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We are reading Nuclear War: A Scenario this week. Horror non-fiction, of the atomic variety. I mean, if you want some existential scares, this is for you. Join our Discord for the discussion!

4 Books About the Nuclear Apocalypse The Missiles Are Flying! HOWLS member Franklin Phillips gives us a list of 4 books highlighting the horror of a nuclear war.

New on our site: 4 Books About the Nuclear Apocalypse, curated by HOWL member Franklin Philips! howlsociety.com/2025/09/27/4...

Vampires Will Never Hurt You. Probably. Maybe. – 6 Books for Your TBR! Scary vampires are alive -- er, unalive -- and well, terrifying readers just like great-granddaddy of horror fiction Bram Stoker used to. HOWL Society member @Amber gives us a list of vampire books, of the non-sparkly variety, for your To Be Read list. Our book club will be reading one of these for our first book of the spookiest month, October! Join our Discord to be part of the club. "I’m gonna be real honest with you all. I just saw My Chemical Romance in Chicago. Vampires are simply on the brain right now." …

Vampires Will Never Hurt You. Probably. Maybe. – 6 Books for Your TBR!

Scary vampires are alive -- er, unalive -- and well, terrifying readers just like great-granddaddy of horror fiction Bram Stoker used to. HOWL Society member @Amber gives us a list of vampire books, of the non-sparkly variety,…

This week we discuss 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧, by author, actress, director and feminist political organizer Amber Tamblyn! Join us on Discord as we read this poetic critique of victimhood and the media cycle.

Join us on Discord to discuss our book of the week: Piñata by artist, writer and filmmaker, Leopoldo Gout. What could be inside this carefully crafted sculpture, intended to be bludgeoned until it spills its treasures?  Find out! Thanks @lovngmindfulnss.bsky.social for the photo!

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Howls from the Dark Ages from P.L. McMillan (Editor), Solomon Forse (Editor), Christopher Buehlman (Foreword), Brian Evenson, Hailey Piper, Cody Goodfellow, Michelle Tang, Patrick Barb, Lindsey Ragsdale, M.E. Bronstein, Jenny Kiefer, Christopher O'Halloran, Philippa Evans, Jessica Peter, Bridget D. Brave, David Worn, Peter Ong Cook, C.B. Jones, Ethan Yoder, Stevie Edwards, Caleb Stephens Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured scribe will bring you face to face with ancient horrors lurking in cursed castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries. Including a lineup of authors both established and emerging, HOWL Society Press presents the first-ever anthology of historical horror from the medieval period, fittingly introduced by the writer who arguably started it all: Christopher Buehlman, author of the medieval horror epic Between Two Fires. "The Crowing" by Caleb Stephens "Angelus" by Philippa Evans "Palette" by J.L. Kiefer "Brother Cornelius" by Peter Ong Cook "In Thrall to This Good Earth" by Hailey Piper "In Every Drop" by Lindsey Ragsdale "Deus Vult" by Ethan Yoder "The Final Book of Sainte Foy's Miracles" by M.E. Bronstein "A Dowry for Your Hand" by Michelle Tang "The Mouth of Hell" by Cody Goodfellow "The Lady of Leer Castle" by Christopher O'Halloran "Schizzare" by Bridget D. Brave "The King of Youth vs. The Knight of Death" by Patrick Barb "The Forgotten Valley" by C.B. Jones "The Fourth Scene" by Brian Evenson "White Owl" by Stevie Edwards "A Dark Quadrivium" by David Worn "The Lai of the Danse Macabre" by Jessica Peter

Howls from the Dark Ages
from P.L. McMillan (Editor), Solomon Forse (Editor)

Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured scribe will show you ancient horrors lurking in castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries.

We have the pleasure hosting @comptonwrites, author of The Spite House and Devil Kills Devil, for a live Q&A session on our Discord this Sunday, June 8 at 11AM CT! Join us!

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Happy #summerween! It's halfway to #halloween, so we're reading 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 by Christopher Golden, to get our good trick-or-treat terror on! It's 1984, and someone bad is coming to get the children. Head to our Discord to join the discussion! #horrorcommunity #horrorbookclub

13 Questions With Rachel Harrison Rachel Harrison is outright horror literature royalty. Her brand of horror, which some call cozy, or feminist, or fun, or relatable -- however you classify it, she definitely has her own brand. She may touch on relatable characters found in fun summer reads featured on Reese Witherspoon's book club, but as a horror author, she is not afraid to go there: the gory, the uncomfortable, the bloody, the miserable, the shocking. She has written about werewolves (SUCH SHARP TEETH), vampires (SO THIRSTY) and witches (CACKLE…

HOWLS had the pleasure of conversing with Rachel Harrison after we read Black Sheep! We talk horror, writing, and her upcoming novel, Play Nice!

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Pauline Chow, author of upcoming novel Chasing Moonflowers, pens an article about vampires in the Asian diaspora. Read on howlsociety.com!

https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/16/let-her-feast-how-asian-female-vampires-subvert-self-sacrifice/

You da best.

Nice Guy Writes a Mean Horror: Christopher O’Halloran Talks About His Debut Novel, Pushing Daisy One thing you have to know about Christopher O’Halloran, author of the upcoming debut novel Pushing Daisy, is that he is a good guy. Not just a nice guy; he’s a thoughtful, affable pers…

We interviewed Christopher O'Halloran (@burgleinfernal) About His Debut Novel, Pushing Daisy! howlsociety.com/2025/05/14/n...

Join us on Discord this week to discuss 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, the new book by Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell. A new kind of haunted house story, bending genres, steeped in horror.

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HOWLS Book Club: 3 Books for May 2025

As the old saying goes, April terrors bring May horrors! HOWLS is reading 3 fearsome thrillers as part of our book club, 2 featuring haunted, evil, bad houses, and one non-fiction…

https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/05/howls-book-club-3-books-for-may-2025/

Horror Poetry Month ends with our last Stoker finalist interview, @sumikoska.bsky.social!

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5 Non-Fiction Medical Horror Books from Howl Society Book Club. Image of 5 book covers. Taste for Poison, Black Death and the Golden Gate, Crisis in the Red Zone, The Butchering Art and Still Life with Bones.

Here is a list of 5 dark medical non-fiction books from our very own @jessicapeter.bsky.social! Join our Discord for a lively discussion! howlsociety.com/2025/04/29/h...

To the Moon: 13 Questions with Pedro Iniguez Pedro Iniquez has been in the atmosphere, writing for 16 years, and has truly landed this year—2025. He has two collections of stories: one horror (Fever Dream of a Parasite) and one sci-fi (Echos …

As part of our Horror Poetry Month series, we ask Bram Stoker Achievement in Poetry Finalist Pedro Iniguez 13 Questions @pedroiniguez.bsky.social #horrorlit #horrorpoetry #darkpoetry #horrorwriters

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House Calls! Here are 5 Haunted House / Bad House books for your TBR. Join our Discord to see which one we'll read!
1. Slade House by 
2. The Forever House by  
3. The House by the Cemetery by  
4. House of Skin by 
5. Malice House by
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Horror Poetry for the Soul: 13 Questions with L. Marie Wood “I have always thought the world sat at an odd angle, so the [horror] genre suits me.” L. Marie Wood, a finalist for the Stoke Award for Superior Achievement. in Poetry for her book Imi…

As part of our Horror Poetry Month series, we ask Bram Stoker Achievement in Poetry Finalist L. Marie Wood 13 questions. Read on to hear from the author, screenwriter, and educator about her decades of experience writing Dark Poetry. @lmariewood.bsky.social
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This week our book club sinks its teeth into The Bone Mother by @daviddemchuk.com. We really enjoyed his book Red X, so we thought we'd take a bite out of another one of his novels! Join us on Discord for the discussion!

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As part of our Horror Poetry Month series, we ask Bram Stoker Achievement in Poetry Finalist Jamal Hodge 13 questions.

https://howlsociety.com/2025/04/21/horror-hope-and-courage-13-questions-with-jamal-hodge/

Lee Murray’s Lessons in Poetry 13 Questions with Lee Murray Lee Murray is an accomplished poet, author, editor, and essayist. HOWL Society is honored to feature her in celebration of National Poetry Month. She is one of five 202…

In honor of National Poetry Month, we interviewed the prolific @leemurraywriter.bsky.social! Read on for a glimpse into her journey through the dark poetry space. HOWLS will be featuring all of the 2024 Bram Stoker Poetry Finalists so stay tuned! howlsociety.com/2025/04/12/l... #horrorlit

Book Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo featuring cacti on the cover. Text reads: HOWL Society Book of the Week Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo Join us on Discord!

Book Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo featuring a surreal drawing of the desert. Text reads: HOWL Society Book of the Week Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo Join us on Discord!

Join us on Discord this week to talk about Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, a nightmare-like meditation on shared trauma in a haunted village. #booksky #amreading #horrorlit #HOWLSociety #bookgroup #bookclub #horror #Mexicanlit

HOWLS Book Club: 4 Books for April 2025 It's April, and this month, like every month, we delight in literary horrors large and small. Prancing through flowers freshly blooming in graveyards; dancing in the rain that falls on our black parade. Here are the 4 freshly terrifying books we're reading this month! April 6: Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo Pedro Páramo is our first book of the month, by famed Mexican writer Juan Rulfo. Recently adapted for the screen, this book follows a man to a haunted village to find his father. It is a classic of Mexican literature.

HOWLS Book Club: 4 Books for April 2025

It's April, and this month, like every month, we delight in literary horrors large and small. Prancing through flowers freshly blooming in graveyards; dancing in the rain that falls on our black parade. Here are the 4 freshly terrifying books we're reading…

Back for another month of HOWLS Book Club selections! Join us on Discord (link in BIO). 
✒ April 8: Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo 
✒ April 14: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison 
✒ April 21: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk 
✒ April 28: Lone Women by Victor LaValle

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Join us on Discord to discuss our Book of the Week: The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons. What if you lived next door to the haunted house?

It's Transgender Day of Visibility! So we thought we'd share some great books we've read by some absolutely terrifying transgender and nonbinary writers. Trans rights are human rights! howlsociety.com/2025/03/31/h...