Rebecca Barrow’s Doe is a YA horror novel in verse about a cheer captain, a centuries-tired deer creature, and the dangerous pull between girls. In our interview, Barrow digs into feminist horror, female rage, and why she wrote the squad as a single hive-mind “we.” A must-read for fans of Bad Things Happen Here and dual-timeline horror.
Horror author Tiffany Royster launched Echoes of the Forgotten on 12 June 2026, a folk horror series built on horror folklore and twelve standalone stories. In our interview she explains how the Broken Spine collective came together in twenty-four hours, why every author shares an equal voice, and what her own story Warden Tree adds to this multi-author horror series. She also hints at what the family plans to release next.
Mark Morris has been writing British horror fiction since 1989, and Bad Things Happen Here may be his most emotionally precise novel yet. In this wide-ranging interview, he talks about intergenerational fear, the Nordic folklore that shaped That Which Stands Outside, and what it actually takes to survive four decades in a genre that has buried far bigger names. Essential reading for anyone who takes UK horror seriously.
Laura R. Samotin interview: her new queer dark academia horror The Way It Haunted Him channels Jewish folklore, grief, and a demon-infested archive.
C.J. Leede interview exploring her third horror novel Headlights, the grief-haunted open road, and why this quieter book may be her most unsettling yet.
Sarah Langan breaks down how her neo-gothic horror novel Trad Wife uses a disintegrating narrator to expose the nightmare beneath influencer culture’s polished surface.
Cynthia Gómez discusses her debut novel Muñeca, a surreal queer Gothic set in 1968 Oakland, and why working-class witches make the most compelling horror protagonists.
Eliza Jabore’s debut Backstabbers reimagines the slasher as a pressure test for female friendship — our interview explores what makes this 2026 release a genuinely subversive entry in horror fiction.
Hildur Knútsdóttir’s Dead Weight is a slow-burning psychological thriller that anchors its horror in the realest threat of all—the violence women face from those who claim to love them.
What shapes a horror writer? Antony J Stanton credits The Devil Rides Out, a ghostly TV film from 1982, and a healthy obsession with Dracula. He also names Between Two Fires as the most underrated horror novel ever written.
