Sumiko Saulson has always been a poet, and has finally been recognized for it in recent years. Their collection The Rat King, A Book of Dark Poetry (Dookie Press, 2022) was nominated for the 2022 Stoker Award for Achievement in Poetry, and now, Melancholia, A Book of Dark Poetry (Bludgeoned Girls Press, 2024) is a… Continue reading Conversing with the Ghosts of our Past Selves: 13 Questions with Sumiko Saulson
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
Pedro Iniquez has been in the atmosphere, writing for 16 years, and has truly landed this year—2025. He has two collections of stories: one horror (Fever Dream of a Parasite) and one sci-fi (Echos and Embers forthcoming, July 2025). He has a children's book (The Fib) coming in October. And, with Mexicans on the Moon,… Continue reading To the Moon: 13 Questions with Pedro Iniguez
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 ‘bad house’ and ‘haunted house,’… Continue reading HOWLS BOOK CLUB: House Calls – 4 Haunted / Bad House Books
"I have always thought the world sat at an odd angle, so the [horror] genre suits me." L. Marie Wood, a finalist for the Stoker Award for Superior Achievement. in Poetry for her book Imitation of Life, has been writing dark fiction and poetry for nearly her whole life. She balances this along with a… Continue reading Horror Poetry for the Soul: 13 Questions with L. Marie Wood
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
As part of our Horror Poetry Month series, we ask Bram Stoker Achievement in Poetry Finalist Jamal Hodge 13 questions.Jamal Hodge is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated poet and multi-award-winning filmmaker, known for blending emotional depth with speculative themes. A member of the SFPA and HWA, he earned three Rhysling Award nominations, with his poem "Colony" placing 2nd… Continue reading Horror, Hope and Courage: 13 Questions with Jamal Hodge
13 Questions with Lee Murray Lee Murray is an accomplished poet, author, editor, and essayist. HOWL Society is honored to feature her in celebration of National Poetry Month. She is one of five 2024 Bram Stoker Finalists for Superior Achievement in Poetry for her book, Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud. We discuss her love… Continue reading Lee Murray’s Lessons in Poetry
It's April, and this month, like every month, we delight in literary horrors large and small. Prancing through flowers freshly blooming in graveyards; dancing in the rain that falls on our black parade. Here are the 4 freshly terrifying books we're reading this month! April 6: Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo Pedro Páramo is our… Continue reading HOWLS Book Club: 4 Books for April 2025
11 Horror Books by Transgender & Non-Binary Writers Today is the Transgender Day of Visibility, when we recognize and platform writers who identify as transgender or non-binary. Here at HOWLS, we celebrate all people! Trans rights are human rights. The horror community is frighteningly bigger, better, and scarier because transgender and non-binary voices share their… Continue reading Honoring Transgender & Non-Binary Horror Authors
