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They Never Asked to Be Born: Seven Teenage Terrors

Posted on April 7, 2021 (April 7, 2021) by Sam Reader

It’s hard being a teenager at the best of times, but at the worst, it’s downright horrifying. These seven books capture what a nightmare adolescence can be. […]

April 7, 2021 Books

Isabel Yap’s Never Have I Ever Strikes at the Heart of Folkloric Horror

Posted on April 5, 2021 (April 5, 2021) by Gabino Iglesias

Isabel Yap’s Never Have I Ever is an outstanding short fiction collection that occupies the space where horror, surrealism, and folklore overlap. […]

April 5, 2021 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: April 2021

Posted on April 1, 2021 (April 1, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in April 2021, featuring new books from Clay McLeod Chapman, Emily A. Duncan, Jennifer McMahon,Christina Henry, and more. […]

April 1, 2021 Books

Announcing Night’s Edge, a New Novel from Liz Kerin

Posted on March 30, 2021 (March 30, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Catriona Ward’s The Last House on Needless Street, a thriller with a horrifying psychological twist, will be published by Nightfire in September 2021! […]

March 30, 2021 Books, News

5 New Books From Old Favorite Authors Coming This Year

Posted on March 25, 2021 (March 24, 2021) by Sam Reader

Yearning for new books from your favorite authors? Here are five books hitting shelves this year from Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, and more. […]

March 25, 2021 Books

Read the First Chapter of The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

Posted on March 23, 2021 (March 23, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Camilla Sten’s The Lost Village is on sale now – read the first chapter and watch the book trailer here! […]

March 23, 2021 Books

Eden Royce’s Root Magic is the Book I Needed Growing Up

Posted on March 22, 2021 (March 22, 2021) by Tonia Ransom

Eden Royce’s middle grade novel is a triumph of storytelling, representation, and Black childhood – read our full review. […]

March 22, 2021 Books

5 Witchy Horror Books to Bewitch Your Bookshelf

Posted on March 18, 2021 (March 18, 2021) by Gwendolyn Kiste

Whether you’re a good witch or a bad witch, these five witchy horror books will leave you with only one conundrum: witch one to read next. […]

March 18, 2021 Books

Scares Across America Part I: Alabama to Georgia

Posted on March 11, 2021 (March 10, 2021) by Nicole Hill

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

March 11, 2021 Books

6 Works of Horror Memoir True Enough to Be Terrifying

Posted on March 10, 2021 (March 15, 2021) by Sam Reader

These six books look at the ways in which horror influences and is influenced by our culture, our history, and ourselves. […]

March 10, 2021 Books

Read the First Chapter of Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on March 8, 2021 (March 8, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s vampire noir returns to shelves this fall in a brand new paperback edition from Nightfire – read the first chapter now! […]

March 8, 2021 Books

She Frightened Me With Science: 6 Sci-Fi Horror Novels

Posted on March 4, 2021 (March 4, 2021) by Sam Reader

Science fiction is so often optimistic, but these six sci-fi horror novels explore the genre’s darker side, from deep space to Arctic wastes and beyond. […]

March 4, 2021 Books

Faith, Trauma, and Memory in The Children of Red Peak

Posted on March 3, 2021 (March 3, 2021) by Tonia Ransom

Craig DiLouie’s newest novel, The Children of Red Peak, is a cult horror story that digs deep into grief, survivor’s guilt, and the need for answers. […]

March 3, 2021 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: March 2021

Posted on March 1, 2021 (April 1, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in March 2021, featuring new books from V. Castro, Stephen King, Premee Mohamed, Kevin Brockmeier, Jeffrey Ford, and more. […]

March 1, 2021 Books

The Beauty of the Macabre: Interviewing Crystal Connor, A Trusted Name in Terror

Posted on February 26, 2021 (February 26, 2021) by Aigner Loren Wilson

Author Crystal Connor talks about being over zombies, writing horror for both kids and adults, and finding horror in the Bible. […]

February 26, 2021 Books

Editor, Producer, and Writer Tonia Ransom Shines a Nightlight on Black Horror

Posted on February 25, 2021 (February 25, 2021) by Aigner Loren Wilson

Tonia Ransom talks about the Nightlight podcast, lifting up other Black writers, and her own writing journey. […]

February 25, 2021 Books, Miscellaneous

Mariana Enriquez’s Stories Echo with the Shrieks of Women

Posted on February 24, 2021 (February 24, 2021) by Nicole Hill

In her short stories, Mariana Enriquez acts as a doula for the grotesque and ghoulish, ushering into the world visions of horrors enacted upon and by women. […]

February 24, 2021 Books

The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions

Posted on February 23, 2021 (February 23, 2021) by Sadie Hartmann

From final girls to femme fatales, The Science of Women in Horror is a great dissection of tropes and traditions in horror movies. […]

February 23, 2021 Books, On Screen

The Heartbeat of Horror: Interviewing Cassandra Khaw

Posted on February 22, 2021 (February 22, 2021) by Aigner Loren Wilson

Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth and The All-Consuming World, talks about their horror influences, writing style, and new projects. […]

February 22, 2021 Books

Phantom Wavelengths: Three Tales of Invisible Color

Posted on February 17, 2021 (February 17, 2021) by Chelsea Davis

Continuing her series on color in horror, Chelsea Davis explores three fictional uses of invisible hues from Bierce, London, and Lovecraft. […]

February 17, 2021 Books

In Cynthia Pelayo’s Children of Chicago, A City’s Darkness Shines

Posted on February 10, 2021 (February 10, 2021) by Gabino Iglesias

In Children of Chicago, Cynthia Pelayo has written a horrifying true crime fairy tale grounded in Chicago’s criminal past. […]

February 10, 2021 Books

Interviewing Ellen Datlow, the Doyenne of Short Horror Fiction

Posted on February 9, 2021 (February 9, 2021) by Tonia Ransom

We caught up with legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow about her storied career, current trends, and upcoming projects. […]

February 9, 2021 Books

On Being the Other in an Outsider Genre: Interviewing Chesya Burke

Posted on February 8, 2021 (February 11, 2021) by Tyhitia Green

This Women in Horror Month, we spoke to horror author and academic Chesya Burke talks Black horror, Octavia Butler, and writing rituals. […]

February 8, 2021 Books

Ania Ahlborn Would Like You to Ouija Responsibly

Posted on February 3, 2021 (February 3, 2021) by Janelle Janson

For Women in Horror Month, we talked to Ania Ahlborn, author of If You See Her and more, about teaching, inspiration, typewriters, and Ouija boards. […]

February 3, 2021 Books

Becoming the Wolf: Rose Szabo on Monsters, Queerness, and Euphemism

Posted on February 2, 2021 (February 1, 2021) by Rose Szabo

What Big Teeth author Rose Szabo writes about getting comfortable with ambiguity when it comes to horror, and when it comes to queerness. […]

February 2, 2021 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: February 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 (April 1, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in February 2021, featuring new books from Cynthia Pelayo, Isabel Yap, Gemma Files, Ramsey Campbell, and more. […]

February 1, 2021 Books

Color in Horror: The Grim Rainbow of American Gothic Fiction

Posted on January 26, 2021 (January 26, 2021) by Chelsea Davis

How does a non-visual form of storytelling make a visual phenomenon both vibrant and disturbing? Chelsea Davis explores the use of color in horror fiction in this essay series. […]

January 26, 2021 Books, On Screen

You Might Not Want to Go Home Again: 6 Tales of Homecoming Horror

Posted on January 20, 2021 (March 3, 2021) by Sam Reader

VIsiting the place you grew up is rich fodder for horror stories – here are six horror books about the oddness of coming home. […]

January 20, 2021 Books

The Route of Ice and Salt is a Vampire Classic Back From the Dead

Posted on January 20, 2021 (January 19, 2021) by Carrie Laben

José Luis Zárate’s queer Dracula novella, The Route of Ice and Salt, is available in English for the first time–here’s why you should read it. […]

January 20, 2021 Books

The 10 Best Horror Poetry Collections of 2020

Posted on January 12, 2021 (January 12, 2021) by Aigner Loren Wilson

2020 was a bad year in many respects, but a great year for horror poetry – here are some of the best collections. […]

January 12, 2021 Books

Announcing Nightfire’s First Season of Books, Coming This Fall

Posted on January 11, 2021 (March 9, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Nightfire’s first season of books is coming to a shelf near you in Fall 2021 – learn more about these thrilling, chilling books and preorder now! […]

January 11, 2021 Books, News

This Month in New Horror Books: January 2021

Posted on January 5, 2021 (March 31, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in January 2021, featuring new books from Josh Malerman, Eden Royce, Camilla Bruce, José Luis Zárate, and more. […]

January 5, 2021 Books

All the Horror Books We’re Excited About in 2021

Posted on January 4, 2021 (April 1, 2021) by Emily Hughes

Get your TBR list ready: we’ve rounded up all of 2021’s new horror books from Stephen Graham Jones, Cassandra Khaw, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Brian Evenson, and more. […]

January 4, 2021 Books

The Blade Between Puts A Human Face on Gods And Monsters

Posted on December 21, 2020 (December 21, 2020) by Sam Reader

The Blade Between, Sam J. Miller’s relentless new novel, offers a much-needed fresh spin on the gothic, folk horror, and horror-noir genres. […]

December 21, 2020 Books

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Twelve is a No-Skips Anthology

Posted on December 18, 2020 (February 10, 2021) by Tonia Ransom

Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Volume Twelve continues to deliver, with phenomenal short horror fiction from 22 talented authors. […]

December 18, 2020 Books

Secret Santa Gives the Greatest Gifts of All: Christmas Horror and ‘80s Nostalgia

Posted on December 14, 2020 (December 14, 2020) by Leah Schnelbach

Andrew Shaffer’s Secret Santa is a delightful horror comedy set in the 80s publishing scene. […]

December 14, 2020 Books

Blue Light of the Screen Is a Hauntingly Good Horror Memoir

Posted on December 10, 2020 (December 10, 2020) by Sam Reader

Claire Cronin’s book is a fascinating blend of memoir and horror criticism – a must for any horror fan who likes the why just as much as the what. […]

December 10, 2020 Books