Broken Windows to the Soul: 5 Books Featuring Eye Horror
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Broken Windows to the Soul: 5 Books Featuring Eye Horror
Broken Windows to the Soul: 5 Books Featuring Eye Horror
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. […]
September 7, 2021 Books
Revelator Captures the Horror of Men, Monsters, and the Women Caught In Between
Revelator Captures the Horror of Men, Monsters, and the Women Caught In Between
Daryl Gregory’s unnerving Southern Gothic novel Revelator is a beautiful, disquieting work of folk horror about the evil that men do. […]
August 31, 2021 Books
Red X is a Relentless Urban Nightmare Full of Heart and Righteous Fury
Red X is a Relentless Urban Nightmare Full of Heart and Righteous Fury
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. […]
August 30, 2021 Books
When We Were Monsters: How the Monster Child Teaches Us How to Live with Darkness
When We Were Monsters: How the Monster Child Teaches Us How to Live with Darkness
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. […]
August 26, 2021 Books
Hailey Piper’s Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy is an Eclectic, Absorbing Short Story Collection
Hailey Piper’s Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy is an Eclectic, Absorbing Short Story Collection
Hailey Piper showcases her versatility and talent across eighteen lively, dark stories in Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy. […]
August 25, 2021 Books
Megan Abbott’s The Turnout Stars Ballerina Sisters in a Horrifying Dance of Sex and Death
Megan Abbott’s The Turnout Stars Ballerina Sisters in a Horrifying Dance of Sex and Death
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. […]
August 23, 2021 Books
Announcing Screams From the Dark, a New Anthology Edited by Ellen Datlow
Announcing Screams From the Dark, a New Anthology Edited by Ellen Datlow
Screams From the Dark, a thrilling anthology featuring new tales of monsters compiled & edited by Ellen Datlow, will be published by Nightfire in June 2022! […]
August 11, 2021 Books, News
The Book of Accidents Cements Chuck Wendig’s Status as a Master of Horror
The Book of Accidents Cements Chuck Wendig’s Status as a Master of Horror
This book has two fucking prologues. Two. You may just want to stand back a few feet from this review, because it might get a little cussy and I tend […]
July 20, 2021 Books
Read Olivia’s Story From The Last House on Needless Street
Read Olivia’s Story From The Last House on Needless Street
We’re thrilled to share an exclusive excerpt from Catriona Ward’s The Last House on Needless Street in three pieces from Tor.com, Nightfire, and the Tor/Forge blog! […]
July 14, 2021 Books
Announcing What Moves the Dead, a New Novella from T. Kingfisher
Announcing What Moves the Dead, a New Novella from T. Kingfisher
T. Kingfisher’s What Moves the Dead, a terrifying reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” will be published by Nightfire in Summer 2022! […]
June 28, 2021 Books, News
Pride Rising: Eric LaRocca on Identity, Fearlessness, and Horror as Queer Comfort
Pride Rising: Eric LaRocca on Identity, Fearlessness, and Horror as Queer Comfort
Rising star Eric LaRocca talks to us about queer horror, the wild days of the early internet, and his latest novella, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. […]
June 23, 2021 Books
Paul Tremblay on Putting Story First, Writing Atmosphere, and His New Novel
Paul Tremblay on Putting Story First, Writing Atmosphere, and His New Novel
Survivor Song author Paul Tremblay talks about his relationship to horror, his least favorite horror subgenre, and his new book in this exclusive interview. […]
June 14, 2021 Books
Announcing Where Black Stars Rise, a New Graphic Novel from Nadia Shammas & Marie Enger
Announcing Where Black Stars Rise, a New Graphic Novel from Nadia Shammas & Marie Enger
Nadia Shammas & Marie Enger’s Where Black Stars Rise, a graphic novel reimagining of The King in Yellow in modern-day Brooklyn, will be published by Nightfire in October 2022! […]
June 9, 2021 Books, News
Announcing Sister, Maiden, Monster, a New Novel from Lucy A. Snyder
Announcing Sister, Maiden, Monster, a New Novel from Lucy A. Snyder
Lucy A. Snyder’s Sister, Maiden, Monster, set in the aftermath of the planet’s disastrous transformation by a virus that radically alters its victims & told through the eyes of three women, will be published by Nightfire in Fall 2022! […]
June 3, 2021 Books, News
Real-Life Horror: 5 Fictional Horror Books Based on True Crime Stories
Real-Life Horror: 5 Fictional Horror Books Based on True Crime Stories
Five works of horror fiction inspired by terrifying true stories of crime, murder, and tragedy, from David Koresh to Lizzie Borden and beyond. […]
May 27, 2021 Books
Angela Carter’s ‘The Lady of the House of Love’ is the Vampire Story to End All Vampire Stories
Angela Carter’s ‘The Lady of the House of Love’ is the Vampire Story to End All Vampire Stories
How Angela Carter captured the entirety of vampire fiction and the violent clash of antiquity and modernity in a single short story. […]
May 24, 2021 Books
V. Castro on the Vision, Voice, and Authenticity of Chicana Horror
V. Castro on the Vision, Voice, and Authenticity of Chicana Horror
V. Castro, author of Queen of the Cicadas and Goddess of Filth, talks about her Chicana heritage, pride, and the power of owning your own experiences. […]
May 19, 2021 Books
The Entropy That Binds: Nick Harkaway on Magic and Darkness in Crime Fiction
The Entropy That Binds: Nick Harkaway on Magic and Darkness in Crime Fiction
Nick Harkaway’s Seven Demons (as Aidan Truhen) is a cri de coeur against the chaotic misery of living in what well may be the darkest timeline. […]
May 11, 2021 Books
