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Travel Hell: 6 International Horror Books to Take You Around the World - 83

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

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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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Nightfire Writer Picks: What to Read in Self-Isolation

Posted on March 25, 2020 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Recommendations from Nightfire writers for what to read while you’re self-isolating. […]

March 25, 2020 Books

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String Pullers: 6 Books Featuring Creepy Dolls and Puppets

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

Six novels and short story collections featuring creepy dolls and puppets, from anatomical dummies to life-sized Grand Guignol puppetry. […]

March 24, 2020 Books

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Nightfire Staff Picks: What to Read in Self-Isolation

Posted on March 18, 2020 (January 4, 2024) by Emily Hughes

Recommendations from Nightfire staffers for what to read (and watch) while you’re self-isolating. […]

March 18, 2020 Books, On Screen

9 Tales of Tentacle-Free Cosmic and Existential Horror

Posted on March 9, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

Nine books, stories, and illustrated works of non-Lovecraftian cosmic and existential horror, and nary an Elder God in sight. […]

March 9, 2020 Books

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6 Creepy Books About Time Loops and Time Travel

Posted on March 2, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

These sci-fi and horror novels about time loops, time travel, and other forms of time manipulation will have you checking your watch nervously. […]

March 2, 2020 Books

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Buyer’s Market: 5 Creepy Small Towns to Avoid

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

There’s nothing like the horror of a small town where everyone – human or otherwise – knows your name. Here are 5 small towns we’ll skip on our next trip. […]

February 27, 2020 Books

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Horrifying History: 6 Nonfiction Stories Behind the Scares

Posted on February 14, 2020 (January 3, 2024) by Carrie Laben

The best horror stories have a kernel of truth – we’ve paired 6 nonfiction historical books with 6 horror novels to illustrate these horrifying histories. […]

February 14, 2020 Books

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Our Bodies, Our Scares: 7 Intimate Works of Body Horror

Posted on February 10, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

There’s no horror more inescapable or universal than body horror – here are seven of our favorite body horror stories and novels. […]

February 10, 2020 Books

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9 Female Horror Authors You Should Read This Women in Horror Month

Posted on February 7, 2020 (January 9, 2024) by Gwendolyn Kiste

Gwendolyn Kiste, author of The Rust Maidens, on nine truly terrifying women authors you should be reading during Women in Horror Month – and all year round. […]

February 7, 2020 Books

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My Bloody Valentine: 4 Novels That Mix Love and Horror

Posted on February 6, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Nicole Hill

Love hurts, sucks, and sometimes kills in these four horror novels about the dangers of romance, perfect for lovers and troubled hearts alike. […]

February 6, 2020 Books

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Scary Tales: Seven Dark Fairy Tale Retellings

Posted on January 31, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

The fairy tales we tell children are often full of death & suffering – in these seven collections & novels, those stories get a decidedly darker treatment. […]

January 31, 2020 Books

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War is Hell: 8 Military Horror Books

Posted on January 23, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Emily Hughes

sample heading When I left a screening of Sam Mendes’s World War I epic 1917 last week, I found myself thinking that, more than anything else, he’d made a horror Read More » […]

January 23, 2020 Books

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The Kids Are Not All Right: Brian Evenson on Making Monstrous Children

Posted on January 15, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Brian Evenson

Author Brian Evenson lists ten of the creepiest children in horror, from Shirley Jackson and Stephen King to Josh Malerman and Zoje Stage. […]

January 15, 2020 Books

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Six Works of Meta-Horror That Break All the Rules

Posted on January 10, 2020 (January 5, 2024) by Sam Reader

Horror is one of those genres that loves to comment on itself and its tropes – here are six works of meta-horror that break the rules and the fourth wall. […]

January 10, 2020 Books

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5 Horror Books That Are All About Family

Posted on December 20, 2019 (January 5, 2024) by Nicole Hill

Family is central to the holidays, but not all families are happy ones – read on for five tales of familial terror. […]

December 20, 2019 Books

Lifting the Black Rock: 5 Great Dark Reads

Posted on December 17, 2019 (January 9, 2024) by Theresa DeLucci

These five works of dark fiction from Han Kang, Brian Evenson, Helen Oyeyemi, and others, will engross, enchant, and horrify. […]

December 17, 2019 Books

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5 YA Horror Books That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

Posted on November 22, 2019 (January 5, 2024) by Ariana Carpentieri

Featuring fantasy worlds, folklore, murders, monsters, and the undead, these YA horror books are sure to chill and delight readers of all ages. […]

November 22, 2019 Books

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5 Horror Reads for Fall

Posted on November 20, 2019 (January 5, 2024) by Theresa DeLucci

November is still autumn, and autumn is still the perfect time for horror. Get into it with these five horror books. […]

November 20, 2019 Books

3 Terrifying Tales of Lycanthropy

Posted on November 15, 2019 (December 17, 2019) by Emily Hughes

Read these werewolf horror books by the light of the full moon – if you dare. […]

November 15, 2019 Books

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Five Post-Halloween Horror Reads

Posted on November 11, 2019 (January 5, 2024) by Theresa DeLucci

sample heading Halloween is over, but there’s still plenty of time to reach for a creepy read! Whether your taste runs to the psychological, the spectral, the gothic, or the Read More » […]

November 11, 2019 Books