Final girl fashion starts with Victorian mourning and runs through slasher-era denim to modern gothic streetwear. Rocky of ROCK CLOTHING explains why black layers and sturdy boots still work for horror fans.
Horror Features
Horror features, essays and retrospectives from Ginger Nuts of Horror. We dig into genre history, pay tribute to the people who shaped horror, reveal new book covers and ask why certain stories still get under our skin.
A Women in Horror Anthology Built to Stop the Forgetting
Black Spot Books has opened submissions for The Year’s Best from Women in Horror, Volume 1, a reprint anthology edited by Lindy Ryan and Stephanie M. Wytovich with an introduction by Lisa Morton. We look at what the call asks for, why an annual archive of women horror writers matters, and how to submit work first published in 2026.
Daphne Press 2027: Bluebeard, Zombie Wives and Five More Dark Books
Daphne Press opens 2027 with seven new books, from Claire Schultz’s sapphic Bluebeard retelling Even Your Bones Would Do to Barbara Truelove’s zombie satire The Secret Lives of Zombie Wives. We look at the full list, from Susan Dennard’s island ghost mystery to Allison Saft’s Heartsgrove, and the fear that runs through it.
Dani Soncasie’s Childhood Fears: The Monsters Gave Them Teeth
Dani Soncasie spent much of her childhood at Shriners Hospital for Children, afraid of being left behind and of being different. In this guest feature, she traces how those childhood fears in horror form found their way into Blood of the Forsaken, her vampire graphic novel about a family home that stops being safe.
