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Check out the scariest new horror books out in October 2022, featuring new books from Catriona Ward, Rachel Harrison, Jennifer Thorne, Ronald Malfi, Cynthia Pelayo, Andy Davidson, and more! […]

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Leech author Hiron Ennes writes about the terrifying history of medicine and the peculiarly intimate horror of having a mortal body. […]

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Cynthia Pelayo introduces the cover of The Shoemaker’s Magician, the second book in her Chicago Saga that started with Children of Chicago. […]

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Ten slasher novels both old and new, well-known and obscure, to keep your spine tingling all the way through spooky season. […]

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Download a free sneak peek of Little Eve, Catriona Ward’s chilling new psychological horror novel, from your favorite retailer. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in September 2022, featuring new books from Clay McLeod Chapman, Hailey Piper, Eric LaRocca, Gemma Amor, Josh Malerman, and more! […]

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Number One Fan author Meg Elison explores the parasocial paradox between creator and fan, and how easily it slips into a toxic–and even deadly–dynamic. […]

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Brian Lumley’s classic Cold War vampire thriller approaches consent (both physical and mental) in a surprisingly modern way. […]

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How three contemporary novels–Mexican Gothic, Abigale Hall, and Leech–build new structures on traditional Gothic foundations. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in August 2022, featuring new books from Gabino Iglesias, Megan Giddings, Gwendolyn Kiste, Adam Cesare, and more! […]

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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. […]

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Haunted houses never die–here are just a few of the elements that make for an indelible haunted house story. […]

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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. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in July 2022, featuring new books from T. Kingfisher, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Paul Tremblay, and more! […]

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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. […]

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Nightmare Fuel author Nina Nesseth suggests five novels to pair perfectly with five subgenres of horror movie, from The Bay to American Psycho. […]

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A starter selection of nine amazing horror novels from around the world and recently translated into English to start you off right.  […]

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T. Kingfisher’s Poe-inspired novella What Moves the Dead hits shelves on July 12, 2022, but you can read the first two chapters now! […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in June 2022, featuring new books from Ellen Datlow, Riley Sager, Eric LaRocca, Craig Laurance Gidney, and more! […]

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Bethany C. Morrow’s thrilling novel of race and social status is a cerebral, gripping narrative of a very dark friendship. […]

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The founder of the HOWL Society and editor of Howls From the Dark Ages talks about creating an anthology out of a community of horror enthusiasts. […]

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Haunted houses tend to get all the glory, but any structure (or even object) can hold a spirit. These seven hauntings take us beyond the home. […]

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Fresh off her Stoker Award win for Best First Novel, Hailey Piper shares an exclusive scene that was cut from Queen of Teeth. […]

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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. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in May 2022, featuring new books from Tade Thompson, Hailey Piper, John Langan, KC Jones, Anne Heltzel, and more! […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in April 2022, featuring new books from Alma Katsu, Jennifer McMahon, Premee Mohamed, and more! […]

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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. […]

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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! […]

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India Hill Brown talks The Girl in the Lake, writing historical horror for middle grade and young adult audiences, and more! […]

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Download a free sneak peek of HEX author Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s highly anticipated novel Echo from your favorite retailer. […]

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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. […]

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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! […]

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Kim Newman’s vampire supergroup of a novel is still wildly influential thirty years later–and makes a perfect gateway into the gothic. […]

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Road of Bones author Christopher Golden picks 13 essential works of isolation horror, from foundational frights to modern terrors. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in March 2022, featuring new books from Catriona Ward, Matthew Lyons, Ally Wilkes, Ramsey Campbell, and more! […]

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Konrad Stump, co-chair of the Horror Writers Association’s Library Committee, introduces the 2022 edition of the Summer Scares program! […]

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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! […]

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Dead Silence author S.A. Barnes on the ghost ships (both fictional and all-too-real) that haunt her nightmares, from the Event Horizon to the Lyubov Orlova. […]

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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. […]

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Check out the scariest new horror books out in February 2022, featuring new books from Sara Gran, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Gretchen Felker-Martin, and more! […]

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