D.M. Guay: The horror comedy author lets you visit 24/7 Demon Mart in a new 3-in-1 edition
One loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell are all that stand between YOU and Hell on Earth. The author offers a new 3-in-1 omnibus to introduce you to the 24/7 Demon Mart horror comedy books.
Love horror stories? Big sale on books about horror movies, TV, and games—including how to make your own!
Find out more about the thinking behind horror storytelling—and learn how to write and create your own movies and TV shows! Fanatical is offering a great sale on books about horror movies—including 24 eBooks so you can explore behind-the-scenes of this ever-popular genre, and how the industry’s pros have approached horror in their own unique way.
Tania Gold Q&A—Prophecy of a Vampire: “I love vampire stories...I wanted to provide something fresh and unique.”
Tania Gold’s new book is Prophecy of a Vampire. Find out more about the book, and read our interview with the author! “I love vampire stories, especially when they have a romantic tie to it. I wrote Prophecy of a Vampire as a romance because I wanted to provide something fresh and unique.”
Jude S. Walko reimagines the legend of the headless horseman: “I have always had a penchant for good horror.”
Filmmaker Jude S. Walko’s novel The Unhallowed Horseman reimagines the classic “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Walko offers a special video message and reads an excerpt from his novel. In our interview, Walko explains how his background as a filmmaker impacts his fiction, and the personal spin he brought to the story.
R.F. Kuang on ‘Babel’: “It’s right for an environment to form close but flawed relationships.”
Interview with the author about her historical fantasy Babel, winner of the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Watch the video interview and scroll down for more info about the author.
Krista Cagg Q&A on ‘Hunting Grounds’: “Steampunk and Horror…I want to keep my audience on the edge of their seats.”
We interview Krista Cagg about her steampunk horror novel Hunting Grounds. The author explains her unique spin on steampunk, reveals what inspired her, and shares her favorite things about the genre.
15 Best Horror Authors: Dead and Alive
Find out more about some of horror fiction’s most well-known and beloved authors. Including info and links for Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, and more!
Q&A: Kosoko Jackson on “The Forest Demands Its Due”
How the page-turning YA horror/fantasy evaluates systemic violence toward marginalized teens. Jackson explains what inspired him, how he used the fantasy to comment on racism in education, and reveals other stories that inspired his new book.
Dirty Harry vs. the Gill-Man: Jason William Karpf talks about his story “Creature from the Dead Pool”
How a Universal Monsters bit part raised the question about the Creature of the Black Lagoon facing one of the biggest action movie stars of all time. The result is “1950s sci-fi with a touch of James Bond for the finale.”
Stephen King on the return of HOLLY in his latest novel: “I could never let Holly Gibney go.”
Watch Stephen King read from his new book, Holly. The horror author shares how he came to care so much for a walk-on character that he kept bringing her back. We also have more info about the book and about King’s epic work as an author.
Blog Tour: ALL THE DEAD SHALL WEEP by Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris is currently on a blog tour to celebrate the fifth installment in her Gunnie Rose series. She returns to the gritty and magical world of the fractured former United States. Lizbeth and her younger half-sister Felicia have finally been reunited, along with Lizbeth’s husband Eli and his younger brother, Peter.
Joe Hill Tells You How To Write A Horror Novel
The award-winning author of bestselling novels, short fiction, and comics, Joe Hill shares how he starts a book, what makes the best horror stories, and why some horror films just don’t work.
[Flashback] Dracula by Bram Stoker—“the events really took place…”
Bram Stoker claimed that parts of Dracula were real. The author wrote Dracula in the 1890s, generating ideas based on both folklore and history.
Stephen King: ‘Holly’—return of the beloved character from ‘Mr. Mercedes’
Holly Gibney returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. “I could never let Holly Gibney go,” King says.
Complete Kitty Norville by Carrie Vaughn: “Werewolves kind of got short-changed over the last 100 years.”
A look at all the books in the series about a werewolf who hosts a talk radio advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged. “I realized that vampires and werewolves and other supernatural creatures living in the modern world would need their own advice shows,” the author says, “because Dr. Laura and Dr. Phil just wouldn’t know what to do with their problems.”
Author Q&A: Christopher Flowers on Shackleford Banks Sasquatch: “I wanted it to be horrific, but also darkly comedic.”
Author Christopher Flowers shares how being an English teacher impacts his stories, his unique spin on horror fiction, and his pet peeves that he’s seen other writers do.
Complete Blue Rose Trilogy by Peter Straub: “I knew how fear tasted and how it worked.”
A look behind how these horror/mystery books impacted all the popular writer’s work. “My childhood trauma demonstrated to me very bluntly that the world was not at all benign.” Find out more about the author—and all the books in this important series.
13 Updates: Kim Harrison—author of the Hollows series, Shadow Age series, Peri Reed Chronicles
Linking to news, reviews, and interviews with the urban fantasy author of the Hollows series. “It is very important to me that the series doesn’t just peter out.”
13 Updates: Victor LaValle—author of Lone Women, The Changeling, and Destroyer
Looking over news, reviews, and interviews with this popular horror author. “As I’m writing a cool monster,” LaValle says, “often halfway through I go, ‘What’s the monster’s point of view? Is it really a monster?’”
Interviewing Jeff Strand “the funniest person in horror”
Horror comedy author Jeff Strand is interviewed by the Drinking With Authors Podcast. “I self-identify as a horror writer who puts lots of jokes in the books.” Strand is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of more than 50 books, including his novelization of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.