Category: Horror books
Hanna’s Horror Book Blog.
This horror book blog is where you’ll find all things
horror book-related. This is essential reading for those who love eerie Gothic dread and the occasional jump scare.
Hanna Delaney is known for her Gothic horror novels as well as science fiction and historical fantasy
. Here you’ll find everything you want to know about the horror that inspires her work.
Find out what books are like The Haunting Of Hill House, what Gothic horror is, or what classic books every horror fan needs to read.
Hanna Delaney has a BA in English Literature and an MA in Popular Literatures. Before becoming an author she taught 16-19 English and English Literature.
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Retellings and reimaginings of classic tales have seen a resurgence in recent years, with beloved plots retold in fresh settings or favourite characters given a new light. Whether you’re retelling or reimagining, all these stories revolve around the age-old question: “What if?” And while the two types of stories are related, there are some key…
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Five things Angela Carter taught me about horror.
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The things Anne Rice taught me about horror.
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Inspired by classic Egyptian horror stories such as Lot 249 and The Ring Of Thoth, I published The Shade In The Sands And Other Stories last year. It is a collection of short Gothic stories centred around the historical phenomenon of Victorian and Edwardian Egyptomania. You can read a sample of The Shade In The…
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‘nothing that is human is alien to me’. Every book, except I suppose for the most utterly trashiest, has something you can learn from, even if it’s just what you don’t want to do. Great writing starts with great reading, and great reading starts with the Melville-based canon and then branches out, forward and backward,…
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A British character is drinking coffee in your Edwardian novel? It’s not as unrealistic as you think.
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Below is a quick guide to the main differences between Gothic horror and horror, but scroll down to find a more in-depth overview of the genres. Feature Horror Gothic horror Main goal To shock, terrify or disgust the audience. To create an atmosphere of dread and unease. Too unsettle. Source of fear Overt physical threat…
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Occult detective novels blend the traditional detective and mystery tropes with urban fantasy, dark fantasy and horror. Here is a list of occult detective novels and/or series to try. 1. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. This is a series of supernatural mystery novels featuring occult detective Harry Dresden. Dresden is a wizard working as…
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Haunted house books to read if you’re OK with leaving the lights on at night.
