No monsters under the bed. Just bad decisions and the walls closing in. The silence inside a submarine runs deeper than most people imagine. Aaron Norton spent years in that silence as a U.S. Navy veteran. He also survived a childhood of homelessness. Now he writes gothic horror blended with … Aaron Norton, A Horror Author’s Journey from Submarine Isolation to the ShortboxRead more
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Jasper Bark Interview Part 2: Harmed and Dangerous, Bark Bites Horror, and the Stories That Can Kill
After a career that includes on-air banana incidents, Bonfire Night riots, and a near shooting by Rupert Murdoch’s bodyguard, Jasper Bark has learned to push boundaries. The first half of our conversation covered his river gypsy upbringing, his theatre bans, and the moment his wife nearly grabbed a kitchen knife. Now we move to the work itself. His fiction.
Pixerina: A Haunting by Joanne Anderton Review – Suburban Gothic That Cracks Ordinary Walls
A house on a hill should feel safe. In Pixerina: A Haunting by Joanne Anderton, it does not. This suburban Gothic novella transforms familiar domestic spaces into something quietly sinister. The story follows Rebecca, an artist trapped between creative frustration and the weight of unspoken losses. She finds an old house. She becomes obsessed. Anderton builds dread not through jump scares but through atmosphere so thick you feel it in your ribs.
Alakazam by Mia Dalia Review: A Haunting Novella About Ambition, Identity, and the Cost of Disappearing
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
Over Your Dead Body Review: Jason Segel vs. Samara Weaving in a Bloody Romp
Marriage is murder. Literally. Jason Segel wants to murder Samara Weaving. That sounds like a bad career move. The actress has built a reputation for surviving absolute chaos, from Ready or Not to Azrael. But in Over Your Dead Body, Segel plays Dan, a husband whose marriage has rotted past the point of repair. … Over Your Dead Body Review: Jason Segel vs. Samara Weaving in a Bloody RompRead more
How the NPB Competes with the MLB for the Attention of Japanese Fans
How the NPB Competes with the MLB for the Attention of Japanese Fans Rarely do spectators find themselves pulled between two elite baseball circuits. One rests close, woven into routines and traditions – the domestic Nippon Professional Baseball scene humming through neighborhoods. Across the Pacific, Major League Baseball expands quietly, … How the NPB Competes with the MLB for the Attention of Japanese FansRead more
Capture Spiral by Jez Conolly: The 1970s British Childhood Memoir That Gets Under Your Skin
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
Jasper Bark Interview: The Horror Writer Who Became the Story – Part 1
A life lived at the edges, where the only way out is further in. Jasper Bark Interview: The Horror Writer Who Became the Story – Part 1 A horror writer’s biography usually reads like a dust jacket afterthought, a few tame lines about cats and teaching jobs. With Jasper Bark, … Jasper Bark Interview: The Horror Writer Who Became the Story – Part 1Read more
Died by Izzy Von: A Zombie Novella That Refuses to Look Away
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
Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes: A Cosmic Legacy Fantasy That Earns Its Place in the Stars
“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
We Are For The Dark: Gretchen McNeil’s New Horror Novel Arrives September 2026
There is a specific kind of dread that comes from a map running out of road. Not the jump scare of a sudden noise, but the slow, sinking realisation that the ferry you took only runs one way, and the locals are not simply unfriendly; they are still. Gretchen McNeil’s We … We Are For The Dark: Gretchen McNeil’s New Horror Novel Arrives September 2026Read more
YA and Middle Grade Horror March & April 2026: The Best New Scary Books for Teens
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 Review: Jasper Bark’s Bark Bites Horror Shines
Harmed and Dangerous Review: Jasper Bark’s Bark Bites Horror Shines Harmed and Dangerous (Bark Bites Horror, 2026) by Jasper Bark follows Kyra, a seventeen-year-old runaway who discovers her dead mother was a serial killer’s last victim. What she finds in Yeuxville, Louisiana, is worse than any headline. Bark writes psychological horror … Harmed and Dangerous Review: Jasper Bark’s Bark Bites Horror ShinesRead more
Bodies of Work by Clay McLeod Chapman Review: Supernatural Revenge Horror Delivers Ghosts, Art, and Unease
“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
The Boatman Review: Alex Grecian’s Supernatural Novella of Dread and Isolation
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