Ande Pliego builds a locked room out of childhood fears, fairy-tale shadows, and the toxic residue of preserved secrets. The Daedalus Library will hold you hostage. The prose moves like a faulty elevator. You will not escape unchanged. This is how you face the thing that terrified you first.
BOOK REVIEWS
This Book Hates You 2.0 by David L. Tamarin Review: Extreme Horror Returns
This Book Hates You 2.0 is not a book to be read. It’s a contract signed in bad faith. David L. Tamarin’s transgressive fiction collection promises to assault your senses, and it faithfully delivers.
Peter Neal Lives in a Womb of Shadows
Peter Neal Lives in a Womb of Shadows The compound at the heart of this story doesn’t attack people physically in a traditional sense; it makes them feel safe, loved, and needed. What inspired this specific, insidious form of biological horror? I kept thinking about how the most dangerous things … Peter Neal Lives in a Womb of ShadowsRead more
Frostbite by Jill Palmer Review: A Gut-Punch of a Zombie Novel That Redefines Survival
Jill Palmer’s Frostbite is a masterclass in character-driven horror, proving the most terrifying apocalypse isn’t the monsters outside the gates but the inherited trauma found in a mother’s cold, calculating stare. It redefines survival as a brutal, hopeful act of choosing your own family.
Accumulation by Aimee Pokwatka Review: A Haunted House Novel That Knows the Real Horror Is Domesticity
Aimee Pokwatka’s ACCUMULATION writes domestic horror as ambient dread—the terror accumulates in the cracks of a woman’s attention, in the repetition of chores, the slow erosion of identity. This is a haunted house novel where the real ghost is everything she gave up.
Sarafina by Philip Fracassi Review: Where Civil War Brutality Meets Body Horror
“Sarafina weaponises hope, turning every sigh of relief into a prelude for something monstrous. Philip Fracassi proves he’s not just a horror writer; he’s a literary force who uses the Civil War as a backdrop for a terrifying meditation on survival, guilt, and the price of peace.”
Pixerina: A Haunting by Joanne Anderton Review – Suburban Gothic That Cracks Ordinary Walls
A house on a hill should feel safe. In Pixerina: A Haunting by Joanne Anderton, it does not. This suburban Gothic novella transforms familiar domestic spaces into something quietly sinister. The story follows Rebecca, an artist trapped between creative frustration and the weight of unspoken losses. She finds an old house. She becomes obsessed. Anderton builds dread not through jump scares but through atmosphere so thick you feel it in your ribs.
Alakazam by Mia Dalia Review: A Haunting Novella About Ambition, Identity, and the Cost of Disappearing
A magician’s abandoned house. Two curious friends. And the secret that refuses to stay buried. In Mia Dalia’s Alakazam, the line between illusion and reality dissolves like salt in Atlantic City’s humid air. This supernatural horror novella (PS Publishing, August 2025) follows two timelines: a mixed-race gay magician’s rise to fame … Alakazam by Mia Dalia Review: A Haunting Novella About Ambition, Identity, and the Cost of DisappearingRead more
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly: The 1970s British Childhood Memoir That Gets Under Your Skin
The childhood you half-remember, told by the one person who never wanted to remember it at all. Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, a memoir by Jez Conolly, published by Temporal Boundary Press in 2026, is one of the most original and haunting pieces of British life-writing in recent years. … Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly: The 1970s British Childhood Memoir That Gets Under Your SkinRead more
Died by Izzy Von: A Zombie Novella That Refuses to Look Away
Died by Izzy Von refuses to sentimentalize addiction or suicide. Instead, it delivers 128 pages of raw, intelligent zombie horror where a deaf woman’s worst enemy isn’t the undead, it’s the childhood she can’t outrun and a body that won’t stay dead. Died by Izzy Von: A Zombie Novella That Refuses … Died by Izzy Von: A Zombie Novella That Refuses to Look AwayRead more
Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes: A Cosmic Legacy Fantasy That Earns Its Place in the Stars
“A brilliantly twisted premise where the daughter of Death feeds on human failure rather than souls. Barnes builds a captivating dark academia world with genuine emotional stakes. “ Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes: A Cosmic Legacy Fantasy That Earns Its Place in the Stars It’s bad enough inheriting a dodgy set … Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes: A Cosmic Legacy Fantasy That Earns Its Place in the StarsRead more
Hex House Review: Amy Jane Stewart’s Dark Fairy Tale of Feminine Revenge
“A dark, transgressive fairy tale that weaponises feminine rage, Hex House is a stunning, unforgettable debut about what women become when the world offers no safe harbour.” In our Hex House Review, Amy Jane Stewart’s debut novel arrives when readers crave horror with teeth, stories where the supernatural serves a … Hex House Review: Amy Jane Stewart’s Dark Fairy Tale of Feminine RevengeRead more
Japanese Gothic Review: Kylie Lee Baker’s Haunting Dual-Timeline Horror
“Japanese Gothic doesn’t hold your hand. It buries you slowly, then asks you to stay. Kylie Lee Baker’s most ambitious novel yet — and her most unforgettable.” Two centuries. One house. And the horror of what we inherit. Kylie Lee Baker’s Japanese Gothic arrives as a masterful blend of historical horror and … Japanese Gothic Review: Kylie Lee Baker’s Haunting Dual-Timeline HorrorRead more
YA and Middle Grade Horror March & April 2026: The Best New Scary Books for Teens
YA and Middle Grade Horror March & April 2026: The Best New Scary Books for Teens A wide range of topics feature in our latest look at Middle Grade horror and YA horror books 2026. Only one Middle Grade title appears this March and April. The always reliable Lindsay Currie … YA and Middle Grade Horror March & April 2026: The Best New Scary Books for TeensRead more
Harmed and Dangerous Review: Jasper Bark’s Bark Bites Horror Shines
Harmed and Dangerous Review: Jasper Bark’s Bark Bites Horror Shines Harmed and Dangerous (Bark Bites Horror, 2026) by Jasper Bark follows Kyra, a seventeen-year-old runaway who discovers her dead mother was a serial killer’s last victim. What she finds in Yeuxville, Louisiana, is worse than any headline. Bark writes psychological horror … Harmed and Dangerous Review: Jasper Bark’s Bark Bites Horror ShinesRead more