Okay, But Why are They Singing? By Amanda Nevada Demel I like horror. I like theatre. I like musicals. Surprising, isn’t it? Here’s a category of horror texts that have been adapted into stage musicals. Horror Books that Were Adapted into Musicals: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Carrie by Stephen King*… Continue reading 6 Horror Books That were adapted to Musicals
The Missiles Are Flying! HOWLS member Franklin Phillips gives us a list of 4 books highlighting the horror of a nuclear war.
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
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
13 Questions with P.L. McMillan P. L. McMillan's first book, a collection of short stories, What Remains When Stars Burn Out, debuted in March of 2022. In the same year, she published the novella, Sisters of the Crimson Vine and she co-edited the second HOWL Society Press anthology, HOWLS from the Dark Ages. She's published… Continue reading P.L. McMillan Takes Up Space
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
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
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
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
