Died by Izzy Von refuses to sentimentalize addiction or suicide. Instead, it delivers 128 pages of raw, intelligent zombie horror where a deaf woman’s worst enemy isn’t the undead, it’s the childhood she can’t outrun and a body that won’t stay dead. Died by Izzy Von: A Zombie Novella That Refuses … Died by Izzy Von: A Zombie Novella That Refuses to Look AwayRead more
“A brilliantly twisted premise where the daughter of Death feeds on human failure rather than souls. Barnes builds a captivating dark academia world with genuine emotional stakes. “ Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes: A Cosmic Legacy Fantasy That Earns Its Place in the Stars It’s bad enough inheriting a dodgy set … Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes: A Cosmic Legacy Fantasy That Earns Its Place in the StarsRead more
“A dark, transgressive fairy tale that weaponises feminine rage, Hex House is a stunning, unforgettable debut about what women become when the world offers no safe harbour.” In our Hex House Review, Amy Jane Stewart’s debut novel arrives when readers crave horror with teeth, stories where the supernatural serves a … Hex House Review: Amy Jane Stewart’s Dark Fairy Tale of Feminine RevengeRead more
Lost horrors: how the eerie telly of the 1970s birthed liminal dread The empty classroom after the last bell. The hotel corridor at 2 AM. That patch of torn concrete behind the grocery store, where no one goes but everyone walks past. These spaces don’t scare you. They wait for … Lost horrors: how the eerie telly of the 1970s birthed liminal dreadRead more
Shauntionne writes from a place where the soil remembers what the living try to forget. The Louisville, Kentucky native, now navigating a creative path shaped by stints in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, and time abroad, constructs fiction that refuses to look away from the abandoned corners of American history. Her … Shauntionne on Black Southern Gothic and the Horrors History Leaves BehindRead more
“Japanese Gothic doesn’t hold your hand. It buries you slowly, then asks you to stay. Kylie Lee Baker’s most ambitious novel yet — and her most unforgettable.” Two centuries. One house. And the horror of what we inherit. Kylie Lee Baker’s Japanese Gothic arrives as a masterful blend of historical horror and … Japanese Gothic Review: Kylie Lee Baker’s Haunting Dual-Timeline HorrorRead more
YA and Middle Grade Horror March & April 2026: The Best New Scary Books for Teens A wide range of topics feature in our latest look at Middle Grade horror and YA horror books 2026. Only one Middle Grade title appears this March and April. The always reliable Lindsay Currie … YA and Middle Grade Horror March & April 2026: The Best New Scary Books for TeensRead more
“Harmed and Dangerous is like a therapy session with a serial killer, uncomfortable, oddly enlightening, and you’ll definitely need a shower afterwards,” Jasper Bark’s horror sticks with you. Mostly in your nightmares.
“Clay McLeod Chapman’s ‘Bodies of Work’ is a supernatural revenge novella that turns the serial‑killer trope inside out. The ghosts don’t just haunt, they rewrite the story.” Horror readers looking for a supernatural revenge novella with literary heft should put “Bodies of Work” on their radar. Clay McLeod Chapman, known … Bodies of Work by Clay McLeod Chapman Review: Supernatural Revenge Horror Delivers Ghosts, Art, and UneaseRead more
Adam Christopher’s Crawlspace delivers a tightly wound blend of SF horror and cosmic dread, a niche he’s perfected in works like The Burning Dark. For fans of psychological space horror reminiscent of Event Horizon, this novel follows a faster-than-light test flight that goes catastrophically wrong. When the Artemis Corporation crew encounters strange voices and … Crawlspace by Adam Christopher Review: SF Horror That Delivers Mechanical DreadRead more
The Lighthouse at the End of the World Review: Philip A. Suggars Builds a London You’ve Never Seen Before “Philip A. Suggars arrives with one of the most inventive urban fantasy debuts of 2026. The Lighthouse at the End of the World plants a working-class South London criminal into a … The Lighthouse at the End of the World Review: Philip A. Suggars Builds a London You’ve Never Seen BeforeRead more
Some things do not chase. They simply wait. The Boatman Review: Alex Grecian’s Supernatural Novella of Dread and Isolation The rowboat keeps pace with the cruise ship. Day after day. Mile after mile. That single image drives Alex Grecian’s The Boatman, a supernatural novella that never explains too much too … The Boatman Review: Alex Grecian’s Supernatural Novella of Dread and IsolationRead more
PROLOGUE Before We Begin Our Journey Together It was a dark and stormy night. The kind of dark and stormy night that was, if one were being precise about it, very dark. And also quite stormy. Rain lashed the windows of the library like the cold fingers of a reader … Stop Skipping Prologues. You’re Reading the Book Wrong.Read more
Gore with a pulse. Nunchaku with a point. Splatterpunk meets mother-daughter drama in Kumar Sivasubramanian’s Killarney Lake Massacre, a horror novel that subverts urban legend conventions with absurd humour and genuine emotional weight. When Nandini ventures into the woods to debunk the myth of Sally Pencilneck, a supernatural killer wielding nunchaku, … Killarney Lake Massacre Review: Why This Splatterpunk Novel Hits Harder Than Its Urban LegendRead more
Bar Fridman-Tell’s Honeysuckle: A Flower Girl’s Gilded Cage A Review of the Dark Botanical Fantasy Taking Root in Readers’ Minds The most unsettling stories often start with the gentlest of premises. In her debut novel Honeysuckle, Bar Fridman-Tell presents a premise that could be plucked from a child’s sweetest daydream: a … Bar Fridman-Tell’s Honeysuckle: A Flower Girl’s Gilded Cage needs final edirtRead more
