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Book Review: The Monster Club by R. Chetwynd-Hayes

January 8, 2014
5 mins to read

“Buy the book.” Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes was regularly one of the top ten authors whose work was borrowed from British libraries throughout the seventies – so says Stephen Jones in his excellent introduction. In fact Jones does such a thorough job it leaves this reviewer with nothing new to say about the man or his work …

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A Warning to the Curious

January 7, 2014
11 mins to read

A natural enough follow-up to my previous column might have been to look at the work of Edgar Allan Poe, but a comment from David Surface last month got me thinking about M. R. James and, what with it being Christmas as I write this, well, it seems silly not to look at James instead. …

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Book Review: Renegades by Shaun Hutson

January 7, 2014
5 mins to read

“A novel so gritty, it’ll make your gums bleed!” Shaun Hutson’s classic ‘creature feature’ Slugs was the start of an illustrious career in 1982. The novel not only spawned a sequel, Breeding Ground, but also a film adaptation. Since then, Shaun Hutson has been the bestselling author of more than twenty horror and dark urban thrillers, …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 6 January 2014

January 6, 2014
3 mins to read

Welcome, once again, to Must Read Horror. As we bid farewell to 2013 and usher in 2014, remove its coat, and force it into a corner with a stiff whiskey, you’ll be pleased to know that the internet is still teeming with fantastic horror articles, and that we will continue to force them upon you …