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Welcome Back to Skillute, WA: S.P. Miskowski’s The Best of Both Worlds
Welcome Back to Skillute, WA: S.P. Miskowski’s The Best of Both Worlds
With The Best of Both Worlds, S.P. Miskowski introduces us to more residents of her fictional Pacific Northwest town, where nothing is what it seems. […]
November 24, 2020 Books
Short Sharp Shocks: 6 Horror Short Story Collections for Longer Nights
Short Sharp Shocks: 6 Horror Short Story Collections for Longer Nights
2020 has been a banner year for short-form horror fiction – here are six of the best horror short story collections and anthologies to dive into right now. […]
November 20, 2020 Books
Tales From the Backlist: In The Beast of Vaccarès, the Spirit of a Lonely Place
Tales From the Backlist: In The Beast of Vaccarès, the Spirit of a Lonely Place
Jóusè d’Arbaud’s 1926 novella, now translated into English for the first time, is a classic of Provençal literature & a must-read for fans of Arthur Machen. […]
November 12, 2020 Books
Announcing The Dead Take the A Train, a New Novel from Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw
Announcing The Dead Take the A Train, a New Novel from Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw
Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw’s The Dead Take the A Train, about a freelance psychic operative tracking an ever-morphing supernatural serial killer in New York City, will be published by Nightfire in Summer 2022! […]
November 10, 2020 Books, News
When a Period is More Than Punctuation: Menstruation in Horror Fiction
When a Period is More Than Punctuation: Menstruation in Horror Fiction
The Unsuitable author Molly Pohlig examines menstruation as a turning point in her own novel, as well as Stephen King’s Carrie & Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love. […]
October 30, 2020 Books
Gabino Iglesias on the Three Books That Made Him a Horror Fan
Gabino Iglesias on the Three Books That Made Him a Horror Fan
As part of our Come Join Us By The Fire author essay series, “The Song of the Lady Rose” author Gabino Iglesias writes about Lovecraft, Laymon, and Quiroga. […]
October 30, 2020 Books
Tales From the Backlist: From the Dust Returned is Ray Bradbury’s Underappreciated Masterpiece
Tales From the Backlist: From the Dust Returned is Ray Bradbury’s Underappreciated Masterpiece
From the Dust Returned is in many ways a culmination of Ray Bradbury’s entire body of work, at once creepy and comforting. […]
October 28, 2020 Books
Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire Injects New Life into the Undead
Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire Injects New Life into the Undead
Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire, edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz, is a collection of vampire short stories as diverse as the African diaspora itself. […]
October 26, 2020 Books
Tales From the Backlist: Roger Zelazny Wrote the Best Halloween Novel You’ve Never Read
Tales From the Backlist: Roger Zelazny Wrote the Best Halloween Novel You’ve Never Read
A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny’s final novel, is a wild, funny, spooky celebration of the Halloween season. […]
October 13, 2020 Books
Stephen Graham Jones’ Night of the Mannequins is a Supernatural Slasher Delight
Stephen Graham Jones’ Night of the Mannequins is a Supernatural Slasher Delight
Stephen Graham Jones’ newest novella, Night of the Mannequins, is equal parts slasher, creature feature, and coming-of-age story – read our full review! […]
October 6, 2020 Books
Tales From the Backlist: The Problem with T.E.D. Klein’s The Ceremonies
Tales From the Backlist: The Problem with T.E.D. Klein’s The Ceremonies
T.E.D. Klein’s influential 1984 novel is revered by authors and readers alike – but one narrative choice lays bare much of what was wrong with ’80s horror. […]
September 22, 2020 Books
What to Read Next Based on Your Favorite Stephen King Novel
What to Read Next Based on Your Favorite Stephen King Novel
Once you’ve leveled up in Stephen King’s indelible horror fiction backlist, expand your horizons with these readalikes based on your favorite King novel! […]
September 21, 2020 Books
Six Horror Books About the Nastier Side of Suburbia
Six Horror Books About the Nastier Side of Suburbia
sample heading We’re all familiar with the suburbs in horror. They’re a place of white picket fences, of idyllic surroundings, of neighbors who love each other. They tend to be […]
September 14, 2020 Books
Announcing The Last House on Needless Street, a New Novel from Catriona Ward
Announcing The Last House on Needless Street, a New Novel from Catriona Ward
Catriona Ward’s The Last House on Needless Street, a thriller with a horrifying psychological twist, will be published by Nightfire in September 2021! […]
September 11, 2020 Books, News
