5 Perfect Readalikes for Your Favorite Horror Movie Subgenres

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. […]

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June 15, 2022 Books, On Screen

Earthly Terrors: 9 International Novels of Translated Horror

Earthly Terrors: 9 International Novels of Translated Horror

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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June 13, 2022 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: June 2022

This Month in New Horror Books: June 2022

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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June 1, 2022 Books

The HOWL Society and the New Way to Publish an Anthology

The HOWL Society and the New Way to Publish an Anthology

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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May 25, 2022 Books

7 Books Featuring Hauntings That Don’t Require Houses

7 Books Featuring Hauntings That Don’t Require Houses

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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May 23, 2022 Books

Yaya Betancourt Dreams of Teeth (or, How to Kill a Toothy Darling)

Yaya Betancourt Dreams of Teeth (or, How to Kill a Toothy Darling)

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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May 18, 2022 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: May 2022

This Month in New Horror Books: May 2022

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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May 2, 2022 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: April 2022

This Month in New Horror Books: April 2022

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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April 1, 2022 Books

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. […]

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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! […]

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March 28, 2022 Books, News

The Ghosts of Segregation: Interviewing India Hill Brown

The Ghosts of Segregation: Interviewing India Hill Brown

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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March 22, 2022 Books

Download a Free Digital Preview of Anne Heltzel’s Just Like Mother

Download a Free Digital Preview of Anne Heltzel’s Just Like Mother

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

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March 21, 2022 Books, News

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! […]

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March 8, 2022 Books, News

Only the Lonely: 13 Classic Works of Isolation Horror

Only the Lonely: 13 Classic Works of Isolation Horror

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

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March 3, 2022 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: March 2022

This Month in New Horror Books: March 2022

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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March 1, 2022 Books

Summer Scares 2022, Coming Soon to a Haunted Library Near You

Summer Scares 2022, Coming Soon to a Haunted Library Near You

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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February 16, 2022 News

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! […]

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February 10, 2022 Books

Adrift & Alone: The Five Ghost Ships That Haunt Me

Adrift & Alone: The Five Ghost Ships That Haunt Me

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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February 9, 2022 Books, On Screen

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. […]

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February 8, 2022 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: February 2022

This Month in New Horror Books: February 2022

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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February 1, 2022 Books

7 Killer Horror Books About Murderous Animals

7 Killer Horror Books About Murderous Animals

Seven terrifying horror books about animals that want you dead, giving “nature red in tooth and claw” an all-too-fresh meaning. […]

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January 31, 2022 Books

Tales From the Backlist: Sara Gran’s Come Closer is Waiting For You

Tales From the Backlist: Sara Gran’s Come Closer is Waiting For You

Sara Gran’s 2003 novel Come Closer is still luring readers in nearly two decades later–Drew Broussard examines how the book weaves its propulsive spell. […]

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January 25, 2022 Books

Announcing The Scourge Between Stars, A New Novella from Ness Brown

Announcing The Scourge Between Stars, A New Novella from Ness Brown

Ness Brown’s The Scourge Between Stars, a tense, claustrophobic sci-fi/horror blend in the vein of Alien and Event Horizon, will be published by Nightfire in April 2023! […]

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January 19, 2022 Books, News

Scares Across America Part V: South Dakota to Washington D.C.

Scares Across America Part V: South Dakota to Washington D.C.

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

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January 18, 2022 Books

In Defense of Space Horror

In Defense of Space Horror

Dead Silence author S.A. Barnes explores how and why horror set in space works, contrary to what you may have heard on Twitter. […]

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January 12, 2022 Books, On Screen

This Month in New Horror Books: January 2022

This Month in New Horror Books: January 2022

Check out the scariest new horror books out in January 2022, featuring new books from V. Castro, Kristi DeMeester, Christopher Golden, and more! […]

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January 3, 2022 Books

Read the First Two Chapters of Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Read the First Two Chapters of Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

S.A. Barnes’ terrifying space horror novel Dead Silence hits shelves on Feb 8th, 2022, but you can read the first two chapters now! […]

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December 20, 2021 Books

Zoje Stage’s Escapist Adventure Getaway Thrills in Small Stretches

Zoje Stage’s Escapist Adventure Getaway Thrills in Small Stretches

Zoje Stage’s backpacking thriller Getaway explores the limits of escapism, especially when the need for escape becomes frighteningly literal. […]

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December 9, 2021 Books

The Gift of Fear: 2021’s Best Gifts for Horror Fans

The Gift of Fear: 2021’s Best Gifts for Horror Fans

If you need the perfect gift for the horror reader in your life, these 30+ 2021 horror books will guarantee you champion gift-giver status. […]

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December 6, 2021 Books, On Screen

This Month in New Horror Books: December 2021

This Month in New Horror Books: December 2021

Check out the scariest new horror books out in December 2021, featuring new books from Samantha Kolesnik, Alex White, Victoria Nelson, and more! […]

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December 1, 2021 Books

Scares Across America Part IV: New Mexico to South Carolina

Scares Across America Part IV: New Mexico to South Carolina

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

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November 22, 2021 Books

Escape Rooms: 6 Intense Closed-Circle Horror Books

Escape Rooms: 6 Intense Closed-Circle Horror Books

Six books that provide a great entry into the subgenre of closed-loop or closed-room horror, where events are confined to a finite space. […]

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November 18, 2021 Books

Announcing Tell Me I’m Worthless, A New Novel from Alison Rumfitt

Announcing Tell Me I’m Worthless, A New Novel from Alison Rumfitt

Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless–an unflinching haunted house novel about fascism and the modern day trans experience–will be published by Nightfire in January 2023! […]

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November 17, 2021 Books, News

All the Horror Books We’re Excited About in 2022

All the Horror Books We’re Excited About in 2022

Get your TBR list ready: we’ve rounded up all of 2022’s new horror books from Paul Tremblay, Alma Katsu, Gabino Iglesias, Sara Gran, Cassandra Khaw, and many more! […]

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November 15, 2021 Books

Announcing The Salt Grows Heavy, A New Novella from Cassandra Khaw

Announcing The Salt Grows Heavy, A New Novella from Cassandra Khaw

Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy – a sharp, hungry mermaid tale full of creeping dread and delicious gore – will be published by Nightfire in May 2023! […]

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November 10, 2021 Books, News