Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays provides readers with an overview of the genre in print form. One of the recent anthologies published this year by McFarland, it provides a good introduction to the topic as well. Historically, horror studies in literature (and subsequently in film) is a relatively young area. In recent [...]

Dario Argento’s name has become synonymous with Italian Horror. The writer-director’s body of work—ranging from classics like Suspiria and Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) to critical and commercial flops like Phantom of the Opera and Dracula 3D—retains a fervent fanbase and continues to inspire filmmakers around the world. Scholarship within the past 30 years by Maitland [...]

The Black Veldt is a new novella from Michael Reyes, an up and coming horror and dark fantasy author with previous credits in Weird Tales Magazine and Cirsova. We follow Jose Carvel, a self-described degenerate who's trying to turn over a new leaf as a writer in the Lower East Side but can't seem to [...]

The Shadow of Hades is a new paranormal fantasy title by 20-year-old (!) author Paul C. Williams. The book is set in a world where magic is a fact of life but is banned in Puckford, a small town surrounded by an otherworldly forest called The Fae. It's here that our four main characters set [...]

Last Case at a Baggage Auction is a swift, enjoyable horror-mystery yarn. Here, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Eric. J. Guignard granted one of his earlier novellas an “Author’s Preferred Text.” What does this mean? The term for books is synonymous with that of a director’s cut for film—instances where established writers rerelease previous work in [...]

Another year means another entry in The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, a yearly release that pulls from both seasoned authors and relative newcomers to highlight all things dark fiction. The new 2020 edition eschews the usual "year in the title" approach in favor of the streamlined The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: [...]

Wood is a holiday horror novella by new author Dalton Primeaux. The book is about Henry, whose choice in furniture leaves a lot to be desired as the new table that he and his boyfriend Jason bring home from an antique store turns out to be infested by the spirits of long-dead witches. Having been [...]