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
Cities that Shriek: (Un)real Geographies By RSL Every author brings with them the world they’re born in, but some authors cannot shy away from the depth of feeling and connection they have to space and place, some who could not be a writer were it not for the way they capture the twist and turns… Continue reading 5 Books with Lovecraftian Cityscapes from RSL
HOWLS member CB Jones gives us a list of horror books to tide us through the fall season, from authors Stephen King, Carissa Orlando, Richard Laymon, Ronald Mali and Rohan O'Grady.
6 Books for Your TBR! Scary vampires are alive -- er, unalive -- and well, terrifying readers just like great-granddaddy of horror fiction Bram Stoker used to. HOWL Society member @Amber gives us a list of vampire books, of the non-sparkly variety, for your To Be Read list. Our book club will be reading one… Continue reading Vampires Will Never Hurt You. Probably. Maybe.
Rachel Harrison is outright horror literature royalty. Her brand of horror, which some call cozy, or feminist, or fun, or relatable -- however you classify it, she definitely has her own brand. She may touch on relatable characters found in fun summer reads featured on Reese Witherspoon's book club, but as a horror author, she… Continue reading 13 Questions With Rachel Harrison
By Pauline Chow, Guest Writer. These vampires don't serve the bloodline. They drink it. Hypersexual. Exotic. Depraved. The Asian female vampire has been mishandled in fiction. But in the hands of diaspora authors, she is no longer punished for wanting. Because her transformation now comes by satiating her hunger. Wanting is the emotional core I… Continue reading Let Her Feast: How Asian Female Vampires Subvert Self-Sacrifice
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
HOWL Society member @wytwavedarling assembled this list of haunted / bad house books. We vote for one of them to be part of our weekly Book Club discussion! House Calls: 4 Haunted / Bad House Books. Join our Discord to be part of the club. [M]ost scholarship conflates the terms ‘bad house’ and ‘haunted house,’… Continue reading HOWLS BOOK CLUB: House Calls – 4 Haunted / Bad House Books
"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
