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News Round-up Week Ending 3 May

May 3, 2013
3 mins to read

Ramsey Campbell To Step Down From BFS Ramsey Campbell has decided that now is the right time to step down as President of the British Fantasy Society an announcement from the BFS this week confirmed. A statement from the committee said, “Sadly, all good things end, and Ramsey has indicated that for various reasons he …

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Australian Women Writers of Outstanding Horror and Dark Fantasy: A Not Quite Top Ten

May 1, 2013
1 min to read

Last year, the infamous Snowtown bank – in which eight bodies were found decomposing in six plastic barrels – went up for auction. It was affordable, as I recall; on the market for less than $200,000. It came attached to a little, comfortable house. It wasn’t too far a drive from the city of Adelaide. …

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The Fictional Man by Al Ewing

May 1, 2013
1 min to read

Alongside his work in comics, Al Ewing has in recent years built up an exciting and original body of prose fiction, most notably for Abaddon Books with novels like El Sombra, Gods Of Manhattan, Pax Omega, Death Got No Mercy and I, Zombie. He has displayed a skill for spinning familiar pulp tropes into shapes …

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TIH 007: The Lords of Salem Review with Booked

April 30, 2013
3 mins to read

In this podcast we review The Lords of Salem with our friends at Booked Podcast, Livius Nedin and Robb Olson. Topics [01:10] Introductions [01:55] Past experiences with Rob Zombie [05:50] The Lords of Salem synopsis [08:48] Revisiting the past/the witch trials [11:30] Expectations going into the film [13:30] Rob Zombie and originality [16:32] Music video …