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The Weird World of Bill Alexander

January 24, 2014
13 mins to read

There is a lot of talk amongst the Horrorati at the moment about Quiet Horror. A sub-genre that seems to mainly concern itself with timid vampires and shy werewolves whose worst crimes would appear to be dropping a thigh bone in the school library or letting one rip during the two minute silence on Remembrance …

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News Round-up Week Ending 24 January

January 24, 2014
2 mins to read

FrightFest Glasgow tickets on sale Tickets for the Frightfest event in Glasgow have been released at 10am this morning. The event will feature the films Wolf Creek 2, Almost Human and a conversation with Ti West among other screenings. Tickets are available from the FrightFest website now. William Meikle’s Samurai cuts readers Crystal Lake Publishing …

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TIH 014: Simon Kurt Unsworth on Moving From A Small Press To Large Publishing House

January 23, 2014
2 mins to read

In this podcast Dan Howarth interviews Simon Kurt Unsworth, the author of Quiet Houses and the forthcoming horror novel The Sorrowful. Simon talks about writing, the editorial process, literary agents, small and large presses, film adaptations and his career to-date. Topics [01:25] Simon Kurt Unsworth’s back catalogue [04:46] The Sorrowful [08:45] Having a literary agent’s input [13:10] Moving …

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Meet The Writer Interview: Dean M Drinkel

January 22, 2014
7 mins to read

Dean M Drinkel is a published writer and editor who compiled and edited the short story anthologies Phobophobia and Demonologica Biblica. He is also a poet, theatre writer and director and an award winning horror filmmaker. He lives in London and has recently published The Bestiarum Vocabulum, a follow-up to Demonologica Biblica, through Western Legends …