The Long History (and Bright Future) of the Found Footage Horror Novel
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The Long History (and Bright Future) of the Found Footage Horror Novel
The Long History (and Bright Future) of the Found Footage Horror Novel
The “found footage” horror story is a popular genre for filmmakers, but there’s more of it in the literary world than you’d think–Nightmare Fuel author Nina Nesseth explores this slippery subgenre. […]
July 28, 2022 Books, On Screen
Other Terrors and Terror of the Other: A New Anthology Examines the Duality of Horror
Other Terrors and Terror of the Other: A New Anthology Examines the Duality of Horror
Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason, editors of the Other Terrors anthology, on why horror is the perfect lens to examine otherness, drawing inspiration from the Final Girl, and more. […]
July 20, 2022 Books
Reclaiming the “F” Word: Why We Need Fat Positivity in Horror
Reclaiming the “F” Word: Why We Need Fat Positivity in Horror
Nico Bell and Sonora Taylor, editors of Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology, lay out why we need better fat representation in horror, and how to do it right. […]
June 23, 2022 Books, On Screen
5 Perfect Readalikes for Your Favorite Horror Movie Subgenres
5 Perfect Readalikes for Your Favorite Horror Movie Subgenres
Nightmare Fuel author Nina Nesseth suggests five novels to pair perfectly with five subgenres of horror movie, from The Bay to American Psycho. […]
June 15, 2022 Books, On Screen
Bethany C. Morrow’s Thriller Cherish Farrah Gets Behind the Mask of Race and Class
Bethany C. Morrow’s Thriller Cherish Farrah Gets Behind the Mask of Race and Class
Bethany C. Morrow’s thrilling novel of race and social status is a cerebral, gripping narrative of a very dark friendship. […]
May 31, 2022 Books
Download a Free Digital Preview of T. Kingfisher’s What Moves the Dead
Download a Free Digital Preview of T. Kingfisher’s What Moves the Dead
Download a free sneak peek of The Twisted Ones author T. Kingfisher’s new Poe-inspired novella What Moves the Dead from your favorite retailer. […]
May 3, 2022 Books, News
Silver and Steel: Six Horror Books Featuring Elderly Protagonists
Silver and Steel: Six Horror Books Featuring Elderly Protagonists
Horror loves to focus on younger characters, but don’t discount the elderly–here are six books featuring older protagonists who’re more than capable of holding their own. […]
March 29, 2022 Books
Announcing The Spite House, A New Novel from Johnny Compton
Announcing The Spite House, A New Novel from Johnny Compton
Johnny Compton’s The Spite House – a Black Southern Gothic in the vein of The Others meets A Headful of Ghosts – will be published by Nightfire in February 2023! […]
March 28, 2022 Books, News
7 Medieval Horror Books For When You Need A Break From Elden Ring
7 Medieval Horror Books For When You Need A Break From Elden Ring
From the Plague to the Crusades, here are seven tales of medieval horror and dark fantasy for when you need a break after that thirtieth loss to the Serpent King. […]
March 17, 2022 Books
Polychromatic Perversity: Hypercolor, Vice, and Violence in Horror
Polychromatic Perversity: Hypercolor, Vice, and Violence in Horror
Continuing her series on color in horror, Chelsea Davis looks at the otherworldly uses of hypersaturation in Heavenly Creatures, Dorian Gray, and more. […]
March 9, 2022 Books, On Screen
Announcing Boys in the Valley, A New Novel from Philip Fracassi
Announcing Boys in the Valley, A New Novel from Philip Fracassi
Philip Fracassi’s Boys in the Valley – a chilling blend of The Exorcist, Lord of the Flies, and Midnight Mass – will be published by Nightfire in Summer 2023! […]
March 8, 2022 Books, News
Tales From the Backlist: Anno Dracula is a Whole Introductory Course on Gothic Horror
Tales From the Backlist: Anno Dracula is a Whole Introductory Course on Gothic Horror
Kim Newman’s vampire supergroup of a novel is still wildly influential thirty years later–and makes a perfect gateway into the gothic. […]
March 7, 2022 Books
Reader Beware: The Art of Goosebumps is a Nostalgic Retrospective for Former Young Ghouls
Reader Beware: The Art of Goosebumps is a Nostalgic Retrospective for Former Young Ghouls
Tim Jacobus’s iconic cover art shines in this comprehensive history of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series–it’s more fun than a day trip to Horrorland! […]
February 10, 2022 Books
The Best Horror Short Story Collections and Anthologies of 2021
The Best Horror Short Story Collections and Anthologies of 2021
These eleven dark volumes of short fiction, some of 2021’s best, will give you a good push out from shore into the deeper, darker, and stranger waters. […]
February 8, 2022 Books
Come Celebrate Middle Grade Horror Alongside the Horror Writers Association
Come Celebrate Middle Grade Horror Alongside the Horror Writers Association
Kids are braver and tougher than we think, and the Horror Writers Association’s new Stoker Award category for middle grade novels is a great reflection of that. […]
January 28, 2022 Books
