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Music for European Zombies, Slashers and Lord Dagon Himself

September 27, 2013
6 mins to read

My very first column for This Is Horror, back in December 2011, was about collecting horror movie soundtracks. It was my intention, way back then, to revisit the subject with some regularity, and yet here we are in September 2013 and I still have yet to say anything more about one of the most vital …

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News Round-up Week Ending 27 September

September 27, 2013
2 mins to read

The Unquiet House is nearby The cover art for Alison Littlewood’s forthcoming novel The Unquiet House has been released by Jo Fletcher Books. The haunted house novel is stated for release in March 2014. In the meantime you can hear Alison read at the next This Is Horror event in Coventry on 5 October. For …

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Book Review: Holes for Faces by Ramsey Campbell

September 26, 2013
5 mins to read

“Deserves to be in any discerning horror fan’s library!” “Future generations will regard (Ramsey Campbell) as the leading horror writer of our generation,” S T Joshi is quoted as saying on the cover of this latest short story collection from “Britain’s most respected living horror writer”. It would probably be possible to write an entire …

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Shut the f*** up – I’m writing

September 25, 2013
9 mins to read

Authenticity is everything when it comes to writing. Especially when you’re writing about things that are very unlikely to happen. Like decapitating a member of the walking dead with a malfunctioning sex toy. Or staking a vampire with the sharpened end of a frozen blood sausage. If this is outside of the author’s experience then …