Costume designer Sarah Hinkley spent years dressing other people’s stories on the sets of SVU and Monsterland. Now she’s written her own: The Red Sacrament, a debut vampire novel set in a starving, besieged 1870 Paris. We talked queer vampire fiction, the long shadow of Interview with the Vampire, and why her immortals are petty, risk-averse, and far too tired of each other.
Most vampire stories begin in the fog-shrouded castles of Eastern Europe. This one starts in the … The Maria the Wanted Interview: V. Castro on Rage, Reclamation & VampiresRead more
Vampires, Mummies, and… Jackpots? Ranking the Best Classic Monster Art in Casual Games From Pac-Man’s ghosts … Vampires, Mummies, and… Jackpots? Ranking the Best Classic Monster Art in Casual GamesRead more
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Vampires in BC is an interesting exploration of identity and what it means to be human. … Vampires in BC by Keith Costelloe – Book ReviewRead more
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Hailey Piper sits down with Ginger Nuts of Horror to discuss This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want, her second novel steeped in Robert W. Chambers’ King in Yellow. She talks through the Toad Man, the cursed film at its centre, and why she calls horror the most honest genre. Titan Books publishes the cosmic horror on 15 September 2026.
Tony Jones returns to Young Blood with the horror books for 12 to 13 year olds that Year 8 readers cannot leave on the shelf. Drawn from his school’s 100 Book Challenge and over 11,000 pupil reviews, this list runs from Juno Dawson and Charlie Higson to Stephen King’s Gwendy’s Button Box. Every pick comes reviewed by the young readers who devoured it.
