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- Weird Love / The Marvels
- Tourist Trap: Alison Littlewood’s “Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch”
- The Things We Do For Tenure, Redux: Rebecca Campbell’s “A Hole Cut in the Wall of the World”
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Tourist Trap: Alison Littlewood’s “Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch”
When your family road trip turns into a horror movie... The post Tourist Trap: Alison Littlewood’s “Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch” appeared first on Reactor.
The Things We Do For Tenure, Redux: Rebecca Campbell’s “A Hole Cut in the Wall of the World”
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches....
Horror Writers Have the Worst Dreams: Marly Youmans’ “The Child and the Night Gaunts”
A memorable pseudobiographical portrait of the artist as a traumatized child. The post Horror Writers Have the Worst Dreams: Marly Youmans’ “The Child and the Night Gaunts” appeare...
It Came From The Archives: “I Am In Eskew: A Cosmic Nightmare Lullaby”
If you’re a fan of the sound of rain, then this is the horror for you! In all seriousness, this is one of the stranger cosmic horrors I’ve listened to—and sometimes you want that s...
“Wishes and Fears,” by Caleb Crain
It was the end of the world, and a number of us had gathered in a large, abandoned house.
Short story: The Doyles, by Tess Casey
A strange, beautiful story...
8 Great Tales That Feature Supernatural and Otherworldly Houses
Horror is having a moment. From masterful spins on classic gothic tales to daring new explorations of supernatural and psychological horror, readers are chomping at the bit for spo...
Five Speculative Stories Exploring Life Under the Sea
From oceanic research to supernatural sea creatures to eccentric geniuses with fancy submarines... The post Five Speculative Stories Exploring Life Under the Sea appeared first on...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: August 2026
We're starting off spooky season with dark fairy tales, cannibalism, and revenge... The post Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: August 2026 appeared first on Reactor.
5 Modern, Literary Ghost Stories That Inspired Chris Vanjonack’s Short Story Collection
I didn’t set out to write a book that includes as much ghost sex as there is in my debut story collection, Out of Body, but I guess it’s tough to know exactly what it is you’re wri...
Part sci-fi, part grief memoir, part eco fable, Naomi Alderman’s The Strangers is exceptional – and exceptionally odd
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Illustrated Horror Novels
In these illustrated horror novels, you’ll find a haunting story of a missing grandfather, sinister family secrets, and spirals gone wrong!
5 Horror Stories with Settings Just as Creepy as Their Characters
Sen tting is a central element to any novel, though within the horror genre, it can also have the wonderfully eerie ability to become its own living, breathing secondary monster th...
The Happiest Man on Earth
Strange, isn’t it?Continue reading on First Line Fiction »
Nightjars by Michael Wehunt
A stranger leaves a Polaroid on the counter of a secondhand bookshop in Decatur. It was taken in 1993, the owner is eleven years old in it, and someone has written a riddle about a...
A Horror Store Ran a Serialized Heist Story This Halloween — and the Whole Thing Is Still Unfolding
If you’ve spent any time in horror fandom, you know the genre has a long, beautiful history of blurring the line between fiction and reality. Blair Witch handed out missing-person...
Eldritch Excuses to Bake Sourdough: Samantha Mills’ “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days”
What to do while we wait for the apocalypse... The post Eldritch Excuses to Bake Sourdough: Samantha Mills’ “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” appeared f...
Five SFF Stories Featuring Strange Seas
From sentient oceans to seas made of dust or gases... The post Five SFF Stories Featuring Strange Seas appeared first on Reactor.
One-Star Hospitality Strikes Back: H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau (Part 3)
In which Pendrick discovers still more unsettling red flags... The post One-Star Hospitality Strikes Back: H.G. Wells’ <i>The Island of Doctor Moreau</i> (Part 3) appea...
Eerie October offerings with possessions, a haunted mansion, and of course corpse flies
Fret not, true believers! There's time yet to squeeze a cadaver gorger into your game before All Hallow's Eve.
Crime and Horror are Siblings, And Humor is Their Drunk Uncle (or That One Inappropriate Aunt)
Anyway, I recently published a new anthology (here’s a link and all that, cause commerce or whatever: theodorevanalst.com) so I’ve been doing the interview and press thing lately....
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