Kelly McWilliams talks to Ginger Nuts of Horror about American Nightmare, her Black horror novel built from Walter F. White’s real history as a NAACP spy during the Red Summer of 1919. She explains why the book, unlike her debut Mirror Girls, refuses any monster a reader could kill, and how the Atlanta Race Riot and racial passing shaped its uncanny, rule-less dread.
Michael Mulvihill’s Rot Land drags the reader into Rathgar, a town where every resident carries their own strain of decay. This Rot Land review looks at how the novel turns crime, social media and entitlement into political horror with a wicked sense of humour. Our verdict: a hidden gem of a horror novel.
Tatiana Schlote-Bonne’s What Feeds Below is a YA horror fantasy that descends into the Void and refuses to let you back up for air. Cave horror, fungal body horror, and a devastating friendship story combine into something genuinely new. Our full review explores what makes this one of 2026’s essential horror reads.
Jeneva Rose steps away from thriller twists for Sometimes I Scare Myself, her first horror short story collection built from three dread soaked novellas. Ginger Nuts of Horror talks to her about Never Kill the Medium, The Nightmare House, All Curses Are Final, and why postpartum horror turned out to be the perfect ground for stories with no reckoning at the end.
