The Nest by Kenneth Oppel Review: When Wasps Promise Salvation
“A dark teenage family drama for children which bleeds into an unsettling dream world”... Read more.
Ginger Fiends
Ginger Fiends – The Fearless Fundraisers Who Saved Ginger Nuts of Horror (And Got a Little Crumb‑faced Doing It) You did it, you beautiful, butter‑crumbed... Read more.
Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir: Icelandic Horror at Its Most Ferocious
The feminist horror thriller Reykjavík is built on blood and friendship. Two women in Reykjavík. One black cat. One abusive man who doesn’t understand what... Read more.
Trad Wife by Sarah Langan: A Feminist Horror Novel for 2026
Read the full review to find out why Trad Wife is Sarah Langan's best work to date, how it sits within the current wave of literary horror, and why its central argument... Read more.
Hildur Knútsdóttir: Dead Weight, Icelandic Horror & The Art of Feminine Rage
Hildur Knútsdóttir's Dead Weight is a slow-burning psychological thriller that anchors its horror in the realest threat of all—the violence women face from those... Read more.
The “Phantom Variable” Incident: The Story of the Slot Machine that Hunted Players in 2004
The “Phantom Variable” Incident: The Story of the Slot Machine that Hunted Players in 2004 Playing casino games and betting on sports have been popular... Read more.
Georgia Summers’ Trollheim: Nordic Folk Horror Done Right
Georgia Summers' Trollheim: Tale of Sýstir announces itself in its opening pages as something different from the usual Nordic-flavoured fantasy. This is folk horror... Read more.
Antony J Stanton on Horror That Shapes a Writer
What shapes a horror writer? Antony J Stanton credits The Devil Rides Out, a ghostly TV film from 1982, and a healthy obsession with Dracula. He also names Between... Read more.
Ronald Malfi’s The Hive Review: A 750-Page Nightmare of Conformity and Cosmic Dread
You know the feeling of coming home to find everything slightly wrong. The couch pulled three inches left. A photograph tilted. Nothing you can name, but your body... Read more.
A Parade of Horribles Review: Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 8
Horror that fights back. The abyss flinches.... Read more.