The British Fantasy Awards 2026 Best Horror Novel shortlist ranked, with Lionhearts and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter tied for ...

S.H. Cooper's ten horror stories let the dead tell their own side. Angry, tender, scary, with no weak link. Five stars.

Andrew K. Clark traps three night-shift workers in a frozen Appalachian hotel. A chilling, romantic Gothic and a solid four ...

Cassandra Khaw's frank black dog novella about depression frightens by being kind. Four stars, with one real flaw.

Mitchcraft: Vacation Magic School review. Patrick Freivald's middle grade horror sends rude kids home polite and empty. Short ...

Rachel Louise Adams sends Dolores into a Wisconsin slaughterhouse for a sharp, grim crime horror about mercy and power.

Rachel Louise Adams explains why Where There's Smoke is set in a slaughterhouse, and how a PhD on meat and its hidden ...

Madison Tyler Nelson's ghost story about a seer, her jailed mother and a murdered friend is a five star debut.

Micaiah Johnson flips the haunted house in a cold, clever Southern Gothic horror novel. Slow to start, nasty once it bites.

Phil Keeling's debut horror short story collection serves angels, monster hunts and a chef's last show. Funny, frightening, ...

Hervé Commère seals each chapter shut, turning an advent calendar into a countdown of dread. A five star YA thriller.

A. Robles turns the Bible inside out in a funny, blood-soaked Southern witch novel that gives the Devil every good line. Five ...