Real writers don’t write about the supernatural

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

This month’s column topic readily sprang to mind as soon as I heard about it: one of my online author friends (who shall remain nameless) had received an email from some wag who said “I’ve never read your work and I never shall, because you are not a real writer. Real writers don’t write about …

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Interview: Joolz Denby, Part II

Poet, novelist, spoken-word performer, artist (most famously for the albums and singles of rock band New Model Army) and tattooist, Joolz Denby has been producing a powerful and varied body of work since the 1980s, much of it gorgeously dark and unsettling. Keep on reading…

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Win a signed copy of Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig

Chuck Wendig

Hot on the heels of our successful Altitude Films competition This Is Horror is pleased to announce the first of two new competitions where you, our beloved readers, can win some wonderful swag. First up we have two signed copies of Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig to give away to two lucky …

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Interview: Peter Tennant, Part V

This is the final part of what we think has been a fantastic insight into Peter Tennant and genre fiction. Keep on reading…

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