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News Round-up Week Ending 19 December

December 19, 2014
2 mins to read

Tis the season… Amalgam studios have delivered a stocking filler this year in the form of their latest short film Secret Santa. The video, starring Emily Rudd, plays on the longstanding office tradition of Secret Santa, with a nice twist to add a bit of Christmas cheer. Unwrap your Christmas Treat… Ho Ho Ho! Crimson ‘Peek’ …

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Book Review: Gifts For The One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall

December 19, 2014
5 mins to read

“These stories continually amaze and beguile!” Helen Marshall is a Canadian poet and short story writer; Gifts For The One Who Comes After is her second collection of short fiction, after the highly acclaimed Hair Side Flesh Side, both published by ChiZine. Marshall’s work is fantastical and surreal, with similarities to that of writers like …

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Book Review: Strangers by David Moody

December 18, 2014
4 mins to read

“Dark, disturbing and visceral.” After releasing his superb Autumn novel back in 2001 David Moody became known as the premier British zombie writer, which is no bad thing given his innovative and intelligent take on the genre, but as he’s been keen to display in the last few years, there’s much more to Moody than …

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The Cutting Room: Crimson Peak and The Babadook

December 18, 2014
3 mins to read

Crimson Peak Set in in the 19th Century, young author Edith Cushing is living together with her charming new husband Sir Thomas Sharpe in a crumbling mansion set within the mountainous, rural region of Cumbria in the north of England, where she soon discovers that he is not quite who he appears to be. Why …