Join spooky librarian Christina and romance maven Lauren as they swap genres just in time for Valentine's Day. Whether you like your hearts sweet or bloody, this blog has a variety of book recs to sample!
Psychological Horror: One Need Not Be a Chamber to Be Haunted
Resident spooky librarian Christina waxes poetic about the thrills of psychological horror and books recs that will keep you guessing.
Sacrifices, Shadows, and Summer People: Feast on Folk Horror
Descend into folk horror with our resident horror queen Christina, including books recommendations featuring harvest festivals, village cults, old gods, and more!
Scarier Than Fiction: A Macabre Non-Fiction November
Non-fiction November: From true crime to mortuary science, here are some non-fiction recommendations for the macabre readers who need help coping with October’s end.
Nightmares Exist Outside Logic
Here are a few cosmic horror recommendations from diverse perspectives that reclaim and reimagine the Lovecraftian mythos and are excellent places to start if you want to get into the genre.
Reading Queer Fear
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a thousand times more: nobody writes horror like the queer community. All across the genre, LGBTQIA+ authors are redefining the monster that emerges from the closet, reclaiming familiar horror tropes—hidden identities, bodily transformations, possession, the casting out of "evil", dark curses, the endangerment of children, fear of…
I’m Not Myself Today: Possession Horror
Last September, my husband and I visited the Museum of Shadows in Omaha, NE. Voted the most haunted museum in the world, this destination is home to over 3,000 verified haunted artifacts sent from all over the globe. It was deliciously creepy and the museum staff made things extra nerve-wracking by handing us flashlights (the…
Bone Chilling Cold Weather Reads
Chilly weather always puts me in the mood for chilling reads - books that have characters fighting for survival in the wintery wilderness or taking shelter in isolated cabins/manors/inns while winter rages outdoors and a killer is lying in wait indoors amongst unsuspecting victims. Books like these send shivers down my spine and I love…
Fiction for the Fright Flick Fan
We are in the depths of Spooky Season. By now you've probably hunted the pumpkin patch for perfect carving pumpkins. You've surely hung up your frightful decorations, stocked up on Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters, and of course your October evening schedules are probably filled with Halloween movie marathons. But what about your reading lists? Are…
Summer is for Chills: Japan’s Spooky Season
In Japan, summer vacation begins right around the time ours is coming to an end – in August. But did you know that in the land of sushi, Shinto shrines and anime, summer in Japan is also traditionally the season for ghost stories? That’s right! For centuries, the Japanese have honored their ancestors with a…
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