A Plagued Sea by Kim Bo-young: The Korean Lovecraft Retelling That Grieves
Kim Bo-young takes Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth and relocates it to a quarantined Korean fishing village in A Plagued Sea, her first horror novella in English.... Read more.
The Minimalist by Kailee Pedersen – A Masterclass in Artistic Horror
Kailee Pedersen's The Minimalist is a gruelling, unflinching psychological horror novel about a composer's descent into madness. Published by St. Martin's Press,... Read more.
The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty: A Hungrier Haunted House
Tor Nightfire's August 2026 debut from Max Doty reinvents the haunted house novel with no ghost at all, only a property that eats the dead and unmakes the record... Read more.
Dreamland by Olivie Blake: A Hollywood Gothic That Bites Back
Olivie Blake's Dreamland sends an aspiring actress into a cursed Hollywood dynasty during a Los Angeles summer of murders and Santa Ana winds. A formally daring... Read more.
The Residency by C.D. Major -A Gothic Suspense Review
C.D. Major's The Residency is a gothic suspense novel that builds dread with patient, deliberate precision. Set on a remote Scottish island, it follows single mother... Read more.
Driven by Mason Coile: The Horror of The Self-Driving Car
Mason Coile's Driven is a self-driving car horror novel that inverts every AI horror trope of the last three years: the machine does not wake up, the man goes to... Read more.
Saint Delilah by Isabelle Spotts, A Ghost Story With Teeth.
Isabelle Spotts's Saint Delilah is a ghost story that refuses to be gentle. This feminist supernatural suspense novel follows Delilah, a murdered nineteen-year-old... Read more.
The Séance Garden Review: Juliet Blackwell’s Haunting New Novel
Juliet Blackwell's The Séance Garden is a paranormal mystery that builds its horror through accumulated unease rather than cheap shocks. Set in Monterey and centred... Read more.
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.