In Romanian folklore, St Andrew’s Eve is the night the strigoi begin to walk. Corben Vale, author of the Carpathian Chronicles and The Village of the Hanged, looks at the garlic, the unnamed wolf and the oldest defence in Carpathian folk horror: keep telling stories until dawn.
Jim McLeod
Nordic Nightmares Review: Margrét Helgadóttir’s Terrifying Winter of Fear
Margrét Helgadóttir’s Nordic Nightmares carries twenty horror stories from seven nations into English. Not every one lands, but the best of this Nordic horror anthology rank among the year’s finest translated horror fiction.
How 90s Horror Hooked Kevin Johnson, Author of ‘Twas the Night
Before he wrote ‘Twas the Night, Kevin Johnson was a 90s kid with a bookcase full of Goosebumps. In this guest post he traces how Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The X-Files and the horror aisle at Blockbuster Video got him hooked. His Christmas horror novel is out now from William Morrow.
Doing Too Much: Samantha Josephs on Carrying
Samantha Josephs talks to Ginger Nuts of Horror about Carrying, her trans body horror debut about a stealth trans woman and an impossible pregnancy. She covers drag timing, erotica, TikTok cures and why this pregnancy horror novel was never meant to be tamed.
Twisted Pike by David Barnett Review: Withered Hill Comes Full Circle
My Twisted Pike review: David Barnett sends a small film crew into Withered Hill and ties his whole folk horror world together. A sly, cruel and beautifully paced British folk horror novel from Canelo, and the finest of the four.
The Cracks by T.H. Huddleston Review: Punk Rock Versus the Stately Home
In this haunted house novel, T.H. Huddleston sends a widowed, broke chef to stay at a crumbling stately home that wants her below stairs, and turns class horror up to punk volume. Read The Cracks review to see why this Gothic horror novel earns five stars.
Hobbe’s Folly by Adam Macqueen Review: The Brick Box You Must Never Open
Adam Macqueen’s Hobbe’s Folly sends a prim Edwardian bookseller and a modern council officer to the same bricked-up window, a century apart. This Hobbe’s Folly review explains why the Swift Press novel is the occult horror novel and Edwardian ghost story to read this autumn.
Portal Cover Reveal: K.M. Walton’s Pennsylvania Ghost Story
K.M. Walton moves from the bullying novels that made her name to the dead with Portal, a young adult ghost story set in an old stone house in Chester County. We have the cover, plus the story, the author and the publisher behind this paranormal YA from Our Street Books.
Mathilda Zeller on It Looks Like You in the Dark: Borrowed Faces
Mathilda Zeller grows her Never Whistle at Night story into It Looks Like You in the Dark, an Indigenous horror novel from Tor Nightfire. She talks about the kushtuka legend, the Inupiaq folklore her grandfather shared with her, and the Arctic mining that shaped her family. She also explains why deep water scares her more than the Alaskan dark.
Zombie Bike Parade: Davis Gives the Undead Wheels
The Zombie Bike Parade Festival rides through Davis, California, on Halloween Day 2026, a short hop from where the first zombie walk shuffled out in 2001. This feature traces how a failed Guinness bid became a free Halloween festival that has funded 42 adaptive trikes through NorCal Trykers, and why the zombie, of all monsters, belongs on a bike.

