Category: horror books
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It’s About Time
Time travel stories are a natural substrate of horror. Horrible things happen when you fool around with the temporal order, which is probably why I don’t much care for it as a subgenre. I get lost easily, finding myself confused about when I am in the flow of time, and don’t get me started on…
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Five Horror Novels Every Dreadpunk Fan Should Read
Lately I’ve been curating my list of books in the niche subgenre of gothic horror known as dreadpunk. What is dreadpunk? See my earlier post on writing dreadpunk for a deep dive into the genre. It isn’t quite gothic horror, although it is heavily influenced by it. It isn’t exactly cosmic horror either, though its…
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Stepping Off the Beaten Path: Why My Next Book Launch Is Bypassing the Retail Giants
If you’ve followed my regular posts here on Threads that Bind, you know I usually dig into a wide variety of things related to the dark and spooky. But today, I want to take you behind a different curtain: the actual business of getting a book into a reader’s hands. For over fifteen years, the…
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READING A PIECE OF OLD FLASH FICTION (OR SO I THOUGHT)
“…there was a man who travelled out of life on a quest into the spaces whither the world’s dreams had fled.” -H.P. Lovecraft, ‘Azathoth’ Over the weekend I felt like finding a very short story to indulge in. The last seven months have been a roller coaster of health issues and generally fading out of…
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What is Frankenstein?
The recent movie The Bride opens with Mary Shelley’s spirit talking about writing a sequel to her most famous novel of all. She says, “The words are beginning to come. Is it a ghost story? A horror story? Or most frightening of all, a love story?” This question could be asked about the original novel.…
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A Visit to Poe’s House
Last summer, I came across a couple of family trees online that indicated I’m directly descended from Edgar Allan Poe’s grandfather David Poe via my great grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Poe. If true, this would make me a cousin of one of the most famous writers of dark fiction. I’m a little skeptical that this is…
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London Dead
Book Announcement Today, I wanted to take this opportunity to make an official announcement about an upcoming book release that I’m beyond excited about. I’m excited, of course, because I’m referring to my own debut novel. This is a project I’ve been working on for more than twelve years now. Yes, twelve years of my…
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Creep It Real: What Readers Want This Season
What’s the perfect read for the ‘Spooky Season’? For the true horror fans, every season is spooky season. Rain or shine, February or July, there’s always room for something chilling. Horror is our year-round comfort read. But something happens in October. The nights get longer, pumpkins appear on porches, and suddenly even readers who wouldn’t…
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Speakable Horror
Narrating Fear and Sharpening Instincts Living something—even if only in the mind’s eye—can leave a lasting imprint. That’s what I love about horror. It lingers. It teaches. It prepares. The horror genre has a remarkable way of keeping us alert. It activates our survival instincts, nudging us to imagine the worst and consider how we’d…
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