There’s something in the water… In 1644, a small Cotswold village suffers a spate of witch trials. The convicted are weighted down and thrown into a local pond to drown. In present day London, Douglas Ashbourne is made redundant from … Continue reading Nevermere by Devon De’Ath

A young governess arrives at Bly, a country home in Essex, England, to care for Miles and Flora, two precocious and pure children. But as ghostly visions take shape, the obsessively protective governess soon fears for the safety of her … Continue reading The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

From scream queens to femmes fatale, horror isn’t just for the boys. Gothic media moguls Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence, authors of The Science of Monsters, and co-hosts of the Horror Rewind podcast called “the best horror film podcast out there” by Film Daddy, present … Continue reading The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films by Meg Hafdahl

Horror has the magic to captivate…and enthrall. It hooks you with unnerving stories of dread and evil, pushes your limits and pokes every phobia. People love to be scared but behind every muffled scream is something deeper and even more … Continue reading Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy by S.A. Bradley

Illuminating the dark side of the American century, The Monster Show uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of our time, as well as horror’s function as a pop analogue to surrealism and other artistic movements. With … Continue reading The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror; Revised Edition with a New Afterword by David J. Skal

From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s. Investigating the popularity of the low-budget tradition, Carol Clover looks in particular at slasher, occult, … Continue reading Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film – Updated Edition (Princeton Classics, 73) by Carol J. Clover

“But women were never out there making horror films, that’s why they are not written about – you can’t include what doesn’t exist.” “There are really, very few women horror filmmakers working today, that’s why so few are coming up.” … Continue reading Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre by Alison Peirse

“In American icon John Grisham’s new novel, Camino Winds, an odd assortment of mystery and crime authors, some of them felons themselves, discover one of their colleagues has been murdered during the fury of a massive hurricane—the perfect crime scene. Since … Continue reading Camino Winds by John Grisham

An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller. From Dean Koontz, the master of suspense, comes an epic thriller about a terrifying killer and the singular compassion it will take to defeat him. “Canine or human, it is hard to find … Continue reading Devoted by Dean Koontz

Taken from actual medical files, Asylum Archives is a collection of short stories based on true accounts from the insane! Featuring stories from USA Today Bestselling author, Jenni St. Giles, acclaimed filmmaker Richard Dutcher, and bestselling author Jaron Briggs, Asylum … Continue reading Asylum Archives Case Study Vol. 2: True accounts from the insane by Jaron Briggs