Books and Novels
TBR Wing: Revisiting Michael McDowell and The Elementals
Wicked Horror's Sidney Williams revisits Michael McDowell's 1981 Southern gothic novel The Elementals — a story of blood, family and sand.
Book Review: A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
Guest writer Nmesoma Okechukwu delves into Simone St. James' A Box Full of Darkness, one of 2026's biggest literary horror hits!
TBR Wing: Let’s Kill Uncle offers dark humor with texture
Let’s Kill Uncle by Rohan O’Grady (1963) is the lesser-known literary inspiration for a cult classic William Castle film from 1966.
Mel Gillman talks mythic storytelling in The Goblin Throne
The Goblin Throne from award-winning creator Mel Gillman is a dark and Sapphic fairy tale about a young woman thrust into a mysterious world.
TBR Wing: Winter Wake is a strong entry from Rick Hautala
Winter Wake is a strong entry from Rick Hautala, rich in chilly gray atmosphere and astute in its depiction of an isolated portion of Maine.
Book Review: Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida
When avid outdoorsman Mike Williams goes missing during a duck hunting trip in December of 2000, an intensive search by local law enforcement yields little evidence to his whereabouts. Investigators u...
5 Great Modern Horror Short Story Collections
A short story is the perfect length for a horror story. In under 7,500 words, authors need to cut every paragraph, hone every sentence, and sharpen every word. There can’t be extra baggage, whi...
Four Essential Novels by Jack Ketchum
If you are not familiar with the name Jack Ketchum, you definitely should be. A pseudonym for author Dallas Mayr, Jack Ketchum put his dark mark on horror fiction for over thirty years, with...
Seven Must-Read Lois Duncan Novels!
The YA novels written by Lois Duncan were a large part of my first foray into horror. I was a teenager in the late ‘90s, a time when R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike dominated the young adult no...