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In Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw Creates a Modern Mythology
In Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw Creates a Modern Mythology
Breakable Things, the new short story collection by Cassandra Khaw, is a book of modern myths–not in the sense that it updates older tales for the modern day, but in […]
November 28, 2022 Books
The Haunting of Camp Winter Falcon is Full of Sharp Teeth and Sharper Truths
The Haunting of Camp Winter Falcon is Full of Sharp Teeth and Sharper Truths
The Haunting of Camp Winter Falcon, a surreal cosmic horror story about an experimental treatment program for traumatized vets, is the most disturbing thing Jonathan Raab has written – and the best. […]
November 4, 2022 Books
Bethany C. Morrow’s Thriller Cherish Farrah Gets Behind the Mask of Race and Class
Bethany C. Morrow’s Thriller Cherish Farrah Gets Behind the Mask of Race and Class
Bethany C. Morrow’s thrilling novel of race and social status is a cerebral, gripping narrative of a very dark friendship. […]
May 31, 2022 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. […]
December 9, 2021 Books
Ellen Datlow’s Body Shocks Will Make You Uncomfortable in Your Own Skin
Ellen Datlow’s Body Shocks Will Make You Uncomfortable in Your Own Skin
Body Shocks, edited by Ellen Datlow, contains 29 skin-crawling tales of body horror from Carmen Maria Machado, Brian Evenson, Alyssa Wong, and many more. […]
October 19, 2021 Books
Old Ghosts and New Traumas Stalk Stuart Neville’s House of Ashes
Old Ghosts and New Traumas Stalk Stuart Neville’s House of Ashes
In The House of Ashes, Stuart Neville’s first standalone novel in almost a decade, the greatest gift that one woman can offer another is to believe her. […]
October 18, 2021 Books
Revelator Captures the Horror of Men, Monsters, and the Women Caught In Between
Revelator Captures the Horror of Men, Monsters, and the Women Caught In Between
Daryl Gregory’s unnerving Southern Gothic novel Revelator is a beautiful, disquieting work of folk horror about the evil that men do. […]
August 31, 2021 Books
Red X is a Relentless Urban Nightmare Full of Heart and Righteous Fury
Red X is a Relentless Urban Nightmare Full of Heart and Righteous Fury
David Demchuk’s Red X traces a series of murders in Toronto’s Gay Village that span centuries, perpetrated and aided by forces both supernatural and mundane. […]
August 30, 2021 Books
Hailey Piper’s Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy is an Eclectic, Absorbing Short Story Collection
Hailey Piper’s Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy is an Eclectic, Absorbing Short Story Collection
Hailey Piper showcases her versatility and talent across eighteen lively, dark stories in Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy. […]
August 25, 2021 Books
Megan Abbott’s The Turnout Stars Ballerina Sisters in a Horrifying Dance of Sex and Death
Megan Abbott’s The Turnout Stars Ballerina Sisters in a Horrifying Dance of Sex and Death
Megan Abbott’s latest novel, The Turnout, set at a ballet academy run by polar-opposite sisters, doesn’t shy away from the gruesome truths and secrets between women. […]
August 23, 2021 Books
The Book of Accidents Cements Chuck Wendig’s Status as a Master of Horror
The Book of Accidents Cements Chuck Wendig’s Status as a Master of Horror
This book has two fucking prologues. Two. You may just want to stand back a few feet from this review, because it might get a little cussy and I tend […]
July 20, 2021 Books
Fried Barry is a Psychedelic Horror-Comedy Alien Sojourn Through Cape Town
Fried Barry is a Psychedelic Horror-Comedy Alien Sojourn Through Cape Town
Fried Barry is a bizarre, fun, weirdly optimistic tour of Cape Town’s underworld through the eyes of an interstellar visitor. […]
June 16, 2021 On Screen
Isabel Yap’s Never Have I Ever Strikes at the Heart of Folkloric Horror
Isabel Yap’s Never Have I Ever Strikes at the Heart of Folkloric Horror
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
The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions
The Science of Women in Horror Brilliantly Dissects Horror Movie Tropes and Traditions
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 Route of Ice and Salt is a Vampire Classic Back From the Dead
The Route of Ice and Salt is a Vampire Classic Back From the Dead
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
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
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
Lovecraft Country Serves Up a Season of Multifaceted Horror
Lovecraft Country Serves Up a Season of Multifaceted Horror
The first season of Misha Green’s adaptation of Matt Ruff’s novel is a mixed bag, with stunning performances and storytelling stumbles – read our review. […]
November 9, 2020 On Screen
