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horrorzine

horrorzine noun: a magazine that publishes horror stories.

Noun

horrorzine (plural horrorzines)

  1. A magazine that publishes horror stories.
    • The woman's angle in the horrorzines seems influenced by the women's movement in rather a complex way.1975, Angela Carter, “The Art of Horrorzines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 551
    • Fanzines get almost no attention in the sf field (with the exception of horrorzines, and that's only because Karl Edward Wagner reads them all and selects stories from them for his annual anthology of the year's best horror).2001, Orson Scott Card, How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy, page 108

Forms of horrorzine

pluralhorrorzines

Origin of horrorzine

Blend of horror + magazine.

Questions about horrorzine

What does horrorzine mean?
Horrorzine means a magazine that publishes horror stories.
What part of speech is horrorzine?
Horrorzine is a noun.
What is the plural of horrorzine?
The plural of horrorzine is horrorzines.

Words near horrorzine in the dictionary

  1. horrorsome
  2. horrorstricken
  3. horrorstruck
  4. horrorthon
  5. horrorthons
  6. horrorzine
  7. horrorzines
  8. horrour
  9. horrours
  10. horrow
  11. Horrox

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