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.
The crone has been part of horror since long before cinema existed, from Baba Yaga’s hut on chicken legs to the witch under the oven in Hansel and Gretel. This feature traces her through the European witch trials, hagsploitation cinema and films like Relic and She Will, and lands on Keith Rosson’s new novel Crone.
Phil Keeling’s debut horror short story collection moves from the fall of Babel to a low country monster hunt and a wounded angel in a root cellar. Our Be Not Afraid review finds religious horror with teeth, dark humour and Southern weird fiction at its sharpest. This is a self-published horror book that earns every one of its five stars.
Hervé Commère’s YA thriller comes as twenty-one sealed letters, one to tear open each day, as a young man in London races to save the sister who vanished ten years ago. This 21 Days of Fear review looks at how the advent calendar format turns waiting itself into fear. A five star epistolary thriller built for December.
Jennifer Thorne’s werewolf horror novel sends a grieving carer into an empty country mansion for a weekend of trespass, and the owners come home hungry. My Newbourne Park review looks at the siege, the seduction that follows, and why this class horror novel is the best thing the Diavola author has written.
Yuvashri Harish’s YA horror novel sends a dutiful Tamil babysitter into a Halloween night overrun by classic monsters and a vengeful dead author. This Kill Your Darlings review finds a YA horror debut for 2026 with sharp things to say about racism and people-pleasing. The middle drags, but the bite is real.
Michael Mulvihill’s Rot Land drags the reader into Rathgar, a town where every resident carries their own strain of decay. This Rot Land review looks at how the novel turns crime, social media and entitlement into political horror with a wicked sense of humour. Our verdict: a hidden gem of a horror novel.
Tatiana Schlote-Bonne’s What Feeds Below is a YA horror fantasy that descends into the Void and refuses to let you back up for air. Cave horror, fungal body horror, and a devastating friendship story combine into something genuinely new. Our full review explores what makes this one of 2026’s essential horror reads.
