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.
House of Wyrd by Maura McHugh: A Tarot-Infused Occult Horror That Walks the Path
Maura McHugh's House of Wyrd is an occult horror novella that uses the Tarot's Major Arcana as both structure and sacrament. When art provocateur Aly Wyrd vanishes... Read more.
Enter Vengeance by Weldon Burge: A Fury Works a Murder Case
Weldon Burge's Enter Vengeance is a paranormal police procedural that starts as a locked-room mystery and slides into supernatural dread. A guilt-ridden detective... Read more.
The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: A Conversation with Miranda Smith
In this interview, Miranda Smith reveals how Scary Movie Night blends Hitchcock homage and domestic suspense into a one-night locked-room thriller. A former scream... Read more.