As the old saying goes, April terrors bring May horrors! HOWLS is reading 3 fearsome thrillers as part of our book club, 2 featuring haunted, evil, bad houses, and one non-fiction historical book about robbing graves in the name of science. May 5: The Spite House by Johnny Compton The Spite House is our first… Continue reading HOWLS Book Club: 3 Books for May 2025
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
"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
two Poems by Jamal Hodge from The Dark Between the Twilight INTENTIONSI see my intentions I see your actionsI judgeYou.I condemnYou.I forgiveMe.Attracting The heartbeat of life’s disappointments.My life Is wife to mayhem.I fearI banishI blame.Shame does notTouch my pride.Eyes wideSeeing everythingBut mercy.I hideInside BehindMoral disdain.Hating Nameless facesConceptualizedIn blame.This shame,O, this shame,If they could Only seeMy Intentions!Forgive!Judge me not,as Ihave judged You. PINK BANANAObserving similaritiesin the phallusand… Continue reading 2 Poems by Jamal Hodge from The Dark Between the Twilight
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
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
Not only is March Women’s History Month, but it’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
by @wytwavedarling, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for March's "What a Line!" category Before the novel…there was the poem.And I know, I know, poetry can be scary. But hear me out, okay? I’ve known English teachers who are scared of poetry and feel overwhelmed by teaching it. Teaching fellows who break out in a… Continue reading 5 Horror Poetry Books for Your TBR
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
