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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 …

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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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TIH 028: Thirteen by Stephen Graham Jones

January 27, 2015
5 mins to read

In this podcast This Is Horror present an audio recording of ‘Thirteen’ written and narrated by Stephen Graham Jones. ‘Thirteen’ is the opening story in Stephen’s short story collection After The People Lights Have Gone Off published by Dark House Press. About Stephen Graham Jones Stephen Graham Jones is the author of fifteen and a half …