by Emily Hughes, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for June's "Space: The Mind-Fuck Frontier" category Regardless of what you might have heard on Twitter, space horror is alive, well, and very real.After all, what’s more horrifying than space? It’s an endless silent void at the razor-thin edge of what a human body can survive,… Continue reading 6 Terrifying Treks BACK into the Cosmos
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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
6 Sci-fi Horror Novels From the Outer Fringe
by @Mob, curator of HOWLS Book Club nominees for September's "The Outer Fringe" category Stories occupying the unclear margins between science fiction and horror. Blindsight by Peter Watts It's been two months since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the Earth, screaming as they burned. The heavens have been silent since - until a… Continue reading 6 Sci-fi Horror Novels From the Outer Fringe
Ship of Fools (or Unto Leviathan) by Richard Paul Russo
by Christopher O’Halloran (@BurgleInfernal) Space travel requires much: a team of engineers, experts in their fields; physically fit specimens capable of operating a ship in a hostile environment; and a buttload of math, science, and code.Writing about space travel is a whole ‘nother beast. The ingredients are as follows: a stolid protagonist with a strong… Continue reading Ship of Fools (or Unto Leviathan) by Richard Paul Russo