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Emily Ruth Verona
Jun 7, 20235 min read
15 Creepy Novels About Summer Camp
I never liked summer camp as a kid. The activities. The heat. The chaos. I was a decidedly indoor creature. I liked being outside, but on...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Jun 5, 20237 min read
Eric LaRocca Interview
Eric LaRocca is a riveting voice in horror. Their books include Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes, They...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Jun 2, 20232 min read
Weird History: Dead Men's Teeth
If you know one thing about horror writers, it's that we all have this weird, inexplicable fascination with human teeth. You'd be...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 31, 20233 min read
New Releases: June 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 29, 20236 min read
Stephanie Parent Interview
If you read Stephanie Parent’s debut poetry collection last year, Every Poem a Potion, Every Song a Spell, you know she has a compelling...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 26, 20233 min read
Weird History: Were the Pollock Twins Reincarnated?
John and Florence Pollock had six children by the time they were living in Hexham, England during the 1950s. On May 5, 1957, tragedy...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 24, 20235 min read
I Swear 'House of Leaves' Knows I'm Writing This
Last summer, I read Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves for the first time. And if ever a book could read you right back, it would be...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 22, 20237 min read
Premee Mohamed Interview
No One Will Come Back For Us brings together tales of cosmic horror and dark fantasy in Premee Mohamed’s debut short story collection....
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 19, 20233 min read
Weird History: A Murderous Fluffle of Cauldrons
Historically speaking, words are weird. There are a lot of terms floating around out there, especially in the collective noun corner of...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 17, 20232 min read
20 Nonfiction Horror Books for Every Niche
In putting together the list of upcoming horror release each month, I've noticed that nonfiction books make up the smallest percentage of...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 15, 20237 min read
Tiffany Michelle Brown Interview
How Lovely To Be a Woman is Tiffany Michelle Brown’s exquisite first stand-alone collection of short fiction and poetry. You might...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 12, 20232 min read
Weird History: Shipping a Baby in the Mail
Have you ever considered slapping a stamp on your baby and dropping them in the mailbox? Because in the early 20th century, you could...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 10, 20235 min read
10 Scary Movies Where the Dog Actually Lives [Repost]
This post was originally published on April 21, 2021 on my author site but I love talking about horror movie dogs and want this list to...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 5, 20232 min read
Weird History: That Time France Built a Fake Paris
During World War I, France was bombed significantly by German forces. It started around 1914 and was becoming increasingly dangerous for...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 3, 20237 min read
More 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' Book Recs
Everyone had a lot of fun with our last Are You Afraid of the Dark? post so we're doing it again! Only this time, we're recommending...
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Emily Ruth Verona
May 1, 20236 min read
Katrina Monroe Interview
Last summer, Katrina Monroe gave us a haunting, gothic tale of history and motherhood with They Drown Our Daughters. Her new novel is...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 28, 20233 min read
Weird History: A Real Corpse in the Funhouse
You ever go to a haunted house attraction only to later learn that one of the "props" was actually the mummified corpse of a...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 26, 20233 min read
New Releases: May 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 24, 20235 min read
Laura Keating Interview
A vanished sister. A mysterious videotape. The Canadian wilderness. Laura Keating makes her novella debut with Agony's Lodestone, a...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 21, 20232 min read
Weird History: The Great Dane Who Won a World War II Medal
Forgive the language, but have you ever taken a really good piss? In 1941, a Great Dane named Juliana did. In fact, it was so good that...
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