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News Round-up Week Ending 28 August 2026

Kev Harrison — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:55:09 +0000

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Out now from Sentinel Creatives, Nordic: An Anthology of Nordic Weird Fiction Nordic is an anthology of speculative fiction comprising 15 tales set in the Nordic Region that explore the human (and inhuman) experience through the lens of the weird …

Look Out For … Monstrous by Bryan Smith

Bob Pastorella — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:19 +0000

“With his latest, Smith delves into nightmarish cosmic dread while maintaining his trademark descent into human depravity.” A woman treks to a remote mountain locale to bury evidence of a terrible crime, and an aspiring serial killer walks the exact same trail. When an unnatural storm transports them to a field shrouded in mist that …

TIH 676: Michael David Wilson on The Girl in the Video, Gaijin J-Horror, and Horror Set in Japan

ThisIsHorror — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:53:42 +0000

In this podcast, Michael David Wilson talks about The Girl in the Video, Gaijin J-Horror, horror set in Japan, and much more. With special guests Dan Howarth and David Moody. About Michael David Wilson Michael David Wilson is the founder of the popular horror website, podcast, and publisher, This Is Horror. In addition to The …

5 Must Read Horror Articles 24 August 2026

Kev Harrison — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:55:10 +0000

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Bloody Disgusting revisit the unparallelled transformation scene in An American Werewolf in London as it turns forty-five years old Crime Reads take a guided tour of some of the spookiest spots …

News Round-up Week Ending 21 August 2026

Kev Harrison — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:55:54 +0000

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Released today from author Patrick Rutigliano and Crystal Lake Publishing, The Neonate and Other Anomalies In the haunting novella The Neonate, Nate Gajac is given a second chance at life. While serving a prison sentence, a mysterious stranger …

Look Out For … Scratch Moss by David Barnett

Bob Pastorella — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:04 +0000

“With his latest, Barnett runs through five timelines of a cursed coal mining town in what many are calling the most original folk horror novel of the year.” 1865. Lord Henry Brody aims to get at the coal beneath Scratch Moss Hall. But there’s something else below, something dark and evil. 1905. Reverend George Ackman …

TIH 675: Raphael Montes on The Secret Dinner, The Seagull Soup Riddle, and Writing About Taboo Topics

ThisIsHorror — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:53:10 +0000

In this podcast, Raphael Montes talks about The Secret Dinner, the Seagull Soup Riddle, writing about taboo topics , and much more. About Raphael Montes Raphael Montes, born in 1990 in Rio de Janeiro, is Brazil’s most prominent thriller writer. He is best known for The Secret Dinner, a dark and provocative thriller set in …

5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 August 2026

Kev Harrison — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:55:01 +0000

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: What Sleeps Beneath study the Manananggal and monstrous feminine, colonial Filipino identity in cinema Crime Reads pick out eight outstanding horror novels whose setting is the ocean NightTide Magazine …