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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


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


The Drive-In Will Never Die
The end of a horror era is upon us. Recently, it was announced that The Last Drive-In has come to an end after eight seasons on Shudder. For a lot of people, that's just the cancellation of a television show. For me, it feels like the end of something much bigger. Joe Bob Briggs has been a presence in my life for as long as I can remember. Growing up, my brothers and I watched Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater and later MonsterVision. I was already a night owl back then, the kind

Samuel Brower
Jun 34 min read


Spellbound Saturday Feature: ALL SOULS
The carnival has rolled into New Orleans… and so has something darker. October 1951. Gas lamps flicker. Jazz spills into the streets. The...

Samuel Brower
Mar 29, 20251 min read


Friday Night Frights Presents: The Video Nasties Challenge
Calling all horror hounds and gore junkies—this week we’re diving into the dark, gritty, and gloriously banned world of the Video...

Samuel Brower
Mar 28, 20251 min read


THROWBACK THURSDAY FEATURE: DEVIL WOMAN
Some towns keep their secrets buried. This one kills to protect them. Summer, 1991. Claire Conrad thought she was just investigating a...

Samuel Brower
Mar 27, 20251 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


Terror Tuesday Feature: The Memorial Fountain
Terror Tuesday Feature: The Memorial Fountain For #TerrorTuesday I’m sharing my short story, “The Memoral Fountain,” which won first...

Samuel Brower
Mar 18, 20251 min read
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