The 2026 Geek Guide to ‘Digital Palate Cleansers’: 5 Spooky Games to Play Between Horror Marathons A horror marathon can feel intense after several hours of constant tension and dark storytelling. A digital palate cleanser offers a reset while keeping the eerie mood alive. It keeps the atmosphere intact while … The 2026 Geek Guide to ‘Digital Palate Cleansers’: 5 Spooky Games to Play Between Horror MarathonsRead more
Beyond the Slasher: Why Horror Fans are Flocking to “Gothic-Themed” Social Games
Beyond the Slasher: Why Horror Fans are Flocking to “Gothic-Themed” Social Games Dark castles, candlelit halls, and velvet shadows now shape a new kind of digital horror. Players gather inside shared worlds filled with mystery, fashion, and storytelling that leans toward beauty and tension. A shift appears as gothic themes … Beyond the Slasher: Why Horror Fans are Flocking to “Gothic-Themed” Social GamesRead more
The Thrill of the Risk: The Psychological Link Between Slasher Fans and High-Stakes Gaming
The Thrill of the Risk: The Psychological Link Between Slasher Fans and High-Stakes Gaming Slasher films and high-stakes gaming draw on the same basic tension. Both place people in situations where outcomes feel uncertain, and each choice carries weight. Horror themes appear often in gaming spaces, from haunted house visuals … The Thrill of the Risk: The Psychological Link Between Slasher Fans and High-Stakes GamingRead more
The Viral Snuff Movie Review That Was Never Meant to Be
The Viral Snuff Movie Review That Was Never Meant to Be by David L. Tamarin Joe X’s “Richard Speck Murders Re-Enacted” is the Citizen Kane of snuff films, so I had high expectations for his newest feature, “IRS Agent in Basement.” He did not let me down, and “IRS Agent” is a … The Viral Snuff Movie Review That Was Never Meant to BeRead more
The New Role of Video Games in Modern Education
The New Role of Video Games in Modern Education There is a moment most gamers know well. The one where hours pass without notice, not because the game is mindless, but because the brain is genuinely locked in. Problem solving, pattern recognition, resource management, split second decisions. None of that … The New Role of Video Games in Modern EducationRead more
Beyond the Final Girl: 16 New Horror Books by Women Who Refuse to Look Away
Beyond the Final Girl: 16 New Horror Books by Women Who Refuse to Look Away We spend a lot of time talking about who dies in a horror story. The trope list is long: the first to have sex, the one who runs upstairs instead of out the front door, … Beyond the Final Girl: 16 New Horror Books by Women Who Refuse to Look AwayRead more
Drone by Dan Howarth Review: Rural Horror at Its Most Relentless
The sound is driving them mad. The silence is even worse. Dan Howarth writes with a specific kind of fury. It is the sound of a steamroller on asphalt, relentless and flattening. For fans of horror fiction, being caught beneath it is a privilege. His latest novella, Drone, proves he is … Drone by Dan Howarth Review: Rural Horror at Its Most RelentlessRead more
Frankenstein (Or The Modern Prometheus): The Horror Of Being: A My Life In Horror
No one asked to be born. Frankenstein knew that. So did Shelley. Those who share my ideological positions tend to be afraid of the notion of absolute morality. So often, the concept is abandoned as the exclusive purview of Fascists and dominionist bigots. Historically, I understand why they think so, … Frankenstein (Or The Modern Prometheus): The Horror Of Being: A My Life In HorrorRead more
The Brentford Trilogy (All 9 of Them): A Resplendent Robert Rankin Retrospective
Robert Rankin called it a trilogy. He wrote nine books. He was right to do both Robert Rankin’s Brentford is a strange place. On the surface, it’s a quiet West London suburb. Below that surface, it’s a cosmic battlefield where aliens land, popes return from the dead, and the end … The Brentford Trilogy (All 9 of Them): A Resplendent Robert Rankin RetrospectiveRead more
6 Best CS2 Skin Trading Sites for Instant Swaps in 2026
6 Best CS2 Skin Trading Sites for Instant Swaps in 2026 By 2026, the Counter-Strike 2 skin economy will have attained levels of liquidity never seen before. Although the Steam Community Market is still the default option that many people have to settle for, some of the most knowledgeable collectors … 6 Best CS2 Skin Trading Sites for Instant Swaps in 2026Read more
The Strangest and Most Shocking Casino Stories Ever Told
The Strangest and Most Shocking Casino Stories Ever Told Casinos tell tales that would not be believable even in fiction books. There are tales of skill, tales of chance, and tales where the decision itself is outrageous, and the outcome does not matter, just the fact that the decision was … The Strangest and Most Shocking Casino Stories Ever ToldRead more
The 2025 YA Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot: Every Book Ranked and Reviewed
The 2025 YA Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot: Every Book Ranked and Reviewed The 2025 YA Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot is out, and it is a stronger list than most years. Ten books. Four spots on the final ballot already confirmed. And a clear frontrunner that arguably deserves to … The 2025 YA Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot: Every Book Ranked and ReviewedRead more
Michal Polgár On The Beauty of Catastrophe Where the Arctic Silence Ends, Something Else Begins
Some authors arrive at horror through fear. Michal Polgár arrived through bone. I write cosmic horror now. Not because I find the universe frightening, though I do. But because catastrophic events, the moments when the world stops making sense, contain something I recognise from the tombs and the bone trumpet … Michal Polgár On The Beauty of Catastrophe Where the Arctic Silence Ends, Something Else BeginsRead 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
Unshod Cackling and Naked by Tamika Thompson: 13 Short Stories That Refuse to Behave
Continuing my series of reviews that fell victim to my darkest depression days, today I bring back from the dead Tamika Thompson’s Unshod, Cackling, and Naked. In time for the release of her excellent debut novel, The Curse of Hester Gardens. And on the day we publish a fascinating interview … Unshod Cackling and Naked by Tamika Thompson: 13 Short Stories That Refuse to BehaveRead more