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Hanna Delaney is the author of several novels including The Spider, The Ring, and her science fiction debut, Oceanus.

  • Recently, The Ring (Book 2 of the Muldoon Mysteries) won Most Mystifying Mystery category in the Indie ’25 awards. The Ring is a Gothic mystery novel that combines historical thriller with supernatural suspense and Gothic romance.

  • Shirley Jackson published The Haunting Of Hill House in 1959, and thanks to a recent Netflix adaptation, its popularity lives on. Known especially for its hallmark Gothic horror story and the unreliable narrator, this psychologically suspenseful ghost story is a modern classic. Hunting for evidence of the occult, Dr Montague invites three participants to Hill…

  • Sean McDonnell is a horror and noir mystery author from California. In February 2026 he released his debut novella, Cherry Kills. This novella is as unique as his characters. Written in a quick, punk style this paperback merges a 90s ethos of music and fantasy as it unravels the mystery of Cherry’s imaginary friends.

  • Gothic horror books and governesses go hand in hand with ghosts and other supernatural weirdness, don’t they? If you’re a fan of classic and modern Gothic horror, you need to know about these books.

  • Speculative fiction is a term we now use to describe several genres and sub-genres of literature. Think of it as an all-encompassing umbrella term for: Speculative fiction simply means: somewhere other than the world you live in right now. I have a Masters degree in Popular Literatures (after completing a BA hons in English Literature)…

  • As part of my series of author interviews, I’m showing you new modern fantasy books to read as well as new science fiction and horror from lesser-known but brilliant authors. Ian Barr is a speculative fiction author from Canada and he’s the author of the upcoming fantasy series The Bloodless Affairs. It was great to…

  • If you haven’t seen K-pop Demon Hunters yet, where have you been? It’s an animated film about a k-pop group who are demon hunters behind the scenes. When my teenage sister first told me I needed to see it, I shrugged it off, but I’m glad I listened in the end.

  • Horror romance is a broad church these days, covering everything such as Twilight teen vampire romance to Warm Bodies, The Phantom Of The Opera and Dowry Of Blood. The undisputed queen of horror romance for me though is Anne Rice.

  • Did you know that in the 19th century, mummy horror was more famous than vampire horror when it came to supernatural fiction books?

  • They key differences between Gothic fiction and other sub-genres like romance, horror and mystery lies in the atmosphere.