It has come to our attention that third parties continue to target authors in schemes that involved the fraudulent use of Macmillan Publishers’ company and imprint names.

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“Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …

Maya Gittelman looks at religious trauma in the new horror novel from Bethany C. Morrow.

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the final ballot for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards. Superior Achievement in a Novel Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix (Berkley) King Sorro…

You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!

If you read new horror fiction, then you know 2025 was a great year for scary books, and 2026 is already promising even more frightening reads. Some of

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A tense, atmospheric horror novel arriving in 2027 from Nightfire

One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame, from the USA Today bestselling author of Manhunt, Gretchen...

“An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of DeathLuc...

One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame, from the USA Today bestselling author of Manhunt, Gretchen...

April 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Nat Cassidy, S.A. Barnes, Errick Nunnally, Ronald Malfi, Todd Keisling, C.J. Cooke, Chuck Wendig, and more!

Our columnist reviews this month’s releases.