Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick is a beautifully written horror book that combines elements of eco-horror with some body and folk horror. "A million-million imperceivable eyes barely registered the goldenshine pollen dancing through the forest air." This is how the main character - the forest - of Humboldt Cut is introduced.
The Rotting Room by Viggy Parr Hampton was a wild ride of unreliable narration, religious trauma, and evil nuns (not to mention a little gothic vibe with the creepy nunnery and the damsel in distress), and I couldn't put it down.
Chicano Frankenstein by Daniel A. Olivas reimagines Mary Shelley's work in modern America where reanimation of corpses is an everyday medical possibility for the average young, healthy person, such as the man, a paralegal, whom we follow through his budding relationship with Latina lawyer Faustina Godinez.
In How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days, Jessie Sylva builds a recognizable fantasy world populated by halflings, goblins, dwarves, and humans; in this world, halflings and goblins are nemeses, pitted against each other in the last Great War which, though ending several decades earlier, left a lasting resentment between the two.
Much Too Vulgar by Viggy Parr Hampton is a funny, sad, horrific dark academia thriller about a girl whose entire self is consumed by the desire to earn her mother’s approval, which manifests in the tangible goal of becoming a surgeon.
The first wave of an alien invasion coincides with a New Years Eve party in a Welsh valley.
A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel decorated for New Year's. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.
During a live punk-rock New Year's Eve TV programme, the presenter gets a phone call from a psycho calling himself "Evil" saying that when New Year's strikes in each US time zone, he will murder someone.
A group of three friends on a snowmobiling trip find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge isolated in the mountains. They discover that an old woman resides in the hotel, along with an evil entity that she is keeping in the basement.
Six young adults struggle with their personal demons while staying at a secluded mansion during a dark and stormy night where a seemingly innocent game of 'taboo' brings out their inter-most secrets which soon leads to murder.
The 2026 Women's Writing Symposium (presented by "Scares That Care!") is a two-day event for women in the speculative fiction field.
A three-day charity event focusing on some of the best and brightest authors in the business.
