Will Ludwigsen takes Bud Castillo from Innsmouth to the Mekong Delta in A Scout is Loyal, his Lethe Press sequel to A Scout is Brave. In this Will Ludwigsen interview he talks Lovecraftian horror, Swift Boats, the writing advice he ignored and the childhood story that cracked his head open.
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Why Casino Fans Must Consider Live Roulette
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Hope Is a Weapon: Jonathan Maberry on Ghosts of the Void
Jonathan Maberry talks about Ghosts of the Void, the finale of his NecroTek trilogy, and why he treats the Cthulhu Mythos as a shared folklore. He covers the Mi-Go, ghost pilots, Weird Tales and the hope that drives his cosmic horror science fiction.
With Blood Upon His Teeth by Adam McOmber Review: The House That Hunger Built
Adam McOmber sends a disgraced Manchester tutor to a shifting Cornish manor in this queer vampire novel, and the result is a tender, frightening gothic. Our review weighs the vampire romance, the haunted house and the red maze of the final act. A Lethe Press horror release that earns four and a half stars.
A Women in Horror Anthology Built to Stop the Forgetting
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 2027: Bluebeard, Zombie Wives and Five More Dark Books
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.
The Nice Ones (2026) Review: When Kindness Becomes the Invasion
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 on Savage Lake: The Lake That Swallows Secrets
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.
Pinfeathers by Christina Henry Review: A Mother’s Fear Grows Quills
Christina Henry’s Pinfeathers is a maternal body horror novel about a baby who starts to grow feathers and a mother who decides to hide her. Fierce, funny and full of dread, this Christina Henry new novel stumbles only with its thin villains and late answers. Here is our body horror book review.
A Cold Season Review: Blood on the Snow and a Santa in Shades
Christian Jude Grillo’s A Cold Season puts a lonely man in a snowbound Pennsylvania town and a Santa in sunglasses inside his head. This Christmas psychological horror from Intruder Films leans on Andrew Hunsicker’s quiet lead and a real winter, even if the world around him stays thin.

