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June Reading Schedule
Mountains of Madness vol 1 & 2 by Gou Tanabe starting on 6/6
Cyclonopedia by Reza Negarestani starting on 6/13
Blindsight by Peter Watts starting on 6/20
Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn starting on 6/27
April artwork by Maia Weir (shop her merch!)
Anthology News
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… Continue reading Howls from the Dark Ages: The First-Ever Medieval Horror Anthology
Join Us! HOWLS From Hell Twitch Party on June 26
To celebrate the audiobook release of Howls From Hell, we will be having a party event on Twitch on Saturday June 26th, 2021, at 2:00 PM EST. We we will have author readings of Howls From Hell stories, games, and giveaways! Attendees will have a chance to win a copy of the Howls From Hell… Continue reading Join Us! HOWLS From Hell Twitch Party on June 26
Showcasing the Howls From Hell Authors!
With the release of HOWL’s debut anthology, Howls From Hell on May 18th, (order now!), HOWL Society would like to showcase the sixteen talented writers featured in Howls From Hell. Each of these writers contributed terrifying tales unique in voice, themes, and idea. No matter the type of horror fan, a reader is sure to… Continue reading Showcasing the Howls From Hell Authors!
Recent Reviews
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… Continue reading Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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… Continue reading Boof-e Koor (The Blind Owl) by Sadegh Hedayat
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle L. Gómez
by Molly Collins (@History Bot) We all know vampires. They hate garlic, they can’t cross moving water, the sun burns them, they’ve got to hang out in their coffins pretty regularly, they suck blood, and they live for a long, long time. This week over at HOWL Society, we read a book that sticks to… Continue reading The Gilda Stories by Jewelle L. Gómez
Recent Blogs
The 2021 HOWLS Awards
by Joseph Andre Thomas (@bunttriple) HOWLS exploded in 2021. Like literally exploded. There’s blood everywhere. A bit of liver on the ceiling, half-a-heart sliding down the wall. This past year, HOWLS Discord channel grew to 1500+ users, with around 200 active at any given moment. HOWLS released Howls From Hell, its first anthology, to very… Continue reading The 2021 HOWLS Awards
Bloodlines Interview Series #4: Chris O’Halloran
by P.L. McMillan Welcome back, dearest reader, for the final interview of my Bloodlines series! In this series of interviews, I ask the authors who put together the collection about writing, their inspirations, aspirations, and more. Bloodlines comes out this Tuesday, Jan 11th, so get your pre-order now! And if you haven’t watched them yet,… Continue reading Bloodlines Interview Series #4: Chris O’Halloran
Bloodlines Interview Series #3: Antony Frost
by P.L. McMillan Why howdy! Here I am. Here you are. And here is another interview with another talented author! In case you missed the first two, I am interviewing the four authors responsible for putting together an upcoming anthology on the theme of familial horror. This anthology, Bloodlines, is coming out soon actually! It… Continue reading Bloodlines Interview Series #3: Antony Frost
Book Club Nominees
5 Dives Into Murky Depths
by @L. (she/her/hers/ella), curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for June’s “Water, Water Everywhere” category Seventy-one percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water…but who truly knows what lurks in the depths? Oceans, seas, rivers, streams, lakes, lagoons, and the water in our own bodies all, to some extent, hold secrets. Dive in and… Continue reading 5 Dives Into Murky Depths
6 Terrifying Treks BACK into the Cosmos
by Emily Hughes, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for June’s “Space: The Mind-Fuck Frontier” category Regardless of what you might have heard on Twitter, space horror is alive, well, and very real. After all, what’s more horrifying than space? It’s an endless silent void at the razor-thin edge of what a human body can… Continue reading 6 Terrifying Treks BACK into the Cosmos
Cock Your Head at these 5 Weird Horror Books
by @Nicholas Zielinski, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for June’s “Weird Postmodernism” category Weird fiction is hard to define, but I’m going to do it anyway, with help from weird fiction’s most problematic grandpa: H.P. Lovecraft. In a landmark essay on the subject, he claims that all weird tales must contain “outer, unknown forces…… Continue reading Cock Your Head at these 5 Weird Horror Books
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