The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand officially hit the shelves August 19 and became an instant bestseller. It debuted at No. 3 on The New York Times Best Sellers list for September 7, at No. 16 on USA Today's Best-selling Booklist for August 27, and reached No.... Continue Reading →
Kristopher Triana won Best Novel for his survival tale The Old Lady at the 2025 Splatterpunk Awards presented at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, on August 2. Triana is now a three-time honoree in the category, previously winning Best Novel for Full Brutal in 2019 and The Night Stockers (co-authored with Ryan Harding) in 2022. Visit... Continue Reading →
Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton won the prestigious Novel category at the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards presented at Readercon 34 in Burlington, Mass., on July 19. Billed as a surreal American gothic novel "for fans of 'The Lottery' and The Hunger Games," Curdle Creek is the story of Osira, a 45-year-old widow who follows the strict conventions... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: Since 2024, Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of the year, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) Luka T. Jacobs and Jeffrey B Miley continue their successful runs on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 List as they delivered more top-rated cryptid horror fiction during the second... Continue Reading →
Fresh off nominations for 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards, Gwendolyn Kiste and Monika Kim won top honors during the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards presented by the Horror Writers Association on June 14 at StokerCon 2025 in Stamford, Conn. The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste won for Superior Achievement in a Novel, and The Eyes Are... Continue Reading →
Thirty-two works of dark fiction in six categories are nominated for the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards, according to an announcement by ShirleyJacksonAwards.org. Presentation of the awards is scheduled July 19 at 8 p.m. during Readercon 34 at the Boston Marriott Burlington in Burlington, Mass. Credit: ShirleyJacksonAwards.org Honoring the legacy of author Shirley Jackson, this year's awards recognize the... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review short stories from horror anthologies, collections, and zines.) “Knock on Wood” by Leigh Kenny invokes the elemental fear of A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Amityville Horror by blending a terrifying boogeyman with a haunted house. It transported me back to the best old-school... Continue Reading →
There’s a moment in the horror movie Solitude when Kara, a contestant on a survival competition show, stares despairingly into her camera and repeats, “I’m going to die out here!” However, after she looks at her daughter’s photograph, she says, “I’m not going to die out here.” Her resolve strengthened, Kara looks outside her shelter... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review short stories from horror anthologies, collections, and zines.) SPOILER ALERT! I like receiving newsletters in my email from my favorite horror writers, and one of the best is The Fear County Chronicle by Splatterpunk Award-winning author Ronald Kelly. His newsletter provides an introspective and sometimes... Continue Reading →
While perusing the list of nominations for the 2025 Splatterpunk Awards, one name stands out: Bad Dream Books. Billed as a “boundary-breaking artist collective,” Bad Dream Books produced one-third of the nominees with at least one title represented in all five categories. That’s an impressive eight out of 24 nominations. Benjamin co-authored by Aron Beauregard... Continue Reading →
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