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Coming soon from Titan Books is Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon, author of The Silence. His latest novel is a dark folk horror tale of a deadly family curse, crime, and murder. Dread Central is excited to exclusively reveal the cover for the upcoming novel, as well as an excerpt to give you a taste of Lebbon’s new piece of horror.

Thanksgiving has regularly been given the short end of the horror stick. While other holidays are abounding with horrific takes on annual traditions, Thanksgiving offerings—despite the innate horror of both its origins and practices (family dinner…)— remain sparse. There’s the perennial slasher Blood Rage, and last year’s Thanksgiving was refreshingly fun. But other than some cryptic indies and made-for-television shorts, Thanksgiving doesn’t yield the horror buffet something like, say, Christmas does. Every year, the lists of horror watches are the same, and I pretty much skip straight to Black Christmas on Thanksgiving night. Until I rediscovered Madman. I rewatched it for the messy, endearing slasher nonsense, and wouldn’t you know? Madman is technically a Thanksgiving horror movie. Better still, the film is now streaming for free.

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