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
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
HOWL Society Book Club March 2025 Spring is in the air! So is one of the most deadly annual events, the hour we lose to Daylight Saving Time. Cope by reading horror! March also International Women In Horror Month! We help celebrate by rounding out the month with two books: one by master of horror,… Continue reading March 2025 Book Club Selections
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
by Molly Collins (@History Bot) We all know vampires. They hate garlic, they can’t cross moving water, the sun burns them, they’ve got to hang out in their coffins pretty regularly, they suck blood, and they live for a long, long time. This week over at HOWL Society, we read a book that sticks to… Continue reading The Gilda Stories by Jewelle L. Gómez
by @SemaphoreRaven Inside every woman’s heart lives the dream of poisoning everyone they know, isolating themselves in a ruined house in the woods (plus or minus a few close friends and a cat), and becoming enshrined in local legend as the child-eating witch used to scare children from mischief. Okay, maybe that’s just me, but… Continue reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
by @SemaphoreRaven Picture, if you will, the stereotype of the ‘50s American Housewife. The perfect hair and makeup, the ever-present smile, the look of joy when presented with the newest in cooking and cleaning products. Her house is spotless. She always has dinner hot and ready for her husband when he gets home from work.… Continue reading The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
by @Tons O’ Fun, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for August's "A Cavalcade of Cosmic Classics!" category One of the most influential movements in the history of horror literature was the cosmic horror movement of the early 20th century. I grew up reading and falling in love with these stories but have found that,… Continue reading 6 Cosmic Classics
