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
Category: Book Club Nominees
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
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
Two Weeks With a Terrifying Tome Returns: 2 Thicc 2 Impervious
by @bunttriple, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for March's "2 Thicc 2 Impervious" category That’s right, baby—the doorstoppers are back! Get out your shrines to George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Ayn Rand, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, and all the other writers who never met an editor they didn’t disagree with, and say a prayer.For two… Continue reading Two Weeks With a Terrifying Tome Returns: 2 Thicc 2 Impervious
5 Books That Will Draw You Into the Void of Space
by @mrkvm, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for March's "Lost In The Void" category For me, the cold, dark isolation of space is the perfect setting for horror. This category includes a set of stories with characters trapped by their surroundings, whether that be in a claustrophobic spaceship far from home or on the… Continue reading 5 Books That Will Draw You Into the Void of Space
7 Dark Gothic Works of Women’s Literature
by @Bad Janet, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for March's "Gothicc" category This is a category of Gothic feminist literature. I've always been drawn to stories of dark and disturbing undertones of repressed women, society forcing them into isolation, madness, and horror. Here are some of the best in history and some modern takes. … Continue reading 7 Dark Gothic Works of Women’s Literature
6 Cursed Books
by DMVickerson, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for March's "This List is Cursed" category Readers beware. At least one title on this list is cursed. Have you ever walked past a desolate house and thought, “Definitely some ghosts in there!” or picked up a VHS tape from the back of your mom’s closet and wondered… Continue reading 6 Cursed Books
5 Non-Fiction dives into the Horror of Humanity
by @put_upon, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for February's "A Spooky Syllabus" category While fictional horror is all well and good (and the majority of what I read in any given year), there is something uniquely unsettling about non-fiction books that delve into the darker side of humanity and human beliefs. Non-fiction is also… Continue reading 5 Non-Fiction dives into the Horror of Humanity
6 Terrifying Novels Seen Through a Cameras Lens
by @ericaleticia, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for February's "Footage of Fear" category What we find scary is different for everyone. But when we are subjected to elements of fear via various forms of media, we don’t get to choose, and that lack of choice can be even more scary. These are all books… Continue reading 6 Terrifying Novels Seen Through a Cameras Lens