Category: Books

Check out the scariest new horror books out in December 2021, featuring new books from Samantha Kolesnik, Alex White, Victoria Nelson, and more! […]

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Travel across America with the fourth installation of our compendium of horror books set in every state of the union (plus Puerto Rico & Washington, D.C.). […]

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Six books that provide a great entry into the subgenre of closed-loop or closed-room horror, where events are confined to a finite space. […]

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Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless–an unflinching haunted house novel about fascism and the modern day trans experience–will be published by Nightfire in January 2023! […]

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Get your TBR list ready: we’ve rounded up all of 2022’s new horror books from Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Sara Gran, Cassandra Khaw, and many more! […]

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Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy – a sharp, hungry mermaid tale full of creeping dread and delicious gore – will be published by Nightfire in May 2023! […]

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Let us guide you through the dark corridors of the best short horror fiction and poetry the internet has to offer in our monthly series. […]

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Let us guide you through the dark corridors of the best short horror fiction and poetry the internet has to offer in our monthly series. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in November 2021, featuring new books from Kim Newman, Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ellen Datlow, Louise Erdrich, and more! […]

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We’re thrilled to share the cover and an exclusive excerpt from Gwendolyn Kiste’s Reluctant Immortals, coming August 2022 from Saga! […]

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The horror genre has more than its fair share of spooky felines. In honor of Samhain, here are ten horror cats of film and page who deserve their eerie due.   […]

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Last One at the Party author Bethany Clift explores the indefinability of horror, her own formative experiences with fear, & realizing she’d written a horror novel. […]

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With its strange history, isolated communities, and a sense of place all its own, Appalachia represents the perfect backdrop for a uniquely American brand of folk horror. […]

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Body Shocks, edited by Ellen Datlow, contains 29 skin-crawling tales of body horror from Carmen Maria Machado, Brian Evenson, Alyssa Wong, and many more. […]

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In The House of Ashes, Stuart Neville’s first standalone novel in almost a decade, the greatest gift that one woman can offer another is to believe her. […]

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In honor of the funniest man on television, the list you never knew you needed: what to read next based on your favorite Matt Berry project. […]

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This Thing Between Us author Gus Moreno picks five of horror’s best odd couples, from Ben and Barbara to Clarice and Hannibal and beyond. […]

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Cackle, the sophomore novel from Rachel Harrison, is a witty tale of friendship and finding yourself – with a dark twist. […]

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The Death of Jane Lawrence author Caitlin Starling offers writing tips for creating crossover horror that respects both genres. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in October 2021, featuring new books from Cassandra Khaw, Rachel Harrison, Caitlin Starling, Christopher Golden, Josh Malerman, and more! […]

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Ten super-short horror stories to scare the shorts off you in four pages or less. […]

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Richard Chizmar talks Cemetery Dance, true crime, and his latest novel Chasing the Boogeyman in a new interview. […]

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Mordew’s insistence on subverting familiar genre tropes about power and magic makes it a can’t-miss read for dark fantasy fans. […]

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Let us guide you through the dark corridors of the best short horror fiction and poetry the internet has to offer in our monthly series. […]

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Aliya Whiteley writes about the tricky process of choosing and compiling short stories for her new collection, From the Neck Up. […]

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My Heart is a Chainsaw author Stephen Graham Jones stops by to talk writing excuses, sharp objects, and final girls in this new interview. […]

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CJ Leede’s Maeve, a provocative blend of transgressive horror, upmarket thriller, and slasher romance, will be published by Nightfire in Summer 2023! […]

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David Liss, author of The Peculiarities, talks research, fear of change, and bunnies in a new interview. […]

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Amanda Jayatissa introduces some of Sri Lanka’s spookiest ghost stories & haunted locations, including Vana Mohini, featured in her new novel My Sweet Girl. […]

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Stephen Graham Jones’ newest novel, My Heart is a Chainsaw, is a masterclass in voice and character and a love letter to the slasher genre. […]

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Revelator author Daryl Gregory investigates why Southern gothic horror is such an interesting proving ground for humanity. […]

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Eric LaRocca’s most recent novella asked the question “What have you done today to deserve your eyes?” Now he rounds up five horror books about all the horrible things that can happen to your delicate eyeballs. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in September 2021, featuring new books from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Catriona Ward, John Langan, Eric LaRocca, and more! […]

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Daryl Gregory’s unnerving Southern Gothic novel Revelator is a beautiful, disquieting work of folk horror about the evil that men do. […]

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David Demchuk’s Red X traces a series of murders in Toronto’s Gay Village that span centuries, perpetrated and aided by forces both supernatural and mundane. […]

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The horror trope of the monstrous child can be a welcome mirror and a comforting reminder, as well as a way to dig for lessons in the dark. […]

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Hailey Piper showcases her versatility and talent across eighteen lively, dark stories in Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy. […]

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Six horror stories that defy all expectations about what a haunted house book should be. […]

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Megan Abbott’s latest novel, The Turnout, set at a ballet academy run by polar-opposite sisters, doesn’t shy away from the gruesome truths and secrets between women. […]

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Author Zoje Stage gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the equipment used in her Grand Canyon-set horror thriller, Getaway. […]

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