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HOWLS BOOK CLUB: The Doctor Is In – 5 Non-Fiction Medical Horror Books

HOWL Society member Jessica Peter assembled this list of dark medical non-fiction books. This list exemplifies the fact that often, truth is scarier than fiction. We vote for one of them to be part of our weekly Book Club discussion! The Doctor Is In: 5 Non-Fiction Medical Horror Books. Join our Discord to be part… Continue reading HOWLS BOOK CLUB: The Doctor Is In – 5 Non-Fiction Medical Horror Books

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HOWLS BOOK CLUB: House Calls – 4 Haunted / Bad House Books

HOWL Society member @wytwavedarling assembled this list of haunted / bad house books. We vote for one of them to be part of our weekly Book Club discussion! House Calls: 4 Haunted / Bad House Books. Join our Discord to be part of the club. [M]ost scholarship conflates the terms โ€˜bad houseโ€™ and โ€˜haunted house,โ€™… Continue reading HOWLS BOOK CLUB: House Calls – 4 Haunted / Bad House Books

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BOOK CLUB: It’s Coming from Inside the house! 4 Creepy House Books

HOWL Society member Bridget D. Brave composed this list of books featuring creepy things happening in the house. We vote for one of them to be part of our weekly Book Club discussion! It's Coming from Inside the House! 4 Creepy House Books. Join our Discord to be part of the club! Tales of Things… Continue reading BOOK CLUB: It’s Coming from Inside the house! 4 Creepy House Books

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Women in Horror 2025 – Howls Book Club Year In Review

Not only is March Womenโ€™s History Month, but itโ€™s also Women in Horror Month! Jawbone by Monica OjedaNever Have I Ever by Isabel YapRouge by Mona AwadThe Reformation by Tananarive DueThe Hunger by Alma KatsuHangman by Shirley JacksonCome Closer by Sara GranThe Dead Hours of Night by Lisa TuttleA Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth… Continue reading Women in Horror 2025 – Howls Book Club Year In Review

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13 Questions With Cynthia Gรณmez

Cynthia Gรณmez's debut book The Nightmare Box and Other Stories is a love letter to her home, Oakland. When we were looking for authors to feature for Women in Horror Month, hers was the first name that touched our pointy little tongues. Question 1: How do you feel about women's representation in horror today, specifically… Continue reading 13 Questions With Cynthia Gรณmez

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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 โ€” 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… Continue reading Short Stories Galore! 6 Horror Anthologies for your TBR

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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… Continue reading 6 Horror Books for People Named Joseph

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Howls from the Scene of the Crime Kickstarter!

Become a Kickstarter Backer 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 societyโ€™s rules.Heists, drugs, cults, detectives, murder, monsters, revenge. HOWL Society Press invites you to… Continue reading Howls from the Scene of the Crime Kickstarter!

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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. Iโ€™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… Continue reading 5 Nonfiction Books That’ll Give You the Chills