by @arbocrednammoc, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for September's "Blackshually, Horror is an Emotion" category “The monster of racism will always sort of be hiding behind the door in a lot of Black storytelling, but the stories themselves are going to be as varied as the artists who dream them. And that's what's just… Continue reading 6 Terrifying Horror Books by Black Authors
Lights! Camera! Terror! 6 Books at the Intersection Between Film and Literature
by @lonestarcryptid, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for September's "Lights! Camera! Terror!" category Since the late nineteenth century the world has been haunted by the hypnotic glow of motion pictures. More than a century ago, before the first talkies whispered their siren song, celluloid first captured the horrors of the human imagination. Since then… Continue reading Lights! Camera! Terror! 6 Books at the Intersection Between Film and Literature
The Book is Better Than the Movie? 6 Horror Movie Novelizations
by Peter Ong Cook, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for August's "Horror Flick Novelizations" category Movies are adapted from books all the time, so here’s the reverse-Uno. Books adapted from movies! AKA novelizations. Some are dumb money grabs, some have scenes and backstory cut from the final film, and some delve deeper into what… Continue reading The Book is Better Than the Movie? 6 Horror Movie Novelizations
Bless Your Heart: 5 Southern Horror Books
by @ghostlygnocchi, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for August's "Southern Harm" category I’m from Alabama, and while I’m not always overjoyed about that fact–especially during summer and election cycles–I nevertheless feel it’s important to acknowledge the good things about my home, many of which get overlooked in favor of stereotypes and jokes. So many… Continue reading Bless Your Heart: 5 Southern Horror Books
5 Horror Novels that Surf the Audio/Visual Waves
by @serpymatt, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for August's "Hitting the Waves" category Summer is here and it’s time for some Beach Reads Recs for relaxing between sweet surf outings - right? Nah, wrong waves, dude! Stay Inside with Some Audio/Video Alternatives! We’re popping in that old mislabeled tape, tuning the dial until we… Continue reading 5 Horror Novels that Surf the Audio/Visual Waves
5 Novels for Hot Ghoul Summer
by @jillyspins, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for August's "It's a Hot Ghoul Summer" category I am not here for Hot Girl Summer. Instead give me Goth Girl Summer, Hot Ghoul Summer, Creepy Bitch Summer… you get the point. I want to wear my black clothes, read horror novels in the shade, and hiss… Continue reading 5 Novels for Hot Ghoul Summer
5 More Books From Authors We Love
by @Ahab_atLZ, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for July's "Retreading Hallowed Ground" category Some things stick with you. Sometimes, our minds take a memory and canonize it—it becomes part of who we are, an anchoring point by which we judge the passage of time, a feeling we may try to recapture. With July’s lists… Continue reading 5 More Books From Authors We Love
6 Memoirs That Are Scarier Than Fiction
by @The_Left_Reverend, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for July's "Truth is Stranger Than Fiction (Horrifying Memoirs)" category So often we turn to fiction to find the stories that unsettle, disturb, and terrify. The sad reality is that real life has a plethora of horrors that can unnerve even the most avid horror readers. This… Continue reading 6 Memoirs That Are Scarier Than Fiction
Happy (Late) Canada Day! Here’s 6 Canadian Horror Books for your TBR
by @psyche, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for July's "Aaa! Canada!: Books So Chilling, They’re 0 Degrees Celsius" category As everyone knows, July is renowned for being the month of Canada Day (July 1, for those less informed). So when there was a little gap in the poll scheduling, I decided it would be… Continue reading Happy (Late) Canada Day! Here’s 6 Canadian Horror Books for your TBR
6 Haunted House Books to Read This Summer
by @Taylordactyl, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for July's "The Horror is Coming From Inside the House" category I had several category ideas I was looking at building to, and as I explored books that would fit, I kept finding myself coming back to haunted house stories, most of which would actually be out… Continue reading 6 Haunted House Books to Read This Summer