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Halloween Essay season is upon us at Ginger Nuts of Horror 🎃. Seriousness has been banned. New ones are dropping all month, with the Great Author Interrogation as the grand finale. Everything’s collected in this pinned post. Bookmark it and keep coming back 👻

Thirteen for Halloween: Mr Hyde, the Monster Repression Made https://gnofhorror.com/mr-hyde-monster/ #MyLifeInHorror

Nick Medina's Savage Lake sends a slasher-mad teen and his grieving mother to a cabin on a lake with a long memory. Indigenous horror, Anishinaabe lore and a family secret from 1999 https://gnofhorror.com/savage-lake-review-by-nick-medina/

Mr Hyde was never a beast. For Thirteen for Halloween, George Daniel Lea reads Stevenson's gothic classic as a story of Victorian shame, class and self-denial, with Hyde as Jekyll set free. #JekyllAndHyde #GothicHorror https://gnofhorror.com/mr-hyde-monster/

Savage Lake by Nick Medina Review: The Rules Won’t Save You https://gnofhorror.com/savage-lake-review-by-nick-medina/ #HorrorBookReviews

New review - sapphic cli-fi mystery, finding a solution, scarily accurate to our times.

27 Horror Books to Read in 2027 I'm linking up with Top Ten Tuesday, which was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Check out upcoming Top Ten themes on Jana's blog! 2027 is just around the corner, so it's time for my annual "Horror Books to…

Now this is a good idea. James VI of Scotland, later James I of England, wrote a whole tract on witch-hunting: Daemonology. It’s chillingly rational: rather than being full of overheated fantasies like some such works, it’s coolly consistent. 1/7 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

The Witch Elm by Sally-Anne Martyn Review: A Village That Wants Your Baby https://gnofhorror.com/sally-anne-martyn-the-witch-elm-review/

The Cycle (2026) Review: A Cold Case Turned Creature Feature https://gnofhorror.com/the-cycle-review-2026/ #HorrorMovieReviews

Horror review clichés, decoded. Slow burn, elevated horror, divisive, a love letter to the genre and the dreaded three stars, translated into plain English for Halloween week. https://gnofhorror.com/horror-review-cliches-dictionary/ #HorrorFeatures

Horror review clichés, decoded. Slow burn, elevated horror, divisive, a love letter to the genre and the dreaded three stars, translated into plain English for Halloween week. https://gnofhorror.com/horror-review-cliches-dictionary/ #HorrorFeatures

New one added, Two more to go until the ultimate Author Interrogation Strictly Come Dancing Does Horror And The idiots Guide to Halloween Costumes

Terrestrial Review: A Sharp Setup That Runs Out of Breath Steve Pink's Terrestrial swaps raunch for a darkly comic sci-fi mystery, with Jermaine Fowler frantic and fun as a writer hiding something big. George Wolf finds a sharp setup and a breathless final act.

"A love letter to the genre (n.): The author has seen a great many films and would very much like you to know. Expect a sheriff named after one director and a dog named after another" "ARC (n.): Advance reader copy. A book sent out months early so it can be read the night before the review is due."

Horror review clichés, decoded. Slow burn, elevated horror, divisive, a love letter to the genre and the dreaded three stars, translated into plain English for Halloween week. https://gnofhorror.com/horror-review-cliches-dictionary/

Here it is an article I’ve been writing for the last six months. Have I missed anything. “Divisive (adj.): The reviewer hated it and is looking for someone to hate it with.” gnofhorror.com/horror-revie...

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One of my fave days in the pub process is when the physical ARC arrives! It makes everything feel real. Love the @_kinocity cover and @titanbooks.bsky.social design (manicula for the win). I love going through the editing process with @cathtrech. Very excited for this one to be out in the world! ♥️🤍

Here it is an article I’ve been writing for the last six months. Have I missed anything. “Divisive (adj.): The reviewer hated it and is looking for someone to hate it with.” gnofhorror.com/horror-revie...

Terrestrial Review: A Sharp Setup That Runs Out of Breath Steve Pink's Terrestrial swaps raunch for a darkly comic sci-fi mystery, with Jermaine Fowler frantic and fun as a writer hiding something big. George Wolf finds a sharp setup and a breathless final act.

By me for today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social: Why horror fiction is having a moment, with @gnofhorror.com, @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social, @jamieleenardone.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Terrestrial Review: A Sharp Setup That Runs Out of Breath https://gnofhorror.com/terrestrial-review/ #HorrorMovieReviews

Dani Soncasie Is Stuck in a Horror Franchise https://gnofhorror.com/dani-soncasie-stuck-in-a-horror-franchise/

Terrestrial Review: A Sharp Setup That Runs Out of Breath https://gnofhorror.com/terrestrial-review/ #HorrorMovieReviews

HOLY MOLY I'm in the Observer!!!!!!!!!!

Dani Soncasie, creator of Blood of the Forsaken, is stuck in a horror franchise. She picks Ready or Not, would take on Ghostface and has three wishes ready for the Wishmaster. https://gnofhorror.com/dani-soncasie-stuck-in-a-horror-franchise/

Dani Soncasie, creator of Blood of the Forsaken, is stuck in a horror franchise. She picks Ready or Not, would take on Ghostface and has three wishes ready for the Wishmaster. https://gnofhorror.com/dani-soncasie-stuck-in-a-horror-franchise/

HOLY MOLY I'm in the Observer!!!!!!!!!!

Dani Soncasie Is Stuck in a Horror Franchise https://gnofhorror.com/dani-soncasie-stuck-in-a-horror-franchise/

Great British Bake Off Of Horror: Who Gets the Handshake? #gbbo #bakeoff #greatbritishbakeoff #gbbo2026 #bakeoff2026 #starbaker #bakeoffhalloween #baking #halloweenbaking #halloween #horror #horrormovies #horrorfan #horrorcommunity #gingernutsofhorror

The brand new episode of 911 has a screaming sink hole. Please let it be the return of the Deep Ones.

Swing by @frightreadsbookfest at the Howard County Fairgrounds in MD. I have some new statues and I’m tabling with the lovely @seeheatherwrite. See you there! #bookfestival #horror #scifi #frightreads #bookstagramitalia

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Great British Bake Off Of Horror: Who Gets the Handshake? #gbbo #bakeoff #greatbritishbakeoff #gbbo2026 #bakeoff2026 #starbaker #bakeoffhalloween #baking #halloweenbaking #halloween #horror #horrormovies #horrorfan #horrorcommunity #gingernutsofhorror

Have you checked out these three Halloween-themed articles

Great British Bake Off Of Horror: Who Gets the Handshake? Ten horror villains in the Bake Off tent. Jason bakes with a machete, The Blob over-proves in Bread Week, and the Gingerdead Man wins, then bakes Hannibal Lecter into a pie. #GBBO #BakeOff

New Review - Off North for creepiness in the form of thebgreat Nordic Nightmares - The Best of Nordic Horror edited by Margret Helgadottir www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/10...

I really loved the storytelling in the excellent The Haunting of Avis Lovelock by MK Hardy www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/10...

And as it’s the weekend here is your Wombling Along with reviews and more to tuck into www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/10...

Great British Bake Off Of Horror: Who Gets the Handshake? Ten horror villains in the Bake Off tent. Jason bakes with a machete, The Blob over-proves in Bread Week, and the Gingerdead Man wins, then bakes Hannibal Lecter into a pie. #GBBO #BakeOff

“I wanted to play with that,” Polis continues. https://gnofhorror.com/i-was-a-teenage-bisexual-tour/

Sally-Anne Martyn on Folk Horror, The Wicker Man and The Witch Elm https://gnofhorror.com/sally-anne-martyn-folk-horror-and-me/

Polis Loizou's I Was A Teenage Bisexual is back on tour: a camp one-person mash of vintage horror and teen flicks where the monster gets your sympathy. Nottingham, Sale and Wolverhampton, after London https://gnofhorror.com/i-was-a-teenage-bisexual-tour/ @polisloizou.bsky.social

While keeping dry indulge yourself with this bookish goodness

Michael Mizov on The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor, his debut gothic horror novel: a watchful Yorkshire manor, a title that promised the wrong book, and why the scariest people are the ones sure they are right. https://gnofhorror.com/michael-mizov-on-the-last-heir-of-bradbury-manor/

Sally-Anne Martyn on Folk Horror, The Wicker Man and The Witch Elm Sally-Anne Martyn grew up with corn dollies, well dressings and stone circle legends. In her folk horror guest post, The Witch Elm author explains why The Wicker Man feels like coming home, Maypole aside

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Do I know any folx hereabouts other than @stevewestenra.bsky.social ? @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social