Martin Treanor, The Horror of My Life To this day, I have never met a single person with the guts to cut down a faerie tree. They might express their disbelief in folklore and superstition but, when fields are cleared, the tree remains in place, a lonely monument atop the … Martin Treanor, Childhood FearsRead more
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COMPETITION – WINTER HAUNTS 3 PRESENTS A CHANCE TO WIN TWO FULL EVENT TICKETS FOR A PACKED DAY OF GHOST STORIES AND GOTHIC FICTION!
COMPETITION – WINTER HAUNTS 3 PRESENTS A CHANCE TO WIN TWO FULL EVENT TICKETS FOR A PACKED DAY OF GHOST STORIES AND GOTHIC FICTION! With the chill nights drawing in, our thoughts begin to turn to all things ghostly and supernatural – and on November 16th WINTER HAUNTS is back … COMPETITION – WINTER HAUNTS 3 PRESENTS A CHANCE TO WIN TWO FULL EVENT TICKETS FOR A PACKED DAY OF GHOST STORIES AND GOTHIC FICTION!Read more
Unveiled Sins: Lydia Graves Serves Up a Deadly Dose of Horror
Unveiled Sins: Lydia Graves Serves Up a Deadly Dose of Horror Attention, horror aficionados! Prepare to be tantalized by a sinfully delicious new series that’s about to hit the shelves. UK-based author Lydia Graves is set to unleash “Unveiled Sins,” a chilling exploration of the seven deadly sins that will … Unveiled Sins: Lydia Graves Serves Up a Deadly Dose of HorrorRead more
WHERE THE DEAD BRIDES GATHER BY NUZO ONOH
WHERE THE DEAD BRIDES GATHER BY NUZO ONOH A powerful Nigeria-set horror tale of possession, malevolent ghosts, family tensions, secrets and murder from the recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement and ‘Queen of African Horror’. For readers of Octavia Butler, Ben Okri and Koji Suzuki. Bata, an … WHERE THE DEAD BRIDES GATHER BY NUZO ONOHRead more
Unique Locations to Set a Horror Movie
Unique Locations to Set a Horror Movie Source: Pixabay Are horror themes becoming a little too formulaic? Do we already know what to expect from the movies created in terms of their locations? Indeed, it’s not hard to describe a typical horror scene. It’ll occur in a haunted house, a … Unique Locations to Set a Horror MovieRead more
Five Lessons from Horror on Having Children
Five Lessons from Horror on Having Children by Shannon Knight Lesson #1 Don’t have children if you don’t want to. Leslie J. Anderson’s folk and body horror The Unmothers begins with an angry reporter, deep in her personal grief, sent to investigate a ridiculous story of a horse giving birth … Five Lessons from Horror on Having ChildrenRead more
Millionaire’s Day – Cover reveal and call to action.
Millionaire’s Day – Cover reveal and call to action. For the first time in my life, I’m actually feeling nervous about making a post at Gingernuts of Horror. Not because I’m worried about the content – ordinarily, a cover reveal for a new Kit Power novella would be a simple cause … Millionaire’s Day – Cover reveal and call to action.Read more
Killer Pictures by Hope Madden – Cover Reveal
Killer Pictures by Hope Madden It’s late and Dez should go to bed, but instead she keeps watching horror movies for the Mayhem & Madness Film Festival. She sees a new one pop up in her to-review queue: Adam. That’s a funny title, she thinks, since there’s another judge named … Killer Pictures by Hope Madden – Cover RevealRead more
A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Film That Made Me.
A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Film That Made Me. By Raven Digitalis Truth be told, I probably shouldn’t have been watching it in the first place. Not in fifth grade. Nonetheless, my friend Morgan’s mother couldn’t have cared less; it was the early 90s, scary movies were a thing, … A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Film That Made Me.Read more
Blood Vintage: A Folk Horror Novel by J.F. Penn
The perfect wine requires the darkest sacrifice. Blood Vintage: A Folk Horror Novel by J.F. Penn In the rolling hills of Somerset, England, an ancient evil ripens alongside the grapes of Standing Stone Cellars… Rebecca never expected her architecture career to lead to the secluded rural village of Winbridge Hollow. … Blood Vintage: A Folk Horror Novel by J.F. PennRead more
The Medusa Psalms by Kyle Toucher
Cross The County Line, Crystal Lake Entertainment Presents The Medusa Psalms by Kyle Toucher Last Friday, Crystal Lake Entertainment released Kyle Toucher’s horror masterpiece, The Medusa Psalms: Welcome to Walpurgis County. Toucher is the former frontman for the band Dr. Know and an Emmy-award-winning visual effects artist—he’s won eight awards, … The Medusa Psalms by Kyle ToucherRead more
Bryan Smith, Putting the Splatter into Splatterpunk
Bryan Smith, Putting the Splatter into Splatterpunk by Lionel Ray Green Bryan Smith is one of the modern masters of extreme horror, writing some of the best novels in the subgenre like Depraved and The Killing Kind. Since the inception of the Splatterpunk Awards seven years ago, Smith’s works have … Bryan Smith, Putting the Splatter into SplatterpunkRead more
Dare to venture into the fictional village of Withered Hill
Dare to venture into the fictional village of Withered Hill… It’s as real as the pavement beneath your feet. Ambient Literature and Canelo offer a haunting immersive accompaniment to folk horror novel Withered Hill. In David Barnett’s Withered Hill, described by horror maestro Laird Barron as ‘the ultimate nightmare destination’, … Dare to venture into the fictional village of Withered HillRead more
Dissecting ‘William’ – How Andrew Pyper Foreshadowed His 2024 AI/Tech Thriller
Dissecting ‘William’ – How Andrew Pyper Foreshadowed His 2024 AI/Tech Thriller By Steve Stred If you follow me on social media, by now you’ll have probably seen that I’m a huge fan of Canadian and International Bestselling author Andrew Pyper. From discovering his modern classic ‘The Demonologist’ about a decade … Dissecting ‘William’ – How Andrew Pyper Foreshadowed His 2024 AI/Tech ThrillerRead more
The Strange Case of the Strange Cases
Here at Ginger Nuts of Horror, we support independent journalism and freedom of the press. So we’re happy to be able to run this intriguing article by the brilliant Steve Toase concerning some new articles from the last three years. Each taken in isolation seems innocent enough, if bizarre, but … The Strange Case of the Strange CasesRead more