YA Horror Roundup November 2024 Our latest roundup has ten books for you, a mixed bag of sequels, familiar authors and titles which drift into thriller and dark fantasy territory. I rarely review graphic novels but was captivated by Rosie Talbot and Sarah Maxwell’s Phantom Hearts, an LGBTQIA+ supernatural thriller […]
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YA dystopian fiction: The lurking horror within YA dystopian fiction
The lurking horror within YA dystopian fiction: some top tips from ‘The YA Horror 400’ almanac Since Katniss Everdeen first picked up her bow and arrow back in 2008 she helped hustle both the zombie and paranormal romance crazes into the literary dustbin. In the period since, dystopian fiction has […]
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Haunted Houses, Tony’s top YA picks for Halloween
Haunted Houses Tony’s top YA picks for Halloween Halloween is the perfect time to take a closer look at some of my favourite YA horror novels featuring haunted houses or other spooky locations and buildings. Since Shirley Jackson wrote The Haunting of Hill House (1959) this popular sub-genre exploded and […]
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August 2024 YA Horror Roundup: Engaging Teenage Fiction
August 2024 YA Horror Roundup: Engaging Teenage Fiction Our latest YA roundup has a fine range of engaging teenage fiction, four of the nine authors featured in my own almanac, The YA Horror 400, which was published last June. If you want to take an ultra-deep dive into the world […]
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Closer Still by Richard Farren Barber, a YA Horror 400 Almanac Recomendation.
The YA Horror 400 almanac strongly recommends Richard Farren Barber’s recently reissued Closer Still Back in 2019, I reviewed Richard Farren Barber’s striking novella Closer Still, which Black Shuck originally published in their Signature Novellas series. The 115-page story sold terribly and was quickly forgotten. Few in the horror world gave it any press whatsoever except […]
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July 2024 YA Horror Roundup
YA Horror Roundup, July 2024 This latest YA horror roundup is the first since my book The YA Horror 400: an almanac of 400 teen horror reviews published between 2008-2024was published (in June). So moving forward, when new books reviewed have connections to The YA Horror 400 I will highlight […]
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A June Showcase of YA and Middle Grade Horror Roundup
A June Showcase of YA and Middle Grade Horror Roundup Apologies for the recent erratic posting and radio silence, I have been working on another YA horror project which has taken up all my time. I have read many further books I have not yet had time to review but […]
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An Alternative Young Adult Bram Stoker Award: the Best of Britain (and a few other places)
An Alternative Young Adult Bram Stoker Award: the Best of Britain (and a few other places) No website in the world provides as much coverage to YA horror/dark fiction as the Ginger Nuts of Horror and for the last number years we have reviewed all the books featured on the […]
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The YA Horror 400: Your Go-To Almanac for YA Horror.
The YA Horror 400 by Tony Jones is released in June On June 25th long standing Ginger Nuts of Horror and Horror DNA reviewer Tony Jones releases THE YA HORROR 400, an almanac of over 400 reviews of his favourite YA horror novels featured on the site. For the last […]
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Get Ready for the Chills: A YA and MG Horror Round Up
Get Ready for the Chills: A YA and MG Horror Round Up March/April 2024 Welcome to another edition of ‘Young Blood,’ the YA and Middle Grade arm of the Ginger Nuts of Horror, with ten brand recent reviews. Ann Fraistat’s A Place for Vanishing is the pick of the ten […]
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