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5 Must Read Horror Articles 2 February 2015

February 2, 2015
3 mins to read

Welcome to Must Read Horror. The internet has been scoured once again for the week’s best horror articles, and the results are in: Weekly 5: Five Things to Read Before The Scarlet Gospels Horror and the Sad Reality of Gender Discrimination The 15 Best Japanese Horror Movies of All Time Silent Hills vs The Evil …

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News Round-up Week Ending 30 January

January 30, 2015
4 mins to read

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

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 …