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Features, deep-dives, and lists on bookish horror content.
Emily Ruth Verona
Dec 20, 2023
Frightful Will Be Taking a Break
It's not easy to write this and I know it happens sometimes, but Frightful will be taking a break going into 2024. I'm not sure how long...
Emily Ruth Verona
Dec 18, 2023
New Releases: January 2024
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
Dec 13, 2023
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 6, 2023
8 Jewish Horror Books for Chanukah
With Chanukah just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to celebrate some Jewish horror books! That's right. Because sometimes...
Emily Ruth Verona
Nov 29, 2023
New Releases: December 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
Nov 22, 2023
Book Recs Based on Your Favorite Canceled Horror Shows
You know that feeling when you find the perfect horror show? It's unique. It's weird. It's creepy as hell. Then you are probably also...
Emily Ruth Verona
Nov 15, 2023
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!...
Emily Ruth Verona
Nov 8, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Nov 1, 2023
Chilling Second Person Stories
We love second-person stories. They bring something to the table that you don't see all too often and, when done correctly, a...
Emily Ruth Verona
Oct 25, 2023
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 18, 2023
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 11, 2023
10 Books That Will Make You Stay Out of the Woods
Here at Frightful, we LOVE the forest. Absolutely. We prefer trees to most people. Can't get enough of them. That said, we never go...
Emily Ruth Verona
Oct 4, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 27, 2023
New Releases: October 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
Sep 20, 2023
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 13, 2023
7 Terrifying Tales Where the Pet Lives
Are you a horror fan who attaches emotionally to any animal character almost immediately? Then this list is for you. It's no secret that...
Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 8, 2023
Weird History: 5 Odd Space-Related Facts
Humans have been fascinated by the stars for centuries. In writing up these history lessons every week, I often come across interesting...
Emily Ruth Verona
Sep 6, 2023
13 Fall-Flavored Reads
What is a fall-flavored read, you ask? Well, imagine a pumpkin spice latte—only, instead of a latte, it's a creepy, crawly horror book...
Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 30, 2023
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 23, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 16, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 9, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Aug 2, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 26, 2023
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 19, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 12, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Jul 5, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Jun 28, 2023
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...
Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
Jun 21, 2023
GUEST POST: The Horror (And Triumph) of Coming Out
They call us late bloomers: LGBTQ+ folk who come out later in life. Who recognize or reconcile with their queerness in their 30’s, 40’s,...
Emily Ruth Verona
Jun 14, 2023
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 7, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
May 31, 2023
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 24, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
May 17, 2023
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 10, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
May 3, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 26, 2023
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...
Grace R. Reynolds
Apr 19, 2023
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...
Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 12, 2023
Book Recs Based On Your Favorite 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' Episode
If you were a weird little kid in the 1990s who watched a lot of television, you probably loved Are You Afraid of the Dark? even though...
Emily Ruth Verona
Apr 5, 2023
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
Mar 29, 2023
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 22, 2023
Finding Comfort in the Haunted House
There's something about a grand, eerie estate on a hill—an apartment in a creaky, old building—an idyllic little cape cod on a quiet...
Emily Ruth Verona
Mar 12, 2023
Let's Talk About Jewish Horror (And Then Let's Keep Talking About It)
A look at Jewish horror in an evolving literary market.
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