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Resolve to read more books in 2026—and start right here with io9’s first list of the year rounding up all the new sci-fi, ...

It has been another banner year for literary horror. Somehow, as the world gets scarier, the writers penning our nightmares still manage to keep up. What follows is merely a sprinkling — a light blood ...

Our columnist reviews “Strange Houses” and other new horror fiction. By Gabino Iglesias Gabino Iglesias is a writer, editor, literary critic and professor, and the author of “The Devil Takes You Home.

Edited by Neil Christopher, Kelly Ward-Wills and Anne Fullerton; Inhabit Media, 2025; 166 pages; $19.95. Halloween lies just around the corner, and darkness is increasing its hold over our world. So ...

We hold these fears to be self-evident: Go outside alone to see what’s making that noise, that weird skittering, metallic scratching, and you won’t be returning to your couch. Answer your phone at ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It’s safe to say that Netflix gained a die-hard group of followers after it released Castlevania.

Horror authors crack wise during a panel at the 2024 Ghoulish Book Festival. Credit: Facebook / Ghoulish Books The homegrown Ghoulish Book Festival, a convention celebrating horror fiction and all ...