News Round-up Week Ending 30 January

  • January 30, 2015

  • 4 mins to read
Smell of Paprika

The Smell of Paprika Spectral Press have announced the upcoming release of the first installation of James Everington’s serial The Quarantined City. The Smell of Paprika will soon be available to download as an ebook from Amazon. The story follows Fellows, a man left inside the quarantined city, whose life consists of hunting rare books and trying to …

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Re(a)d Letter Day: What Makes a Monster?

  • January 30, 2015

  • 8 mins to read

So what makes a good ‘monster’ in horror fiction/films? Why does one individual creation strike home with millions of readers/viewers to become a ‘classic’ with the passage of time, while others last only as long as the book’s/film’s length does and immediately plunge into obscurity? What qualities make for a nemesis that lingers on in …

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24 hours left to pre-order The Visible Filth. Glowing praise from Booked. Podcast

  • January 29, 2015

  • 2 mins to read

The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud

There are now less than 24 hours left to pre-order The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud. Once pre-orders close you won’t be able to buy The Visible Filth direct from This Is Horror. Former This Is Horror Award winners, Booked. Podcast recently reviewed The Visible Filth in their Interlude episode. Listen to Booked. Podcast review The Visible Filth As was the case with Dread …

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Look Out For… Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer and Dark Screams

  • January 27, 2015

  • 5 mins to read

Look Out For… Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer “In a world of dull and derivative trilogies, The Southern Reach stands out.” For thirty years, Area X, monitored by the secret agency known as the Southern Reach, has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border– an environmental disaster zone, though to …

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