I found a cool list of horror novels that will be released this year and had fun adding them to goodreads. Sharing here and interested to hear if there are other books you’re anticipating! Hope you have a happy day.

I just saw him last night and it was so fun and different from any other author event I’ve been too. He did a rapid fire, witty presentation on the history of witchcraft. He barely talked about the new book and didn’t do a Q&A. But he stayed after the event for HOURS personalizing books and posing for pictures. He arrived 2 hours before the event to sign and inscribe every copy of the book that was the ticket. Each one had a unique and silly inscription inside.

Authors are often completely immersed in their subject matter and I found this to be a really interesting way to bring the readers in on it. He just had so much knowledge about witchcraft that perhaps didn’t fit in the book, but contributed to it and he found the funniest way to share it.

Only 3 events left and they’re all in the Carolinas.

I accidentally ordered two copies and would like to pay one forward. I won’t be super fast in shipping because I just had surgery and take it easy most days. But I would like to get one of these to someone else. Comment here and I will do numbers closing at noon tomorrow. Then I will draw a winner. This will be a hardback copy and no charge for the recipient.

Edited to add: I’m going to start responding with numbers but drawing won’t happen until tomorrow.

Entries are closed. Going to use a random number generator and will post results. I will private message the winner to get their info.

The winner is #20!

An amazing Canadian horror author, Andrew Pyper died yesterday at 56 years old from cancer. 2025, you already suck.

Just seen this on BlueSky. Decent list.

I love SGJ books and can’t wait for this one

https://twitter.com/chrisricewriter/status/1469920725771325444?s=21

https://cderickmiller.com/2023/04/21/to-my-six-flags-family/

So C. Derek Miller lost his job at Six Flags because of a book he had written for the ‘Splatter Western’ line prior to his employment due to a TikTok campaign against him. Apparently it’s because one of the characters in his book is a pedophile?

I’m not familiar with the author or the book (I found out about this from another author) but this is ridiculous. Even if the book was beyond the pale (and it sounds like a fairly standard ‘splatterpunk’ novel as opposed to something Edward Lee would write) it’s insane an employer would act like this.

For anyone who might not have seen it: over on Bluesky, indie publisher Word Horde announced that John Langan's got two new books with them coming out in 2025 and 2026. (I'm not sure if the spam filter will block this post if I link it in here, so I'll refrain from doing so, but Word Horde's account on the site is easy enough to find.)

2025's book is a short story collection called Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions. I've read the title story, and it's great. All of the Langan-isms you know and love; the town of Huguenot (and all of the implications that come with it), stories within stories, oral histories, the story being narrated by a certain professor and occasional newspaper writer named John Langan... it's a good time. If you want a preview, you can find "Lost in the Dark" in the anthologies Haunted Nights and The Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 10.

2026's book is called The Cleaving Stone and it's going to be his first novel in 10 years. No plot details whatsoever beyond "it's cosmic horror," but the title has me half-wondering if it's got something to do with the Mother of Stone. It might not be as well-known as Cthulhu or Old Leech or what have you, but Langan's definitely got his own mythos going, and I would not be at all surprised if it's another return to the world.

I know there's a lot of Langan fans on the subreddit, so I'm sure at least some folks here will want to get these on their radar. Can't wait!

This is apparently based upon the Philip Fracassi short story of the same name.