horror

A Haunting Collection of Stories from Cynthia Pelayo

In Lotería, Cynthia Pelayo has compiled an eclectic collection of stories and vignettes that vary from haunting to unsettling to the macabre. Whether a chapter contains a short narrative, a poem or even a list, every featured entry stands on its own in terms of being thought-provoking or poignant, and…

Philip ZozzaroSeptember 2, 2025

Listicles

The Chill Quill: Summer Reads That Will Chill You to the Bone

Summer’s thermostat may be soaring, but July’s new releases are here to bring the spine-tingling chill back to your beach chair. Whether you’re sneaking away for late-night reads or treating yourself to a poolside gasp, from dark academia to folk horror and multigenerational sagas, first-time collector’s editions to murderous and…

Lindy RyanJuly 14, 2025

Listicles

Annabelle Escaped and These Haunted Items Want Out Too!

What do you do when one of the most dangerous dolls in paranormal history escapes her heavily protected glass case and hits the road? Nothing. You stay on your couch, grab popcorn and watch the chaos unfold from a safe distance. That doll? Annabelle. Said to be demonically possessed and…

Monique SnymanMay 29, 2025

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

What Lurks Beyond: 6 Entrancing and Horrific Tales of Otherworldly Foes

I often think about this one episode of the 1998 TV series Charmed, “Once Upon a Time” (2000), in which the Halliwell sisters must protect a young girl who is being stalked by dark, mythical creatures that lurk in the “in-betweens,” points of time and space at which two worlds…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 22, 2022

Listicles

Stories that Evoke the Nuance, Fear and Tenderness of Motherhood

When I had my daughter in 2014, it felt impossible to find literature that took motherhood both seriously and tenderly. I could find medical guides or how-to books on sleep training and funny quips about the exhaustion of early motherhood, but all of these books felt very far from the…

Amanda Parrish MorganOctober 20, 2022

Listicles

The Chill Quill: Beach Reads with a Body Count

Summer book season is officially here! Whether you’re basking on the beach, romping under the sun outdoors with friends, or hiding inside with the air conditioning, from murderous train rides to tragic retellings and summertime shenanigans, this month’s new releases are guaranteed to keep your pulse racing and skin burning.

Lindy RyanJune 17, 2025

Listicles

The Chill Quill: May Reads That Will Haunt You All Summer

From atmospheric thrillers to heart-wrenching, grief-laden ghost stories and pulpy novellas, the summer book season is coming in hot with these steaming new reads.

Lindy RyanMay 19, 2025

Listicles

The Chill Quill: April is Blooming with Frightfully Fresh Reads

Spring is officially here, and April is blooming with fresh new reads from the dark side! From familial ghosts to monsters both figurative and literal, to nostalgic nightmares, futuristic fears, and even a murder by cheesecake, this month’s new releases span the gamut from the sweetly spooky to the downright…

Lindy RyanApril 18, 2025

Fiction Listicles

13 Horror Novels You Need On Your TBR

Here are 13 must-read horror books I decided to compile a list for all you horror lovers! This list has everything readers could want, from the spine-chilling and grotesque to the surreal and … cozy (yes, that’s actually a thing).

Katie BloomerApril 1, 2025

BooksToScreen Listicles

Craving More “Yellowjackets”? Read These 8 Horrifying Novels

When a plane crashes in 1996, a girls’ soccer team is stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. With only their team, their remaining belongings and anything they can scavenge or build, they fight for survival. How many months or years will they be stranded for? One thing is…

Megan BeauregardFebruary 12, 2025

Listicles Thrillers

The Chill Quill: Love Bites and Dark Delights That Will Haunt You This February

Vampiric appetites. Spectral kisses. Unhinged desires. From historical horrors to ghostly thrillers, dark fantasies, and terrifying shorts, February’s new releases make even the darkest hearts beat with six chilling new titles to fall in love with this month.

Lindy RyanFebruary 11, 2025

Listicles Thrillers

The Chill Quill: Witches, Hauntings, and Dark Thrills That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

It’s a brand-new year, and the Chill Quill is back! Each month we’re bringing you reading recommendations from the spooky side to keep you shivering all through the year with a selection of hot off the press thrillers, horrors, mysteries, and dark fantasies from well-known and emerging authors. Grab a…

Lindy RyanJanuary 29, 2025

Fiction

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Celebrating the death rather than the birthday of the master of the macabre, is only fitting. On this day October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 40 after he was found in a gutter on a side street in Baltimore, Maryland. Some people say he died…

Matt GillickOctober 7, 2016

Fiction Recommended

Viking Sagas, Crime Noir and Sci-Fi Collide in One Genre-Defying Graphic Novel

Graphic Novels. Comic books. Manga. These mediums that blur the lines between art and literature have long been bound by stigma. While being a pillar of pop culture, many have felt that these books are not to be taken seriously and pale in comparison to traditional novels when it comes…

Wyatt SemenukJuly 7, 2023

Miscellany

Celebrate Mother’s Day with Women in Horror

From Rosemary’s Baby to Psycho, mothers — and terrifying depictions of everything motherhood — have long been a staple of the horror genre. And for good reason: mothers wield tremendous power. A mother can calm or cut, harm or heal, nurture or needle. Sometimes, she is the savior tucking us…

Lindy RyanMay 10, 2024

Listicles Miscellany Thrillers

Reinventing Animal Tropes In Horror Novels

“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” asks Percy Bysshe Shelley in “Ode to the West Wind.” And as May’s flowers begin to bloom in the last days of April’s showers, spring is indeed all around us. Green sprouts from bare branches! Blue smears across the sky! Pastels dot…

Lindy RyanApril 29, 2024

A Haunting Collection of Stories from Cynthia Pelayo

The Chill Quill: Summer Reads That Will Chill You to the Bone

Annabelle Escaped and These Haunted Items Want Out Too!

What Lurks Beyond: 6 Entrancing and Horrific Tales of Otherworldly Foes

The Chill Quill: Beach Reads with a Body Count

The Chill Quill: May Reads That Will Haunt You All Summer

The Chill Quill: April is Blooming with Frightfully Fresh Reads

13 Horror Novels You Need On Your TBR

Craving More “Yellowjackets”? Read These 8 Horrifying Novels

The Chill Quill: Love Bites and Dark Delights That Will Haunt You This February

The Chill Quill: Witches, Hauntings, and Dark Thrills That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Viking Sagas, Crime Noir and Sci-Fi Collide in One Genre-Defying Graphic Novel

Celebrate Mother’s Day with Women in Horror

Reinventing Animal Tropes In Horror Novels

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