It’s that time of year again. A time to reflect, to look back over a tumultuous twelve months, and to talk about the horror books that helped us survive them.
2022 has been a helluva year for the good kind of horror. Far too much for one man to cover. So I’ve drafted in some highly qualified friends – Emily Hughes and Janelle Janson. They have their fingers right on the arterial spurt of the genre – and they have each read far more than me.
Together we deliver this year’s State of the Horror Nation – talking about big issues in horror, the key books we’ve adored…and the dozens and dozens of titles we’re looking forward to in 2023.
We raise a glass to a late and beloved horror icon, we make some new year’s resolutions, and Janelle and Emily get a bit squeaky about their big horror crush. Bet you can guess who (it’s not me!)
Thanks for all your support this year.
Books picked:
- Ghost Eaters (2022), by Clay McLeod Chapman – ep. 110
- A Child Alone With Strangers (2022), by Philip Fracassi – ep. 120
- Echo (2022), by Thomas Olde Heuvelt – ep. 78
- Our Share of Night (2022), by Mariana Enriquez
- All the White Spaces (2022), by Ally Wilkes – ep. 76
- We Are Here to Hurt Each Other (2022), by Paula D. Ashe
- Mary: An Awakening of Terror (2022), by Nat Cassidy – ep. 101
- Burn the Plans (2022), by Tyler Jones – ep. 81
- Just Like Home (2022), by Sarah Gailey
Books anticipated:
- Don’t Fear the Reaper (2023), by Stephen Graham Jones
- Silver Nitrate (2023), by Silvia Moreno Garcia
- Vampires of el Norte (2023), by Isabel Cañas
- Pinata (2023), by Leopoldo Gout
- Tell Me I’m Worthless (2023), by Alison Rumfitt (already out in UK)
- Spite House (2023), by Jonny Compton
- Lone Women (2023), by Victor Lavelle
- Everything Darkness Eats (2023), by Eric LaRocca
- Episode 13 (2023), by Craig Dilouie
- House of Good Bones (2023), by T. Kingfisher
- Nights Edge (2023), by Liz Kerin
- The Edge of Sleep (2023), by Jake Emmanuel
- The Drift (2023), by C. J. Tudor
- Bad Cree (2023), by Jessica Johns
- Maeve Fly (2023), by C.J. Leade
- A Light Most Hateful (2023), by Hailey Piper
- Looking Glass Sound (2023), by Catriona Ward
- The Beast You Are (2023), by Paul Tremblay
- The Salt Grows Heavy (2023), by Cassandra Khaw
- Burn the Negative (2023), by Josh Winning
- How to Sell a Haunted House (2023), by Grady Hendrix
- Abnormal Statistics (2023), by Max Booth III
- The Insatiable Volt Sisters (2023), by Rachel Eve Moulton
- Camp Damascus (2023), by Chuck Tingle
- Extended Stay (2023), by Juan Martinez
- House of Cotton (2023), by Monica Brashears
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