The latest installment in Shortwave Publishing’s VHS series is a wintery novella by Brain McAuley called Candy Cain Kills. From the title...

If you love a horror reader but worry the weight of one more paperback will send their home plummeting into the underworld, fear not!...

One of the first public places I was ever allowed to go alone as a kid was my local bookstore. It was a small Barnes and Noble location...

Merciless Waters is a new sapphic horror novella from Rae Knowles, author of The Stradivarius (which debuted a few months ago in May)....

DEADLINE EXTENDED! In lieu of a history lesson this week, we are opening Frightful open to essay submissions! We want to publish at least...

You are never alone in an apartment building. There are always people above. Below. Next door. And with horror, there is always the...

in lieu of a history lesson this week, we are opening Frightful open to essay submissions! We want to publish at least one more essay...

What if the only way to keep your home was to open it up to strangers? In Kelley Armstrong’s Hemlock Island, this is precisely what Laney...

Never Whistle at Night is a new anthology of macabre stories from 26 Indigenous writers including Kelli Jo Ford, Tommy Orange, Tiffany...

I love a confined story. A book or film that takes place in a single place or a confined timeframe. In fact, I love the concept so so...

The Longest Thirst is the story of Lillian, who flees across the desert to the town of Calico after killing her father. Billed as “The...

It's rainy and dark outside as I write this. Last night, there were thunderstorms. That got me thinking about gothic literature. What...

From the author of The Kelping and The Blood Trail comes a novel about a dark family legacy that blends elements of fairy tale and...

One of the great things about the internet age is that horror is expanding to include more diversity than ever. With the variety offered...

Who doesn't love a creepy doll? And by love, I mean who doesn't want to drop a creepy doll into a hole, cover it in salt, and set it in...

I love reading about writers. It's self indulgent, I'm sure, but there is something immensely satisfying about investing in a character...

A naked pregnant woman with a cavalry saber. A cannibalistic demon. A mad preacher. Over the course of one night in 1882, Annette Klein’s...

Even when my brain is too fried to sit down with a novel, I'm always up for reading a good novella. The size of the volume alone makes it...

A controversial comic creator is catapulted into a world of crime and obsession in Cat Voleur’s new novella, Revenge Arc. The synopsis...

As a writer, it's a little horrifying to imagine my diaries and or letters being shared for public consumption. That said, we are all...