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A Grab Bag of Horror News, 2 to 8 Jun 2024

A selection of things that caught our attention in the world of horror this week

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Horror Book Bits

Horror Movie Morsels

Horror TV Treats

Horror Game Goodies

Horror Festival Fare

  • Universal Studios has added A Quiet Place to its Halloween Horror Nights haunted house attractions. Tickets are also now available for Universal Orlando’s Premium Scream Night being held on 29 August 2024, the night before the event officially opens.

“The truth is, we know so little about life, we don't really know what the good news is and what the bad news is.”

Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

Writing Horror

Some places accepting submissions.

  • Quill and Crow Publishing
    Looking for: Novels – Gothic horror/fiction, Southern Gothic fiction/horror, Dark fiction, Literary horror, Historical fiction (w/ dark elements), Historical horror, Gothic romance, Speculative fiction (w/ dark elements)
  • Ghoulish Tales
    Pays: 10 cents per word
    Looking for: Stories and essays from authors who have never been published before

Some places with upcoming submission calls.

  • Timber Ghost Press
    Pays: 50% net royalties on eBooks, 30% net royalties on paperbacks, $50 advance on novellas, $75 advance on novels
    Looking for: Novels and novellas about Hauntings, Possession, Cosmic Horror, Weird Horror, Sci-Fi/Horror, Old West/Horror, Wilderness Horror, Survival Horror, Strange/Liminal Spaces
    Submissions open on 1 July and close on 10 July 2024
  • khōréō
    Pays: 10 cents per word
    Looking for: Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and any genre in between or around it, as long as there’s a speculative element. Note: Authors must identify as an immigrant or member of a diaspora in the broadest definitions of the terms
    Submissions open on 15 July and close on 15 August 2024

"I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly."

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Trailer Horror

A taste of things to come.

Horror TV Trailers

  • Snowpiercer, Season 4. Post-apocalyptic horror. Get ready for the ride of your life in the final season. Premieres on AMC and AMC+ on 21 July 2024.

Horror Movie Trailers

  • The Vourdalak. French vampire horror. When a noble emissary of the King of France is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie, isolated manor. The resident family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behavior as they await the imminent return of their father, Gorcha. But what begins simply as strange quickly devolves into a full-fledged nightmare when Gorcha returns, seemingly no longer himself. Limited release on 28 June 2024.
  • Maxxxine (2nd trailer). Killer horror. In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past. Releases in cinemas on 5 July 2024.
  • Oddity. Supernatural horror. When Dani is brutally murdered, her blind twin sister Darcy, a self-proclaimed psychic and collector of cursed items, pays an unexpected visit to Dani’s husband and his new girlfriend. Convinced that there was more to her sister’s murder than people know, Darcy has brought with her the most dangerous items from her cursed collection to help her exact revenge. Limited release on 19 July 2024.
  • Starve Acre. Folklore horror. In rural 1970s England, Richard and Juliette’s idyllic rural English family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, Richard explores a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers, while Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace. Releases on VOD on 26 July 2024.
  • Alien: Romulus (red band trailer). Sci-fi horror. While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. Releases in cinemas on 16 August 2024.
  • Venom 3: The Last Dance. Sci-fi horror. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, Eddie and Venom are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down. Releases in cinemas on 25 October 2024.
  • She Loved Blossoms More. Sci-fi horror. Three brothers build a time machine to bring their long-dead mother back to life. When their delusional father comes into the picture, the experiments go awry, and they descend into a psychedelic hellscape where the past and present fuse in a comedic yet disturbing exploration of grief. Release date TBA.

Horror Game Trailers

  • Post Trauma. Cinematic adventure horror. Explore the unknown, unravel mysteries, and try to survive the unspeakable horrors that lurk in the threatening surroundings. Releases in the Fall of 2024.
  • Killing Time Resurrected. Supernatural horror. Remaster of 1995 game. In the 1930s, a former Egyptology student has to find and destroy a cursed clock. Release date TBA.
  • The Thing: Remastered. Survival horror. Remaster of 2002 game. Sequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 movie The Thing. Release date TBA.

"First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!"

Ray Bradbury

A Selection of Horror Books Released this Week

11 horror books this week. Themes: Supernatural, Frankenstein, western, theme park, creature feature, dark fantasy, water, and body horror

See: A Selection of Horror Books Released, 2 to 8 Jun 2024

“The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.”

Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

A Selection of Horror Movies Released this Week

10 horror movies this week. Themes: Supernatural, vampire, zombie, revenge, and body horror

See: A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 2 to 8 Jun 2024

“That's the way it works in movies. Something happens that has an impact on someone's life, and based on that impact, his life shifts course.”

Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge

A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released this Week

1 horror TV show this week. Theme: dystopian fantasy horror

See: A Selection of Horror TV Shows Released, 2 to 8 Jun 2024

“Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time.”

Walt Disney

What We Were Thinking About this Week

“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything good.”

William Faulkner

And Now For Something Completely Different

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See the FearSome Fiction shop for horror designs available on a wide variety of T-shirts, tanks, sweatshirts, and hoodies, as well as bags, notebooks, phone cases, pillows, duvets, blankets, bath mats, and more.

Published: 8 June 2024

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