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And so we come to the end of another year in horror. Time to look back at the best that 2023 has had to offer, as determined by three of the best in the business.
My trusted horror chancellor, Emily Hughes joins me – alongside C.J. Leede, the author of this year’s gloriously transgressive Maeve Fly, and the maestro of the macabre himself, Victor Lavalle. Together we cover the year’s freshest nightmares in the macro and the micro, looking at wider trends and picking our own favourite horror fiction from this year’s epic crop.
This is a blast. We laugh, we yell, and we declare that the nation is strong, and good, and frightening.
Enjoy!
Books Picked:
Our Share of Night (2023), by Mariana Enriquez
Boys Weekend (2023), by Mattie Lubchansky
Black Sheep (2023), by Rachel Harrison
The Reformatory (2023), by Tananarive Due
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (2023), ed. Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams
Fever House (2023), by Keith Rosson
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (2023) ed. Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Red Rabbit (2023), by Alex Grecian
Whalefall (2023), by Daniel Kraus
Books Anticipated:
Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch (2024), by Emily Hughes
American Rapture (2024), by C.J. Leede
Ghost Roots (2024), by Pemi Aguda
A Mask of Flies (2024), by Matthew Lyons
The Z Word (2024), by Lindsay King-Miller
Your Shadow Half Remains (2024), by Sunny Moraine
First Light (2024), by Liz Kerin
Bury Your Gays (2024), by Chuck Tingle
I Was a Teenage Slasher (2024), by Stephen Graham Jones
The House of Last Resort (2024), by Christopher Golden
The Book of Love (2024), by Kelly Link
King Nyx (2024), by Kirsten Bakis
Moon of the Turning Leaves (2024), by Waubgeshig Rice
In the Valley of the Headless Men (2024), by L.P. Hernandez
Island Witch (2024), by Amanda Jayatissa
The Haunting of Velkwood (2024), Gwendolyne Kiste
The Redemption of Morgan Bright (2024), by Chris Panatier
Horror Movie (2024), by Paul Tremblay
You Like It Darker (2024), by Stephen King
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And so we come to the end of another year in horror. Time to look back at the best that 2023 has had to offer, as determined by three of the best in the business.
My trusted horror chancellor, Emily Hughes joins me – alongside C.J. Leede, the author of this year’s gloriously transgressive Maeve Fly, and the maestro of the macabre himself, Victor Lavalle. Together we cover the year’s freshest nightmares in the macro and the micro, looking at wider trends and picking our own favourite horror fiction from this year’s epic crop.
This is a blast. We laugh, we yell, and we declare that the nation is strong, and good, and frightening.
Enjoy!
Books Picked:
Our Share of Night (2023), by Mariana Enriquez
Boys Weekend (2023), by Mattie Lubchansky
Black Sheep (2023), by Rachel Harrison
The Reformatory (2023), by Tananarive Due
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (2023), ed. Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams
Fever House (2023), by Keith Rosson
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (2023) ed. Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Red Rabbit (2023), by Alex Grecian
Whalefall (2023), by Daniel Kraus
Books Anticipated:
Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch (2024), by Emily Hughes
American Rapture (2024), by C.J. Leede
Ghost Roots (2024), by Pemi Aguda
A Mask of Flies (2024), by Matthew Lyons
The Z Word (2024), by Lindsay King-Miller
Your Shadow Half Remains (2024), by Sunny Moraine
First Light (2024), by Liz Kerin
Bury Your Gays (2024), by Chuck Tingle
I Was a Teenage Slasher (2024), by Stephen Graham Jones
The House of Last Resort (2024), by Christopher Golden
The Book of Love (2024), by Kelly Link
King Nyx (2024), by Kirsten Bakis
Moon of the Turning Leaves (2024), by Waubgeshig Rice
In the Valley of the Headless Men (2024), by L.P. Hernandez
Island Witch (2024), by Amanda Jayatissa
The Haunting of Velkwood (2024), Gwendolyne Kiste
The Redemption of Morgan Bright (2024), by Chris Panatier
Horror Movie (2024), by Paul Tremblay
You Like It Darker (2024), by Stephen King
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