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Emily Ruth Verona
Dec 4, 20235 min read
Brian McAuley Interview
The latest installment in Shortwave Publishing’s VHS series is a wintery novella by Brain McAuley called Candy Cain Kills. From the title...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Nov 15, 20235 min read
Holiday Gift Guide for Horror Readers
If you love a horror reader but worry the weight of one more paperback will send their home plummeting into the underworld, fear not!...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Nov 8, 20234 min read
Seeking Community at the Local Bookstore
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Nov 6, 20235 min read
Rae Knowles Interview
Merciless Waters is a new sapphic horror novella from Rae Knowles, author of The Stradivarius (which debuted a few months ago in May)....
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Emily Ruth Verona
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Open Guest Essay Call - Deadline Extended
DEADLINE EXTENDED! In lieu of a history lesson this week, we are opening Frightful open to essay submissions! We want to publish at least...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Oct 4, 20237 min read
13 Horrifying Apartment Buildings in Fiction
You are never alone in an apartment building. There are always people above. Below. Next door. And with horror, there is always the...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 29, 20231 min read
Open Guest Essay Call
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 11, 20234 min read
Kelley Armstrong Interview
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 28, 20239 min read
Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. Interview
Never Whistle at Night is a new anthology of macabre stories from 26 Indigenous writers including Kelli Jo Ford, Tommy Orange, Tiffany...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 23, 20236 min read
8 Horror Novels That Take Place in Under 48 Hours
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 21, 20235 min read
Roxie Voorhees Interview
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 16, 20234 min read
100 Gothic Tales From the Last Four Centuries
It's rainy and dark outside as I write this. Last night, there were thunderstorms. That got me thinking about gothic literature. What...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 14, 20235 min read
Jan Stinchcomb Interview
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 9, 20233 min read
5 Crowdfunded Horror Anthologies
One of the great things about the internet age is that horror is expanding to include more diversity than ever. With the variety offered...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 2, 20237 min read
11 Books to Read if You Love/Hate Creepy Dolls
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 19, 202313 min read
20 Horror Novels About Writers
I love reading about writers. It's self indulgent, I'm sure, but there is something immensely satisfying about investing in a character...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 17, 20236 min read
Hailey Piper Interview
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 12, 20234 min read
Ode to the Horror Novella
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...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 10, 20237 min read
Cat Voleur Interview
A controversial comic creator is catapulted into a world of crime and obsession in Cat Voleur’s new novella, Revenge Arc. The synopsis...
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Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 5, 20232 min read
Letters, Diaries, and Memoirs From Your Favorite Horror Writers
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...
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