Black Spot Books has opened submissions for The Year’s Best from Women in Horror, Volume 1, a reprint anthology edited by Lindy Ryan and Stephanie M. Wytovich with an introduction by Lisa Morton. We look at what the call asks for, why an annual archive of women horror writers matters, and how to … A Women in Horror Anthology Built to Stop the ForgettingRead more
Book Reviews
Honest, in-depth reviews of new horror novels, collections and novellas, from the big releases to the small presses and indie voices you won't find anywhere else.
Film Reviews
Reviews of new horror films in cinemas, on streaming and on the festival circuit, from the blockbusters to the micro-budget gems worth hunting down.
Interviews
Conversations with the writers and filmmakers shaping horror today: what drives their work, where the dread comes from, and the stories behind the stories.
Features
Long reads on why horror matters, from genre histories and deep dives into classics to our personal My Life in Horror, What's On Shudder essays and Fright Club lists.
The Young Blood Library
Round-ups, age-by-age reading lists and reviews written with young readers, for parents, teachers and librarians looking for the right scare.
Jo Salazar’s If We Survive the Night started out as The Dead Weight, released by the author herself, and arrives from Sourcebooks Fire in 2026. In this interview, the YA zombie writer talks about building a protagonist you follow but never trust, writing institutional damage without a diagnosis, and why Quinn will never get the redemption arc readers keep waiting for.
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Black Spot Books has opened submissions for The Year’s Best from Women in Horror, Volume 1, a reprint anthology edited by Lindy Ryan and Stephanie M. Wytovich with an introduction by Lisa Morton. We look at what the call asks for, why an annual archive of women horror writers matters, and how to submit work first published in 2026.
Daphne Press opens 2027 with seven new books, from Claire Schultz’s sapphic Bluebeard retelling Even Your Bones Would Do to Barbara Truelove’s zombie satire The Secret Lives of Zombie Wives. We look at the full list, from Susan Dennard’s island ghost mystery to Allison Saft’s Heartsgrove, and the fear that runs through it.
Charlotte Bond tests four shark movie reviews against one simple question: does the shark behave like a shark? Thrash is fine with low expectations, 47 Meters Down is tense and smart, and Shark Night is a lake house of crassness. Her Under Paris review crowns the French thriller as the pick of the shark horror films on streaming.
Peter Stylianou’s The Nice Ones turns the body snatcher story warm, as a weekend in the country goes wrong when everyone but Kate becomes unnervingly kind. This review of the psychological sci-fi horror finds a clever British indie film with a terrific Joelle Rae, held back only by an ending that stops too soon.
Nick Medina talks Savage Lake, his fourth novel, where a Tribal roadblock strands a mother and son at a cabin on Torchlight Lake. He explains why he left the Takoda books behind, how he took cryptid horror back to its roots in Native belief, and what readers wrongly expect from Indigenous horror.
Natalie Wall’s Mothersucker review finds Kim Bohyun’s Korean vampire novel using its monster to ask why a society might need one. Part horror crime procedural, part feminist horror novel, this piece of translated Korean horror from Dead Ink Books follows a grieving mother who hunts abusers across decades.
