Review: Take Your Turn, Teddy by Haley Newlin

Take Your Turn Teddy by Haley Newlin New Degree Press (December 2020) 382 pages; $18.04 paperback; $4.99 e-book Reviewed by Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann Haley Newlin’s Take Your Turn, Teddy is a dark, psychological horror story exploring the manifestations of early childhood trauma. Newlin uses themes of domestic violence, anxiety, and isolation to create a provocative … Continue Reading! “Review: Take Your Turn, Teddy by Haley Newlin”

Interview: Markus Redmond on Blood Rising, Historical Horror, and Vampires

Markus Redmond is an actor, director, screenwriter, and author of the Blood Saga. Known for his roles on Doogie Howser, MD, NYPD Blue, Murder One, Mad About You, Angel, and Fight Club, he wrote and starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Sharon Stone in the indie film If I Had Known I Was a Genius. He … Continue Reading! “Interview: Markus Redmond on Blood Rising, Historical Horror, and Vampires”

Review: Blood Rising (The Blood Saga #2) by Markus Redmond

Blood Rising (The Blood Saga #2) by Markus Redmond  Dafina (August 2026)  Reviewed by Haley Newlin “If Blood Slaves is about the cost of freedom, Blood Rising is about the cost of power.” Markus Redmond introduces both installments of the Blood Saga with a letter to the readers. In the Blood Slaves opening, Redmond describes … Continue Reading! “Review: Blood Rising (The Blood Saga #2) by Markus Redmond”

Interview: Del Sandeen on These Walls Remember and Gothic and Historical Horror

Del Sandeen is the author of This Cursed House and her highly anticipated upcoming release, These Walls Remember. Sandeen is becoming a fan-favorite in the genre, praised for her expertly crafted, unputdownable gothic and historical horror stories. Her work has appeared in FIYAH: Speculative Literary Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, Nightlight Podcast, and Gay Magazine. She can … Continue Reading! “Interview: Del Sandeen on These Walls Remember and Gothic and Historical Horror”

Review: These Walls Remember by Del Sandeen

These Walls Remember by Del Sandeen  Berkley (August 18, 2026)  Reviewed by Haley Newlin Del Sandeen became a horror author to watch after her previous release, This Cursed House, which was a personal favorite of mine among 2024 horror book releases. With her new release, These Walls Remember, Sandeen has further established herself as a … Continue Reading! “Review: These Walls Remember by Del Sandeen”

Interview: Cynthia Gómez on Muñeca and Gothic Horror

Cynthia Gómez is the author of the story collection The Nightmare Box and Other Stories, and a Tin House and VONA alumn whose short fiction has published in Fantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, Pseudopod, Nightmare Magazine, and numerous anthologies. Gómez’s new release, Muñeca, is a queer, Latine novel set in 1968 Oakland about a working-class witch … Continue Reading! “Interview: Cynthia Gómez on Muñeca and Gothic Horror”

Review: Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen

Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen  Crown (June 2026) Reviewed by Haley Newlin Slasher Summer is a blood-soaked whodunnit made for fans of slasher horror films like Friday the 13th and Scream. E.L. Chen’s horror expertise, not just in references and nods to iconic horror flicks like Psycho and Get Out, but in the execution of … Continue Reading! “Review: Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen”

Review: Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane

Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane  Dafina (January 2026)  Reviewed by Haley Newlin  With recent reads like The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones and Blood Slaves by Markus Redmond, I have found that there is so much information and empathy to be gained from reading historical horror books. So, when I saw … Continue Reading! “Review: Burn Down Master’s House by Clay Cane”

Review: She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang

She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang  Poison Pen Press (May 2026)  Reviewed by Haley Newlin He came back from the dead, but he didn’t come alone.  She Waits Where Shadows Gather is a haunted house story with spine-chilling Filipino folklore and lush gothic imagery that will appease fans of Mike Flanagan’s hit Netflix … Continue Reading! “Review: She Waits Where Shadows Gather by Michelle Tang”

Interview: Neena Viel on I’ll Watch Your Baby and Social Horror

Neena Viel is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of supernatural and social horror books, including her acclaimed debut Listen to Your Sister and her new release, I’ll Watch Your Baby. Viel sat down with Cemetery Dance to discuss I’ll Watch Your Baby, the author’s love of horror icon and scholar Tananarive Due, looking at horror through … Continue Reading! “Interview: Neena Viel on I’ll Watch Your Baby and Social Horror”

Review: I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel

I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel St. Martin’s Press (May 2026) Reviewed by Haley Newlin Somehow, I missed Neena Viel’s debut, and Bram Stoker-nominated novel, Listen To Your Sister. After reading Viel’s new supernatural and historical horror novel, I’ll Watch Your Baby, I can’t fathom being a horror fan and not experiencing her work. … Continue Reading! “Review: I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel”

Interview: Johanna Van Veen on Bone of My Bone and the Convergence of Religious, Historical, and Folk Horror

Johanna Van Veen’s debut Gothic horror novel, My Darling Dreadful Thing, was a Bram Stoker Award nominee, and her sophomore novel, Blood on Her Tongue, became an instant USA Today Bestseller. Both journey into historical settings, as does her latest release, Bone of My Bone, set in Germany during the ruthless Thirty Years’ War. It … Continue Reading! “Interview: Johanna Van Veen on Bone of My Bone and the Convergence of Religious, Historical, and Folk Horror”

Review: Bone of My Bone by Johanna Van Veen

Bone of My Bone by Johanna Van Veen  Poisoned Pen Press (May 26, 2026)  Reviewed by Haley Newlin One saint. One sinner. One skull.  Horror readers, rejoice. Bram Stoker Award-nominee and USA Today bestseller Johanna Van Veen is back with another haunting, sapphic, and terrifically terrifying tale of wickedry in Bone of My Bone. For … Continue Reading! “Review: Bone of My Bone by Johanna Van Veen”

Interview: A. Rushby on Slashed Beauties and Feminist Body Horror

A. Rushby (also writing as Allison Rushby and A.J. Rushby) has published more than thirty books. Whether writing for junior and middle grade readers or adults, Rushby is known for her love of all things dark and peculiar. Sometimes she writes about Victorian death photography and installation art. Sometimes it’s haunted houses or kittens who … Continue Reading! “Interview: A. Rushby on Slashed Beauties and Feminist Body Horror”

Review: Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby

Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby Berkley (September 2025) Reviewed by Haley Newlin “I am the mistress of my own fate.” Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby is a sophisticated gothic feminist horror novel laced with rage and history told through dual timelines: Alys, an antique dealer in present day who is related to Eleanor–one of the … Continue Reading! “Review: Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby”