It's the First Word on Horror.

Cutting social commentary and vivid horrorscapes await.

Once you go in, you might not come back out…

The horrors persist—and we're reading them all.

In other words: Read like a Queen.

New year, new terrors.

These new voices have terrified us the whole year through.

From blood-sucking immortals to freaky folklore, look back through a year of fear.

There's much more to the genre than its most famous author. 

The Lineup community has spoken: These are the books that scared you best in 2024. 

A detailed look at Horror from 2024, from the “library world's horror maven.”

Author Christa Carmen reflects on her gothic novels and short stories from her ever-growing bibliography.

The events in these books are entirely fictional—or are they…

These scary story anthologies prove Christmas isn't always merry…

If anyone's making it to the end of the book, it's them. 

Norse mythology gets a wicked makeover.

Books that deliver more chills than the weather.

We all go a little mad sometimes. 

Reflections from Davidson (aka Nick Cutter) on his bone-chilling catalog.

A new subgenre for readers that like their “boos” bright and bubbly.