Tag: horror books
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Horror author Gabriel Maestes talks horror, Halloween and his worst fears in this episode of ‘Scaring Myself Silly’.
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Religious horror is one of my favourite horror sub-genres because it usually involves a crisis of faith and the battle to find it again when the horror unfolds around you. Religious horror usually features some kind of redemption arc or a character facing the terror or the supernatural.
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Ghosts, Bigfoot and scary movies. I grabbed author and editor S.E Reid recently and asked her about ghosts, Halloween, scary movies and local legends.
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A review of one of the greatest horror novels of all time: The Exorcist, and a little look at this novel in context. Satanic panic, guilt, despair and sacrificial love in The Exorcist.
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Possession as we know it seldom involves consent… or does it? If you think of The Conjuring, or Evil Dead, something is unleashed and takes possession of the victims, whether they know they invited it or not. It’s actually the start of plenty of good horror stories.
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My second guest of the Scaring Myself Silly series is author Bryan Pirolli. Bryan talks Halloween, the Jersey Devil and the allure of the paranormal.
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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.
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Gothic horror books centred on psychological horror.
