A magician’s abandoned house. Two curious friends. And the secret that refuses to stay buried. In Mia Dalia’s Alakazam, the line between illusion and reality dissolves like salt in Atlantic City’s humid air. This supernatural horror novella (PS Publishing, August 2025) follows two timelines: a mixed-race gay magician’s rise to fame … Alakazam by Mia Dalia Review: A Haunting Novella About Ambition, Identity, and the Cost of DisappearingRead more
Kirill Khrestinin wrote a horror novel where the monster doesn’t chase you. The monster listens. “Dear AI, I Killed Her: 16 Sessions About the Dead Girl in a Blue Dress” takes a familiar true crime confession structure and feeds it into something colder than any human detective. An artificial intelligence … Author Interview — Kirill Khrestinin, Dear AI, I Killed Her: A Confession Without ForgivenessRead more
The childhood you half-remember, told by the one person who never wanted to remember it at all. Capture Spiral: An Escape from Memory, a memoir by Jez Conolly, published by Temporal Boundary Press in 2026, is one of the most original and haunting pieces of British life-writing in recent years. … Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly: The 1970s British Childhood Memoir That Gets Under Your SkinRead more
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
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
Desire to create is the fuel that stokes me to write. Cathartic and sometimes obsessive, creation is a rush, like taking something fictional and making it feel real, or in a memoir, expressing a crazy time that really happened. Similar to working out at the gym, every small action at … Dean Cade Author Interview: Queer Horror, True Crime, and the Summer 1973 TrilogyRead more
“A clever, cobwebby YA mystery that brings Edgar Allan Poe’s ghost to life – atmospheric, puzzle-packed, and genuinely spooky.” Diana Peterfreund’s Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore is a book that doesn’t just tell you a spooky story but has a knack for pulling you into its damp, cobwebby atmosphere. It’s the … Ellen Poe The Forgotten Lore Review: A Modern YA Mystery Haunted by PoeRead 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
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
A Haunted Spaceship, A Desperate Crew, and the Terrifying Reality of Corporate Greed Have you ever wondered what happens to the people society leaves behind when they are pushed to the absolute brink of survival? Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes answers that question beautifully. This sci-fi horror book takes the … Dead Silence Book Review: A Strong Sci-Fi Horror NovelRead more
