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News Round-up Week Ending 14 March

March 14, 2014
2 mins to read

Horror Channel app generates Nightmares Horror Channel have launched their own iOS app that will terrorise users in their sleep. The app features 3 original stories by K.R. Griffiths and a number of other stories. Users listen to the app before bed and when they fall asleep the app influences their sleep with subtle sounds …

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Disconnect by L.R. Bonehill

March 13, 2014
6 mins to read

The winner of our Zombie Flesh Eaters competition, Disconnect by L.R. Bonehill. Illustrated by Nick Gucker. Emily looked up from the glowing screen of her phone just in time to register the dark shape coming towards her. One foot stretched out into the grime-spattered street as the van grumbled past, its rusted wheels edging dangerously …

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The Very Model of a Monster

March 12, 2014
8 mins to read

This month, I am going to be indulging in some unabashed nostalgia. Why? I recently reached the grand old age of 51 and, as these things sometimes do, it prompted me to look back to my childhood and youth, to reminisce about the supposed joys of that era. Whilst I would never wish to go …

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Book Review: Ratman’s Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert

March 11, 2014
5 mins to read

“Valancourt should be congratulated for bringing this back into print!” In his introduction to this welcome new edition of Stephen Gilbert’s Ratman’s Notebooks, Kim Newman makes the bold claim that it is this book that effectively launched a new era in horror fiction, effectively kick-starting the careers of both Stephen King and James Herbert. Had …