Desire to create is the fuel that stokes me to write. Cathartic and sometimes obsessive, creation is a rush, like taking something fictional and making it feel real, or in a memoir, expressing a crazy time that really happened. Similar to working out at the gym, every small action at … Dean Cade Author Interview: Queer Horror, True Crime, and the Summer 1973 TrilogyRead more
INTERVIEWS
The Lighthouse at the End of the World: Philip A. Suggars on Urban Fantasy, Social Mobility, and Inherited Trauma
“A working‑class kid, a London built from broken skyscrapers, and a chaos magic system that bends probability instead of rules. Philip A. Suggars delivers urban fantasy that feels genuinely new. No chosen ones. Just grit, wit, and inherited trauma.” Philip A. Suggars grew up in Tooting, South London, watching double‑decker … The Lighthouse at the End of the World: Philip A. Suggars on Urban Fantasy, Social Mobility, and Inherited TraumaRead more
Seth Augenstein Preaches the Gospels of Extinction
Gallows humor. Ancient curses. Family trauma. One hell of a collection. Seth Augenstein spent years as a newspaper reporter chasing real crimes and tragedies. He saw enough genuine darkness to know that sometimes fiction makes better sense of it all. His debut short story collection, The Gospels of Extinction, arrives June … Seth Augenstein Preaches the Gospels of Extinction Read more
While the Elephants Danced, Writing Redemptive Horror: An Interview with Dr. Agonson
Nightmares that point toward the light. Interestingly, the best horror often points toward the light. If you strip away the plot of most scary stories, you usually find a core of despair. Dr. Agonson takes a different approach. He crafts redemptive horror. This unique subgenre uses nightmares to plant vital … While the Elephants Danced, Writing Redemptive Horror: An Interview with Dr. AgonsonRead more
The Ghost Is the System: Tamika Thompson on The Curse of Hester Gardens and the Horror America Built
The haunting was always real. Thompson just gave it a name. Social horror has always worked best when the monster points somewhere. At something. At us. Tamika Thompson’s debut novel, The Curse of Hester Gardens, published by Erewhon Books in March 2026, does exactly that, and it does it with … The Ghost Is the System: Tamika Thompson on The Curse of Hester Gardens and the Horror America BuiltRead more
Hell and Redemption: A Christopher Buehlman Interview on Between Two Fires
The knight finds the girl in a dead village. She speaks of angels. He has forgotten how to believe in anything but his own sword and the next meal. This is the opening of Between Two Fires, the 2012 medieval horror novel by Christopher Buehlman that refused to stay buried. Now, … Hell and Redemption: A Christopher Buehlman Interview on Between Two FiresRead more
David Scott Hay on The Butcher of Nazareth: A Biblical Horror Masterpiece
What happens when two righteous men face off? A journey into the heart of biblical horror. It’s a rare and thrilling event when a novel arrives that defies easy categorisation, demanding to be felt as much as read. David Scott Hay’s latest release, The Butcher of Nazareth, is precisely such a … David Scott Hay on The Butcher of Nazareth: A Biblical Horror MasterpieceRead more
Beyond the Monster: Richard Dansky on Family, Dread, and the Horrors That Wake Us Up
The haunted house story is a time-honoured tradition. But for acclaimed author and video game narrative designer Richard Dansky, the true source of terror isn’t always the monster in the basement; it’s the family living upstairs. In our exclusive Richard Dansky interview, the writer behind cult-classic TTRPGs and blockbuster franchises like Assassin‘s Creed and Far … Beyond the Monster: Richard Dansky on Family, Dread, and the Horrors That Wake Us UpRead more
Hache Pueyo, Monsters Who Love, and the Labyrinths of Trauma in the Powerful Cabaret in Flames
Guls, trauma, and the architecture of memory: Hache Pueyo redefines the monster within. In her latest work, Argentine-Brazilian author Hache Pueyo continues to redefine the boundaries of speculative fiction monsters. In this exclusive interview, we delve into Cabaret in Flames, a novella where the vampiric Guls are not undead but a species … Hache Pueyo, Monsters Who Love, and the Labyrinths of Trauma in the Powerful Cabaret in FlamesRead more
The Hospital at the End of the World: Justin C. Key on AI Medicine, Human Healing, and the Mysteries of Consciousness
What happens to healing when machines replace human touch? In his electrifying debut novel, The Hospital at the End of the World, acclaimed speculative fiction writer and practising psychiatrist Justin C. Key delivers a gripping medical thriller that pits human intuition against artificial intelligence in a battle for the soul of … The Hospital at the End of the World: Justin C. Key on AI Medicine, Human Healing, and the Mysteries of ConsciousnessRead more
Unravelling the Monster Within: An Interview with Amber Dean on Her Debut Psychological Horror, Hysterical
She’s not the final girl. She’s the reason there isn’t one. It takes a truly unique voice to create something that feels both disturbingly fresh and deeply unsettling. Enter Amber Dean, whose debut novel, Hysterical, is doing just that by shattering the conventions of the serial killer thriller. This isn’t a story … Unravelling the Monster Within: An Interview with Amber Dean on Her Debut Psychological Horror, HystericalRead more
The Mortuary Assistant Director Jeremiah Kipp on Adapting a Viral Horror Game for Shudder
“The bodies are moving, and the demons are watching—Jeremiah Kipp takes us inside the night shift at River Fields Mortuary.” “It feels like just yesterday that gamers were huddled around their monitors, jumping at shadows and second-guessing every flickering light in Brian Clarke’s indie sensation, The Mortuary Assistant. Released in 2022, … The Mortuary Assistant Director Jeremiah Kipp on Adapting a Viral Horror Game for ShudderRead more
A Forest, Darkly, The Witch in the Woods Gets a Voice: A.G. Slatter on Menopause, Monsters, and A Feminist Gothic Fantasy
In a genre often obsessed with youth, A.G. Slatter’s latest novel, A Forest, Darkly, offers a refreshing and powerful shift. Set in her acclaimed, bewitching Gothic Sourdough universe, this dark fantasy introduces us to Mehrab, a blunt, grumpy, and deeply compelling witch in her fifties who has retreated from the world … A Forest, Darkly, The Witch in the Woods Gets a Voice: A.G. Slatter on Menopause, Monsters, and A Feminist Gothic FantasyRead more
Mark Berton on Writing Aroughcoune: Scientific Horror & Character
Most of us figure a horror author, especially a creature feature guy, spends his time pondering fangs and shadows. Then you meet Mark Berton. His mind works differently. It ping-pongs between rabies vector species and military experimentation protocols before it even glances at the monster in the woods. I just … Mark Berton on Writing Aroughcoune: Scientific Horror & Character Read more
Inside the Gulp: Alan Baxter on Australian Cosmic Horror, Swallowing Towns & The Rise
You know how some towns just feel… hungry? Like the very streets might quietly digest the unlucky or the unaware. That’s Gulpepper. “The Gulp,” as the locals call it. A fictional harbour town on the NSW south coast that seems to swallow people whole. Alan Baxter built it. And in … Inside the Gulp: Alan Baxter on Australian Cosmic Horror, Swallowing Towns & The RiseRead more