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 survive,… Continue reading 6 Terrifying Treks BACK into the Cosmos
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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… and… Continue reading Cock Your Head at these 5 Weird Horror Books
6 Mangas That’ll Have Your Brain in a Spiral
by @Miskatonika, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for June's "👹 Picturing the Unimaginable: Horror Manga" category Manga is often imagined as just for kids, but there are a handful of artists working in Japan who have mastered the art of portraying horror. They offer a variety of scares—from gross out body horror to existential… Continue reading 6 Mangas That’ll Have Your Brain in a Spiral
6 Liminal Horrors That Exist in Your Peripheral Vision
by @Hildegardia, curator of HOWLS book club nominees for June's "🌉 Between Here and There" category Roadside Picnic by Arkadi & Boris Strugatski “Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien… Continue reading 6 Liminal Horrors That Exist in Your Peripheral Vision
6 Books by Trans Authors
by @ferris, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for May's "Trans-Scribed Terrors" category This list is intended as a diverse selection of horror stories written by transgender authors. As a trans person and a horror fan I feel there is a lack of mainstream discussion surrounding works by trans and gender non-conforming writers, though thankfully… Continue reading 6 Books by Trans Authors
6 Horror Novels That’ll Have You Feeling Like a Kid Again
by @Arboc Rednammoc, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for May's "Parents Just Don’t Understand" category Editor's note: This introduction contains a fair amount of inside jokes. Members of Howl Society will understand. Outsiders should join the Discord for something in the family of an explanation.Could you recite the first rule of HOWL Society without… Continue reading 6 Horror Novels That’ll Have You Feeling Like a Kid Again
6 Shuckingly Good Folk Horrors
by @_ghostgrrrl, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for May's "🌾The Books Are Not What They Seem" Folk horror has always been my favorite subgenre, as an avid fan of folklore around the world. What is Folk Horror? It’s secret cults and strange practices. It’s small towns and the secrets they hide. It’s liminal spaces… Continue reading 6 Shuckingly Good Folk Horrors
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
6 Books by Asian and Pacific Islander Authors
by @Ri3Ri3, curator of HOWLS book club nominees for May's "Asian and Pacific Islander Week!" category In honor of Asian and Pacific Islander month, it was important for me to broaden my horizons and create a list of picks to represent different cultures. She Said Destroy by Nadia Bulkin A dictator craves love--and horrifying sacrifice--from… Continue reading 6 Books by Asian and Pacific Islander Authors
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