HOWL Society

This week HOWLS reads Lady Killers by Tori Tefler! Join our book club (for free as always!) to talk about the lesser told #truecrime stories of women #serialkillers.

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We interview @hironennes.bsky.social, author of 𝕃𝕖𝕖𝕔𝕙 and 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟, on our website HowlSociety.com! A spectacular author who can write twisted gothic horror. Get insights on their spooky style and inspiration. howlsociety.com/2025/12/08/1...

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Now on our website, 6 horror books that have been adapted into musicals! Singing, dancing, and murder galore!

https://howlsociety.com/2025/11/21/6-horror-books-that-were-adapted-to-musicals/

Here's our latest book of the week! We'll be discussing this terrifying Bluebeard retelling, a modern story with lovely prose by Natalia Theodoridou: Sour Cherry. Join us on Discord!

Curl up and with the HOWLS Book Club to read 3 horror novels this month:
1. Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou 🍒
2. Carrie by @stephenking.bsky.social 👸🏼
3. To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames / @2furiosa.bsky.social 🩸

C’est ne pas un Shohei Ohtani.

This week our book club reads the 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘺 novel 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 by author and mad doctor @hironennes.bsky.social
 
Join our discussoin on our Discord! More info on 𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪.𝕔𝕠𝕞.

We are reading Nuclear War: A Scenario this week. Horror non-fiction, of the atomic variety. I mean, if you want some existential scares, this is for you. Join our Discord for the discussion!

4 Books About the Nuclear Apocalypse The Missiles Are Flying! HOWLS member Franklin Phillips gives us a list of 4 books highlighting the horror of a nuclear war.

New on our site: 4 Books About the Nuclear Apocalypse, curated by HOWL member Franklin Philips! howlsociety.com/2025/09/27/4...

Vampires Will Never Hurt You. Probably. Maybe. – 6 Books for Your TBR! Scary vampires are alive -- er, unalive -- and well, terrifying readers just like great-granddaddy of horror fiction Bram Stoker used to. HOWL Society member @Amber gives us a list of vampire books, of the non-sparkly variety, for your To Be Read list. Our book club will be reading one of these for our first book of the spookiest month, October! Join our Discord to be part of the club. "I’m gonna be real honest with you all. I just saw My Chemical Romance in Chicago. Vampires are simply on the brain right now." …

Vampires Will Never Hurt You. Probably. Maybe. – 6 Books for Your TBR!

Scary vampires are alive -- er, unalive -- and well, terrifying readers just like great-granddaddy of horror fiction Bram Stoker used to. HOWL Society member @Amber gives us a list of vampire books, of the non-sparkly variety,…

This week we discuss 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧, by author, actress, director and feminist political organizer Amber Tamblyn! Join us on Discord as we read this poetic critique of victimhood and the media cycle.

Join us on Discord to discuss our book of the week: Piñata by artist, writer and filmmaker, Leopoldo Gout. What could be inside this carefully crafted sculpture, intended to be bludgeoned until it spills its treasures?  Find out! Thanks @lovngmindfulnss.bsky.social for the photo!

an advertisement for netflix shows a monster with horns Alt: a clip from The Dark Crystal where a monstrous character says you must 'Make Your Choice'

Only a few more hours to vote in HOWL's monthly poll and help decide what we'll be reading in August ...

Howls from the Dark Ages from P.L. McMillan (Editor), Solomon Forse (Editor), Christopher Buehlman (Foreword), Brian Evenson, Hailey Piper, Cody Goodfellow, Michelle Tang, Patrick Barb, Lindsey Ragsdale, M.E. Bronstein, Jenny Kiefer, Christopher O'Halloran, Philippa Evans, Jessica Peter, Bridget D. Brave, David Worn, Peter Ong Cook, C.B. Jones, Ethan Yoder, Stevie Edwards, Caleb Stephens Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured scribe will bring you face to face with ancient horrors lurking in cursed castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries. Including a lineup of authors both established and emerging, HOWL Society Press presents the first-ever anthology of historical horror from the medieval period, fittingly introduced by the writer who arguably started it all: Christopher Buehlman, author of the medieval horror epic Between Two Fires. "The Crowing" by Caleb Stephens "Angelus" by Philippa Evans "Palette" by J.L. Kiefer "Brother Cornelius" by Peter Ong Cook "In Thrall to This Good Earth" by Hailey Piper "In Every Drop" by Lindsey Ragsdale "Deus Vult" by Ethan Yoder "The Final Book of Sainte Foy's Miracles" by M.E. Bronstein "A Dowry for Your Hand" by Michelle Tang "The Mouth of Hell" by Cody Goodfellow "The Lady of Leer Castle" by Christopher O'Halloran "Schizzare" by Bridget D. Brave "The King of Youth vs. The Knight of Death" by Patrick Barb "The Forgotten Valley" by C.B. Jones "The Fourth Scene" by Brian Evenson "White Owl" by Stevie Edwards "A Dark Quadrivium" by David Worn "The Lai of the Danse Macabre" by Jessica Peter

Howls from the Dark Ages
from P.L. McMillan (Editor), Solomon Forse (Editor)

Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured scribe will show you ancient horrors lurking in castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries.

We have the pleasure hosting @comptonwrites, author of The Spite House and Devil Kills Devil, for a live Q&A session on our Discord this Sunday, June 8 at 11AM CT! Join us!

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Happy #summerween! It's halfway to #halloween, so we're reading 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 by Christopher Golden, to get our good trick-or-treat terror on! It's 1984, and someone bad is coming to get the children. Head to our Discord to join the discussion! #horrorcommunity #horrorbookclub

13 Questions With Rachel Harrison Rachel Harrison is outright horror literature royalty. Her brand of horror, which some call cozy, or feminist, or fun, or relatable -- however you classify it, she definitely has her own brand. She may touch on relatable characters found in fun summer reads featured on Reese Witherspoon's book club, but as a horror author, she is not afraid to go there: the gory, the uncomfortable, the bloody, the miserable, the shocking. She has written about werewolves (SUCH SHARP TEETH), vampires (SO THIRSTY) and witches (CACKLE…

HOWLS had the pleasure of conversing with Rachel Harrison after we read Black Sheep! We talk horror, writing, and her upcoming novel, Play Nice!

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Pauline Chow, author of upcoming novel Chasing Moonflowers, pens an article about vampires in the Asian diaspora. Read on howlsociety.com!

https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/16/let-her-feast-how-asian-female-vampires-subvert-self-sacrifice/

You da best.

Nice Guy Writes a Mean Horror: Christopher O’Halloran Talks About His Debut Novel, Pushing Daisy One thing you have to know about Christopher O’Halloran, author of the upcoming debut novel Pushing Daisy, is that he is a good guy. Not just a nice guy; he’s a thoughtful, affable pers…

We interviewed Christopher O'Halloran (@burgleinfernal) About His Debut Novel, Pushing Daisy! howlsociety.com/2025/05/14/n...

Join us on Discord this week to discuss 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, the new book by Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell. A new kind of haunted house story, bending genres, steeped in horror.

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HOWLS Book Club: 3 Books for May 2025

As the old saying goes, April terrors bring May horrors! HOWLS is reading 3 fearsome thrillers as part of our book club, 2 featuring haunted, evil, bad houses, and one non-fiction…

https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/05/howls-book-club-3-books-for-may-2025/

Horror Poetry Month ends with our last Stoker finalist interview, @sumikoska.bsky.social!

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5 Non-Fiction Medical Horror Books from Howl Society Book Club. Image of 5 book covers. Taste for Poison, Black Death and the Golden Gate, Crisis in the Red Zone, The Butchering Art and Still Life with Bones.

Here is a list of 5 dark medical non-fiction books from our very own @jessicapeter.bsky.social! Join our Discord for a lively discussion! howlsociety.com/2025/04/29/h...

To the Moon: 13 Questions with Pedro Iniguez Pedro Iniquez has been in the atmosphere, writing for 16 years, and has truly landed this year—2025. He has two collections of stories: one horror (Fever Dream of a Parasite) and one sci-fi (Echos …

As part of our Horror Poetry Month series, we ask Bram Stoker Achievement in Poetry Finalist Pedro Iniguez 13 Questions @pedroiniguez.bsky.social #horrorlit #horrorpoetry #darkpoetry #horrorwriters

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House Calls! Here are 5 Haunted House / Bad House books for your TBR. Join our Discord to see which one we'll read!
1. Slade House by 
2. The Forever House by  
3. The House by the Cemetery by  
4. House of Skin by 
5. Malice House by
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Horror Poetry for the Soul: 13 Questions with L. Marie Wood “I have always thought the world sat at an odd angle, so the [horror] genre suits me.” L. Marie Wood, a finalist for the Stoke Award for Superior Achievement. in Poetry for her book Imi…

As part of our Horror Poetry Month series, we ask Bram Stoker Achievement in Poetry Finalist L. Marie Wood 13 questions. Read on to hear from the author, screenwriter, and educator about her decades of experience writing Dark Poetry. @lmariewood.bsky.social
#horror
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