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Announcing the Resurrection of Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 687

Nightfire is thrilled to be republishing Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – one of NPR’s Best Books of 2016 – in May 2021! […]

June 26, 2020 Books, News

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In Mona Awad’s Bunny, Your MFA Won’t Save You

Posted on June 24, 2020 (January 4, 2024) by Leah Schnelbach

Body horror meets Heathers in Bunny, a dark fairy tale from Mona Awad that explores and skewers witchcraft, female friendships, and MFA programs. […]

June 24, 2020 Books

Timely Terror: Interviewing The Loop Author Jeremy Robert Johnson

Posted on June 22, 2020 (January 4, 2024) by Sadie Hartmann

Author Jeremy Robert Johnson talks about the future of his previous fiction, sensory deprivation tanks, and his timely new novel, The Loop. […]

June 22, 2020 Books

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6 Folk Horror Books for Your Summer Solstice Needs

Posted on June 18, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

Six folk horror books where the woods are dark, the communities are small, and occasionally someone just has to die for the good of this year’s harvest. […]

June 18, 2020 Books

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5 Horror Reads to Keep the Sunshine Away

Posted on June 16, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Theresa DeLucci

If summer’s not really your thing, curl up in the shade or in front of the air conditioner with these five scary reads. […]

June 16, 2020 Books

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Announcing Black Tide, a New Novel from KC Jones

Posted on June 15, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

KC Jones’ Black Tide, a character-driven science fiction/horror novel about a world crawling with nightmares, will be published by Nightfire in May 2022! […]

June 15, 2020 Books, News

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Strolling on the Moors: 5 Modern Gothic Horror Novels with Vintage Chills

Posted on June 10, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Nicole Hill

Five contemporary horror novels that prove that the gothic can still terrify. […]

June 10, 2020 Books

9 Books to Read If You Love Shirley Jackson

Posted on June 5, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Leah Schnelbach

Nine spooky, haunting novels and collections to read once you’ve made your way through all of Shirley Jackson’s work. […]

June 5, 2020 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: June 2020

Posted on June 3, 2020 (January 3, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in June 2020, from Max Brooks and Silvia Moreno-Garcia to Todd Keisling and Ann Dávila Cardinal. […]

June 3, 2020 Books

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Announcing Slewfoot, a New Illustrated Novel from Brom

Posted on June 3, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Brom’s Slewfoot – a tale of magic, mystery, and terror in Colonial America – will be published by Nightfire in September 2021! […]

June 3, 2020 Books, News

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5 Funny Horror Books to Lift Your Mood

Posted on May 27, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Nicole Hill

What could be better for our current moment than stories that recognizes the absurdity of awfulness? Here are five picks for horror books as funny as they are scary. […]

May 27, 2020 Books

Announcing Just Like Mother, a New Novel from Anne Heltzel

Posted on May 26, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Anne Heltzel’s Just Like Mother – a spine-chilling debut about women linked by horrific secrets – will be published by Nightfire in January 2022! […]

May 26, 2020 Books, News

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5 YA Horror Novels Full of Adult Scares

Posted on May 22, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Nicole Hill

Even hardened, jaded grown-up horror readers can find a YA horror novel to keep them up at night. Here are five picks that serve up scares for all ages. […]

May 22, 2020 Books

Writing Your Dreams: Where to Start with Jeffrey Ford’s Short Fiction

Posted on May 20, 2020 (January 4, 2024) by Sam Reader

Underwater cities, model towns, love affairs with demons, and more: a guide to the weird, wonderful, dark short story collections of Jeffrey Ford. […]

May 20, 2020 Books

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Reading the Master: Where to Start With Stephen King

Posted on May 14, 2020 (December 27, 2023) by Jordan Hanley

If you haven’t started read any of Stephen King’s novels, novellas, or short stories, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some recommendations from a Constant Reader! […]

May 14, 2020 Books

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Announcing Manhunt, a New Novel from Gretchen Felker-Martin

Posted on May 12, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Manhunt – a post-apocalyptic novel about trans women fighting for their very existence – will be published by Nightfire in Spring 2022! […]

May 12, 2020 Books, News

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The Horror of Motherhood: 5 Novels of Maternal Horror

Posted on May 8, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

Motherhood can be downright scary – these five novels explore the relationships between mothers and their children, and the power of maternal instinct. […]

May 8, 2020 Books

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The 5 Worst Horror Tales to Read During Quarantine

Posted on May 6, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Meghan Ball

Five horror novels & stories that you absolutely shouldn’t read while stuck at home during a global pandemic (unless you’re a masochist, in which case, do you). […]

May 6, 2020 Books

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No Monster is an Island: 9 Island Horror Novels

Posted on May 4, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Janelle Janson

Nine horror novels set on islands large and small, tropical and otherwise, that’ll make you rethink that relaxing beach vacation. […]

May 4, 2020 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: May 2020

Posted on May 4, 2020 (January 3, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in May 2020, from Max Booth III and Jeffrey Ford to Julianne Pachico. […]

May 4, 2020 Books

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6 Horror Novels in Which the Past Won’t Stay Dead

Posted on April 30, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Nicole Hill

In these six horror novels, what’s past is prologue — and the stories that follow aren’t pretty. Just as it should be. […]

April 30, 2020 Books

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Announcing Cassandra Khaw’s Novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Posted on April 28, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth – a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale steeped in Japanese folklore – will be published by Nightfire in Oct 2021! […]

April 28, 2020 Books, News

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5 Long Horror Novels for Long Days Spent Inside

Posted on April 24, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

There’s vast, dark ocean of long horror boks available for times when you’re stuck inside. Here are five of our favorites 500-page-plus horror novels. […]

April 24, 2020 Books

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It’s Just The Cat: Molly Tanzer On Skeptics and Believers

Posted on April 23, 2020 (January 3, 2024) by Molly Tanzer

Molly Tanzer writes about the tropes of the skeptic and the believer in horror fiction and in her new novel, Creatures of Charm and Hunger. […]

April 23, 2020 Books

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Springing Up Horror: 10 Terrifying Tales of Nature

Posted on April 20, 2020 (January 9, 2024) by Sadie Hartmann

Ten horror novels and stories set in lush, beautiful, dangerous, often deadly nature. […]

April 20, 2020 Books

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Express Checkout: 5 Horror Novels Set in Creepy Hotels

Posted on April 15, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave these five horrifying hotels. Whether they’re haunted by spirits or by their own guests, you’re better off elsewhere. […]

April 15, 2020 Books

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Enduring Horror: Tim Lebbon on Writing Your Passions

Posted on April 14, 2020 (January 3, 2024) by Tim Lebbon

Tim Lebbon writes about how his passion for endurance running and environmentalism factored into his new eco-horror novel, Eden. […]

April 14, 2020 Books

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Travel Hell: 6 International Horror Books to Take You Around the World

Posted on April 10, 2020 (January 9, 2024) by Nicole Hill

Books can take us places we cannot go, and these globe-trotting horror books take us to locales we can’t visit right now. […]

April 10, 2020 Books

Hereditary Horror: Interviewing Danielle Trussoni About The Ancestor

Posted on April 9, 2020 (January 4, 2024) by Sadie Hartmann

Sadie Hartmann interviews horror author and reviewer Danielle Trussoni about her new novel The Ancestor, genetic inheritance, and horror in horrifying times. […]

April 9, 2020 Books

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Grady Hendrix is the Modern Master of Everyday Horror

Posted on April 7, 2020 (January 3, 2024) by Nicole Hill

Nicole Hill explains just what makes Grady Hendrix’s horror novels so compelling, from Horrorstor and My Best Friend’s Exorcism to his newest, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. […]

April 7, 2020 Books

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Surreal Horror: A Seven-Book Starter Pack

Posted on April 3, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

Embrace the weird side of horror with these seven books, which range from the absurd to the darkly fantastic to the truly, disturbingly surreal. […]

April 3, 2020 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: April 2020

Posted on April 1, 2020 (January 3, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in April, from genteel vampire slayers and gothic mysteries to remote eco-horror and bloody pitch-dark fantasy. […]

April 1, 2020 Books

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6 Vampire Horror Books Without Any Romance

Posted on March 31, 2020 (January 9, 2024) by Sam Reader

From OG splatterpunk to Dracula in Mexico, here are six horror novels about vampires without an iota of romance. […]

March 31, 2020 Books

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5 Works of Horror by Women That Need Film Adaptations Now

Posted on March 27, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Gwendolyn Kiste

Five horror novels, collections, and stories written by women we’d like to see on screen, featuring spiders, gothic boarding schools, snake-handling cults, & more. […]

March 27, 2020 Books

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What Writing Horror Can Teach All Writers

Posted on March 27, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Gabino Iglesias

sample heading Most people think about fear and monsters when horror fiction comes up. Mention horror and you’ll conjure images of haunted houses, creepy woods covered in fog, and blood […]

March 27, 2020 Books