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This Month in New Horror Books: June 2021

Posted on June 1, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in June 2021, featuring new books from V. Castro, Ramsey Campbell, Laura Lippman, Riley Sager, and more! […]

June 1, 2021 Books

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Real-Life Horror: 5 Fictional Horror Books Based on True Crime Stories

Posted on May 27, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Gwendolyn Kiste

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

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V. Castro on the Vision, Voice, and Authenticity of Chicana Horror

Posted on May 19, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by V. Castro

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

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The Entropy That Binds: Nick Harkaway on Magic and Darkness in Crime Fiction

Posted on May 11, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Nick Harkaway

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

Aztec Relief with Butterfly Motif, 15th–early 16th century Metropolitan Museum of Art

Announcing Piñata, a New Novel from Leopoldo Gout

Posted on May 11, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Leopoldo Gout’s Piñata, a terrifying new novel about possession and the long repercussions of the past, will be published by Nightfire in April 2022! […]

May 11, 2021 Books, News

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Get Lost: Fictional and True Stories of Forest Horror

Posted on May 10, 2021 (January 9, 2024) by Ally Russell

Take a hike into horror with these documentaries, podcasts, movies, and books about getting lost in the woods–forever. […]

May 10, 2021 Books, On Screen

White Picket Fences Make for Bad Neighbors in Whisper Down the Lane

Posted on May 5, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Lauren Jackson

Clay McLeod Chapman’s Whisper Down the Lane is a chilling tale of hysteria, groupthink, and the cycles of behavior we can never quite escape. […]

May 5, 2021 Books

Huaxtec female deity, Tlazolteotl [British Museum]

V. Castro’s Goddess of Filth is a Tale of Possession Gone Right

Posted on May 4, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Gabino Iglesias

Colonialism, faith, heritage, sexuality, and agency intersect (often brutally) in V. Castro’s new short novel, Goddess of Filth. […]

May 4, 2021 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: May 2021

Posted on May 3, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in May 2021, featuring new books from Rivers Solomon, Hailey Piper, Josh Malerman, and more! […]

May 3, 2021 Books

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Jobs From Hell: Five Works Of Horror About The Horror Of Work

Posted on April 30, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Carrie Laben

Five horror books about jobs that just might kill you. Labor is entitled to all it produces, but sometimes, labor might say “nah, I’m good.” […]

April 30, 2021 Books

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Scares Across America Part II: Hawaii to Maryland

Posted on April 28, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Nicole Hill

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

April 28, 2021 Books

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Still Scary After All These Years: A History of Tor Horror

Posted on April 22, 2021 (January 3, 2024) by Constance Cochran

Nightfire isn’t Tom Doherty Associates’ first dance with darkness: Tor has been publishing horror since the 1980s. Take a look back through years of scares. […]

April 22, 2021 Books

No Escape Room (2018)

There’s No I in Succubus: Why Men Fall for Sexy Monsters

Posted on April 12, 2021 (January 9, 2024) by Juliet Bennett Rylah

From No Escape Room to Dracula to Buffy, men in horror are remarkably vulnerable to death by horniness. We unpack the deadly appeal of the female monster. […]

April 12, 2021 On Screen

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They Never Asked to Be Born: Seven Teenage Terrors

Posted on April 7, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

It’s hard being a teenager at the best of times, but at the worst, it’s downright horrifying. These seven books capture what a nightmare adolescence can be. […]

April 7, 2021 Books

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Isabel Yap’s Never Have I Ever Strikes at the Heart of Folkloric Horror

Posted on April 5, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Gabino Iglesias

Isabel Yap’s Never Have I Ever is an outstanding short fiction collection that occupies the space where horror, surrealism, and folklore overlap. […]

April 5, 2021 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: April 2021

Posted on April 1, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in April 2021, featuring new books from Clay McLeod Chapman, Emily A. Duncan, Jennifer McMahon,Christina Henry, and more. […]

April 1, 2021 Books

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Announcing Night’s Edge, a New Novel from Liz Kerin

Posted on March 30, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Catriona Ward’s The Last House on Needless Street, a thriller with a horrifying psychological twist, will be published by Nightfire in September 2021! […]

March 30, 2021 Books, News

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5 New Books From Old Favorite Authors Coming This Year

Posted on March 25, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

Yearning for new books from your favorite authors? Here are five books hitting shelves this year from Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, and more. […]

March 25, 2021 Books

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Read the First Chapter of The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

Posted on March 23, 2021 (December 21, 2023) by Emily Hughes

Camilla Sten’s The Lost Village is on sale now – read the first chapter and watch the book trailer here! […]

March 23, 2021 Books

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Eden Royce’s Root Magic is the Book I Needed Growing Up

Posted on March 22, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Tonia Ransom

Eden Royce’s middle grade novel is a triumph of storytelling, representation, and Black childhood – read our full review. […]

March 22, 2021 Books

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5 Witchy Horror Books to Bewitch Your Bookshelf

Posted on March 18, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Gwendolyn Kiste

Whether you’re a good witch or a bad witch, these five witchy horror books will leave you with only one conundrum: witch one to read next. […]

March 18, 2021 Books

Scares Across America Part I: Alabama to Georgia

Posted on March 11, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Nicole Hill

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

March 11, 2021 Books

6 Works of Horror Memoir True Enough to Be Terrifying

Posted on March 10, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

These six books look at the ways in which horror influences and is influenced by our culture, our history, and ourselves. […]

March 10, 2021 Books

Read the First Chapter of Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on March 8, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s vampire noir returns to shelves this fall in a brand new paperback edition from Nightfire – read the first chapter now! […]

March 8, 2021 Books

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She Frightened Me With Science: 6 Sci-Fi Horror Novels

Posted on March 4, 2021 (January 9, 2024) by Sam Reader

Science fiction is so often optimistic, but these six sci-fi horror novels explore the genre’s darker side, from deep space to Arctic wastes and beyond. […]

March 4, 2021 Books

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Faith, Trauma, and Memory in The Children of Red Peak

Posted on March 3, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Tonia Ransom

Craig DiLouie’s newest novel, The Children of Red Peak, is a cult horror story that digs deep into grief, survivor’s guilt, and the need for answers. […]

March 3, 2021 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: March 2021

Posted on March 1, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in March 2021, featuring new books from V. Castro, Stephen King, Premee Mohamed, Kevin Brockmeier, Jeffrey Ford, and more. […]

March 1, 2021 Books

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Mariana Enriquez’s Stories Echo with the Shrieks of Women

Posted on February 24, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Nicole Hill

In her short stories, Mariana Enriquez acts as a doula for the grotesque and ghoulish, ushering into the world visions of horrors enacted upon and by women. […]

February 24, 2021 Books

Toni Collette as Annie, Hereditary (2018)

The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions

Posted on February 23, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Sadie Hartmann

From final girls to femme fatales, The Science of Women in Horror is a great dissection of tropes and traditions in horror movies. […]

February 23, 2021 Books, On Screen

The Heartbeat of Horror: Interviewing Cassandra Khaw

Posted on February 22, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Aigner Loren Wilson

Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth and The All-Consuming World, talks about their horror influences, writing style, and new projects. […]

February 22, 2021 Books

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In Cynthia Pelayo’s Children of Chicago, A City’s Darkness Shines

Posted on February 10, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Gabino Iglesias

In Children of Chicago, Cynthia Pelayo has written a horrifying true crime fairy tale grounded in Chicago’s criminal past. […]

February 10, 2021 Books

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Interviewing Ellen Datlow, the Doyenne of Short Horror Fiction

Posted on February 9, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Tonia Ransom

We caught up with legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow about her storied career, current trends, and upcoming projects. […]

February 9, 2021 Books

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Becoming the Wolf: Rose Szabo on Monsters, Queerness, and Euphemism

Posted on February 2, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Rose Szabo

What Big Teeth author Rose Szabo writes about getting comfortable with ambiguity when it comes to horror, and when it comes to queerness. […]

February 2, 2021 Books

This Month in New Horror Books: February 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in February 2021, featuring new books from Cynthia Pelayo, Isabel Yap, Gemma Files, Ramsey Campbell, and more. […]

February 1, 2021 Books

Vincent Price in Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Color in Horror: The Grim Rainbow of American Gothic Fiction

Posted on January 26, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Chelsea Davis

How does a non-visual form of storytelling make a visual phenomenon both vibrant and disturbing? Chelsea Davis explores the use of color in horror fiction in this essay series. […]

January 26, 2021 Books, On Screen

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You Might Not Want to Go Home Again: 6 Tales of Homecoming Horror

Posted on January 20, 2021 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

VIsiting the place you grew up is rich fodder for horror stories – here are six horror books about the oddness of coming home. […]

January 20, 2021 Books

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The Route of Ice and Salt is a Vampire Classic Back From the Dead

Posted on January 20, 2021 (January 3, 2024) by Carrie Laben

José Luis Zárate’s queer Dracula novella, The Route of Ice and Salt, is available in English for the first time–here’s why you should read it. […]

January 20, 2021 Books

Announcing Nightfire’s First Season of Books, Coming This Fall

Posted on January 11, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Nightfire’s first season of books is coming to a shelf near you in Fall 2021 – learn more about these thrilling, chilling books and preorder now! […]

January 11, 2021 Books, News

This Month in New Horror Books: January 2021

Posted on January 5, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Check out the scariest new horror books out in January 2021, featuring new books from Josh Malerman, Eden Royce, Camilla Bruce, José Luis Zárate, and more. […]

January 5, 2021 Books

All the Horror Books We’re Excited About in 2021

Posted on January 4, 2021 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Get your TBR list ready: we’ve rounded up all of 2021’s new horror books from Stephen Graham Jones, Cassandra Khaw, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Brian Evenson, and more. […]

January 4, 2021 Books