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The Veil Is Thinning: A Busy Fall Ahead
The veil is thinning, the days are getting shorter, and fall is almost here—which means it’s about to become a very busy time for horror writers. I’ve spent much of this year working on several projects that are finally starting to come together, and this fall should see several very different kinds of horror heading out into the world: a new writing-craft series, an old-school punk-rock zombie novel, the first issue of a new pulp horror magazine, and an audiobook release. Fi

Samuel Brower
Aug 293 min read


Hunted Is Out Now!
I’m excited to announce that Hunted, the third book in the Haint’s Hollow series, is officially out now in ebook and paperback! This one takes Sheriff Hunter Gallogly and the people of Haint’s Hollow into some of the darkest territory the series has explored yet. The first reviews are already coming in, and I’ve been incredibly grateful for the response so far. The audiobook is also officially in production, with Adam McLaughlin returning to narrate after his work on Haint an

Samuel Brower
Aug 91 min read


The Almost-Familiar: Why Liminal Horror Owns 2026
There is a specific kind of fear that has nothing to do with monsters. You have felt it. It is the feeling of standing in your own kitchen at three in the morning and, before you can explain why, registering that something is off. The room is exactly as you left it. That is the problem. A space you know in your bones should not be able to make the back of your neck go cold, and yet there it is, doing it. That feeling has a name now, more or less, and it has quietly become t

Samuel Brower
Jun 84 min read


The House of Horror Has Many Rooms
For the last few months, I've been seeing people call 2026 a banner year for horror. Usually, when somebody starts talking about a "new golden age," I roll my eyes a little. Horror fans have a habit of declaring every decent year the greatest year ever. This time, though, they might actually be right. Just look at what's coming. Robert Eggers has a medieval werewolf film on the way. We're getting another Evil Dead, another Scream, a new Resident Evil reboot, and a sequel to 2

Samuel Brower
Jun 43 min read


Worldbuilding Wednesday Spotlight: Something in the Walls
Welcome to Los Angeles… the side of it you’ve never seen. In Something in the Walls , the hopeless dreamers of a crumbling tenement on...

Samuel Brower
Mar 26, 20251 min read


Haint Audiobook Available Now
The audiobook for Haint is now available on Amazon, Audible, and the Apple Bookstore app. It’s narrated by Adam McLaughlin, a talented...

Samuel Brower
Sep 22, 20231 min read
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