nemesis. Why we’re looking forward to this: After the somewhat lackluster Alien Resurrection and the unforgettable duo of Alien vs Predator films (we’ve tried, believe us!), you’d have thought that the world would have been done with the …

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Film Review: Beyond (2014)

March 5, 2015
6 mins to read

“Beyond a joke!” There is no greater sin in storytelling than “it was all a dream”. One might be screaming “SPOILERS!” at this review right now, but there’s a get out technicality here. The reason “it was all a dream” is such a sin is because it entirely nullifies the story that preceded it. And …

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Look Out For… Probably Monsters by Ray Cluley and Modern Mythmakers

March 3, 2015
4 mins to read

Look Out For… Probably Monsters by Ray Cluley “There’s no ‘probably’ about it: here be monsters.” From British Fantasy Award-winning author Ray Cluley comes Probably Monsters – a collection of dark, weird, literary horror stories. Sometimes the monsters are bloodsucking fiends with fleshy wings. Sometimes they’re shambling dead things that won’t rest, or simply creatures …