Splasher by Billie Host: A Chlorine-Soaked Supernatural Slasher
My review of Splasher by Billie Host, the 2006-set supernatural slasher where a haunted university pool picks off a swim team one accident at a time. Queer horror,... Read more.
A Date with Death by Kelly Creagh: A Reaper Worth the Risk
Kelly Creagh's A Date with Death is the rare paranormal romance that gives death a day job and a line manager. This grim reaper romance pairs a skeleton on the clock... Read more.
The Kids Are Alright: Horror Books for 11-12 Year Olds, Part 2
The 100 Book Challenge has driven library borrowing to record levels, with horror emerging as the most popular genre among Year 7 pupils. In this second part of... Read more.
The Haunting of Old Splinter by Jack Mackay: A Wish Best Left Unmade
Jack Mackay follows his debut Gloam with The Haunting of Old Splinter, a middle grade horror that hands the old wishing claw legend to two comic-mad brothers on... Read more.
The Lamp in the Window by Tom Mead A Victorian Ghost Story
Every Christmas Eve, an old Victorian don lights a lamp and tells his students a ghost story. Decades later, one of them must face what those tales were really about.... Read more.
Jockula by Gayle Ramage: Scottish Vampire Horror with Bite and Laughs
Jack Rushton is a thirty-nine-year-old vampire who just wants to be left alone with his Radio 4 comedies and his unrequited crush. Instead, he's been blackmailed... Read more.
The Turn by Rachel Feder: A Contemporary Gothic Review
Rachel Feder's The Turn is a contemporary Gothic novella that reimagines the classic governess narrative for the pandemic era. This unsettling literary horror explores... Read more.
Scary Movie Night by Miranda Smith: Meta-Slasher Locked-Room Thriller
Miranda Smith's Scary Movie Night drops a woman into a costume party full of friends dressed as movie killers, then locks the doors. My horror book review digs into... Read more.
Until We Drown by Ava Morwood Review: A slippery dreamlike psychological thriller
Ava Morwood's Until We Drown is a psychological horror novel that burrows into the cracks of a fractured marriage and finds something ancient waiting there. Steeped... Read more.
Wolf Magick by Paula Cappa: A Gothic Dark Fantasy of Shapeshifting and Celtic Folklore
Paula Cappa's Wolf Magick is a Gothic dark fantasy that blends supernatural romance with shapeshifting horror and Celtic folklore. Marc Sexton has spent his life... Read more.