Ginger Nuts of Horror has been reviewing horror books for 18 years. Here you will find reviews of new horror novels, novellas and short story collections, from small indie presses to the big imprints, across folk horror, gothic, cosmic, psychological horror and everything in between. Every review is free, independent and honest.
Katherine Daniel’s debut is an Appalachian horror novel about two estranged siblings, a roadside store and a creature that feeds on guilty hearts. This When the Night Comes Knocking review explains why the siege horror novel earns four and a half stars, and why fans of books like The Mist should lock the doors and read it.
Djuna’s Memoir of a Joseon Bride gathers vampires, zombies, robots and online film fans into one genre-bending book of Korean speculative fiction. Natalie Wall finds a translated short story collection that is inventive, unsettling and keen to take risks, even when a few stories tease the mind more than they move the heart.
Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi’s Unearthed sends nineteen writers into tombs, temples and stone circles, and the best of them find that the dig is the scary part. Slatter, Castro and Jiang lead a Titan Books anthology about who owns the past, held back from full marks by one story that needed a content note.
