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Editor Picks 2023
Who doesn't love a roundup? As 2023 closes out, I wanted to give a shoutout to my favorite reads. Some of these were released this year...

Emily Ruth Verona
Dec 13, 20233 min read
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New Releases: November 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...

Emily Ruth Verona
Oct 25, 20232 min read
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Horror Poetry Perfect for Halloween
We all know the classic poems that become popular around spooky season. Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". "The Witches' Spell" from William...

Emily Ruth Verona
Oct 18, 20235 min read
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Mental Health & Genre Fiction Reading List
Okay. Let's get personal. A few weeks ago, I ran a library writing workshop called "Mental Health and Genre Fiction" at the Bloomfield...

Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 20, 20239 min read
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New Releases: September 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...

Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 30, 20233 min read
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New Releases: August 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...

Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 26, 20233 min read
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New Releases: July 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...

Emily Ruth Verona
Jun 28, 20233 min read
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Michael Perret Interview
Michael Perret’s debut poetry collection The Chimera traces the tale of Smarra, an intersex human turned into a vampire during the...

Emily Ruth Verona
Jun 19, 20237 min read
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Spooky Books for Movie Nerds
Growing up, my love of horror developed through television and the movies. It started with Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark?...

Emily Ruth Verona
Jun 14, 202313 min read
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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...

Emily Ruth Verona
May 31, 20233 min read
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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...

Emily Ruth Verona
May 15, 20237 min read
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GUEST POST: What I’ve Learned about Grief from the Horror Genre
On April 16, 2021, sometime around six in the morning, my husband received the worst news of his life: his father had suddenly passed...

Grace R. Reynolds
Apr 19, 20235 min read
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Weird History: The Poetry Book Bound in Human Skin
Let's talk about George Cudmore's skin. But, first, let's talk about George Cudmore. In 1830, George Cudmore was hanged for the murder of...

Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 7, 20233 min read
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100 Horror Poetry Collections From the Past Decade
I love horror poetry. I really love it. I don't think I read a great deal of poetry before discovering the glorious sub-section of horror...

Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 5, 20235 min read
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Jessica McHugh Interview
As we enter National Poetry Month, Frightful is talking to the Bram Stoker and Elgin Award nominated blackout poet Jessica McHugh. Her...

Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 3, 20235 min read
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New Releases: April 2023
Looking for your next dark read? This lists covers all corners of horror, from hardcore horror to books classified in other categories...

Emily Ruth Verona
Mar 29, 20234 min read
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