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Live Now! The Howls from the Scene of the Crime Kickstarter
We are thrilled to share that our Kickstarter to crowdfund Howls from the Scene of the Crime: An Anthology of Crime Horror is up! The Kickstarter is open now and will run until Thursday, March 28.
Upcoming Book Club Reads
Poe’s Children edited by Peter Straub – March 18-29 (2 week read)
Barks and Howls: Recent Books We Gave 4+ Stars
IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote
- “An interesting read of the lauded first true crime novel.” – @History_Bot
FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- “A classic for a reason.” – @History_Bot
BELOVED by Toni Morrison
- “One of the best ghost stories I’ve ever read, written with heart and skill.” – @thoughtsupnorth
SUMMER SONS by Lee Mandelo
- “A sultry, sweaty, engine-revving exploration of queerness, horror, and the history of the American South.” – @thoughtsupnorth
- “A queer, creepy, trauma packed southern gothic that I could not put down.” – @Jillyspins
- “Chaotic bisexual energy in a southern gothic meets dark academia meets dirtbag irresponsibility setting.” – @perkyanda
IN THE DREAM HOUSE by Carmen Maria Machado
- “Reading this is like holding someone else’s beating heart in your hands. It’s intense, it’s terrifying, and intimate.” – Kay Popple
- “A haunting memoir that is as frightening as it is creative.” – @Cryptid
- “It is a book I will be recommending for the rest of my life.” – @larainbowllama
Anthology News
Howls from the Scene of the Crime Kickstarter!
A death row cell that recounts the dark stories of its inmates. An informant who consumes shards of crystallized skulls to see the past. A world where to speak of the dead is a violation of an unjust society’s rules. Heists, drugs, cults, detectives, murder, monsters, revenge. HOWL Society Press invites you to commit yourself…
Thank You, and a Major Announcement
That’s a wrap on our Kickstarter! Thank you to everyone for helping us get over the finish line. We hope you’ve enjoyed it! Some Highlights of the Road So Far… Even our own membership has been pretty blown away by our updates, so if you missed any, please take a look back! Some of the…
40% Funded, and Announcing a Partner Campaign!
To everyone who’s already backed Howls From the Wreckage, THANK YOU! With Kickstarter’s “Project We Love” label and all of the early support, we’re already at the 40% mark for reaching our initial goal! The contributors are thrilled, HOWLS members are howling in excitement, and we’re excited to keep rolling right along! Meanwhile, we’re devoting…
Recent Reviews
The 2022 HOWLS Awards
by Joseph Andre Thomas (@bunttriple) They’re (finally) here—the HOWL Society Best of 2022 Awards. Yes, the new year has come and gone long ago (along, apparently, with any semblance of my commitments and responsibilities). But at long last the hammer has struck the anvil, and the winners have been chosen. HOWLS members voted on their…
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
by Christopher O’Halloran (@Burgleinfernal) Poll the average HOWLer and you’ll get the same opinion: the world is a dumpster fire. Many find it hard to point at the marvels around us without being overwhelmed by the constant injustices going on every day. Whether that’s the mistreatment of minority populations by both authority figures and fellow…
Boof-e Koor (The Blind Owl) by Sadegh Hedayat
by ghazal ghaffari (@ghazal) One of the most important books from Iran, and Hedayat’s magnum opus. This brilliant book is the literary manifestation of a fever dream. Hedayat leads us through the non-linear story of an unnamed narrator, plagued by death and murderous intentions. A wildly unconventional piece of literature, with subtle plays on the…
Recent Blogs
Howls from the Wreckage Kickstarter Launch!
Skies darken. Sirens wail. Buildings tremble with each distant boom. You grasp your loved ones close to you. Any second could be your last. Howls From the Wreckage will push you to the edge of imminent disaster—and drown you in the heartbreak of its fallout. HOWL Society Press presents its thrilling anthology of disaster horror,…
August in Review
Q&A Authors Books We Read Stories published By HOWLers
Howls from the Dark Ages: The First-Ever Medieval Horror Anthology
HOWL Society Press presents the first-ever anthology of medieval horror! Howls from the Dark Ages contains 18 thrilling tales of cursed castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries, with an introduction by Christopher Buelhman, the author who started it all with his novel Between Two Fires. Available in eBook, paperback, and a limited edition…
Book Club Nominees
Short Stories Galore! 6 Horror Anthologies for your TBR
by @basicchunnel, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for March 2024’s “The Sordid Unsorted” category Themed Fiction anthologies have an obvious appeal for both writers and readers — a concept or focus which unites its contents in an evident way. Unthemed anthologies, on the other hand, are less popular in part because that obvious focus…
6 Horror Books for People Named Joseph
by @Foo, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for March 2024’s “Let’s Celebrate Joseph” category Everyone deserves self compassion and celebration. So with that, let us help inflate my own ego and pick from books that spell out my name (Joseph). Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA…
5 Nonfiction Books That’ll Give You the Chills
by @Leviathan15, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for March 2024’s “Tiny But Mighty” category This list aims to terrify, delight, and inform, all at the same time. I’ve picked five nonfiction books about tiny terrors that plague (pun completely intended) our world. Some of our favorite authors have been influenced by these real-life horrors…
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