We’ve come to the end of another year and another 12 months of publishing that proved horror fiction’s vastness, versatility, and sheer visceral power. In 2024 we saw new novels from some of the ...

In Kerry Cullen’s uncanny debut, “House of Beth,” a queer 20-something finds that “straight” life comes with serious strings (and spirits) attached. By Jenny Wu Our columnist reviews “Strange Houses” ...

From monsters to fungi to paranoia, our roundup of science fiction horror books is sure to give you the chills. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Slate receives a commission when you purchase items using the links on this page. Thank you for your support. American Scary is a fannish book, clearly the work of someone who adores the genre and has ...

After another amazing year for horror fiction in 2024, it’s time to look ahead, and if the past year gave us a bounty, then the next is delivering a full-on glut. We’ve got new books from the masters ...

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 ...

Part of the difficulty horror writing faces has to do with the defenses that modern readers bring to genre fiction. Like virtually every other genre, horror only came into its own as a discrete mode ...