My Most Anticipated Horror Book Releases of 2026

Reading for pleasure is a precious commodity these days. Pleasure reading isn’t keeping up with the latest BookTok riffraff, or curing your FOMO over what your coworkers are chatting about. It’s about choosing a book that you want to read, that appeals to you, and helps you escape reality one chapter at a time. I…

Dressing For Dread: Lee Harker’s Costumes in LONGLEGS (2024)

Welcome to Dressing For Dread, a style analysis focusing on key characters in horror films. The distant, forsaken atmosphere of Oz Perkins’ LONGLEGS dominates every aspect of the film, including the costumes. Heroine and protagonist Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) survives in this world by using her wardrobe as a barrier. It shields her from…

Three New Kid-Friendly Horror Novels That Are Actually Scary

Goosebumps may have been “the training bra for Stephen King,” but the treasured R.L. Stine series also paved the way for whole subgenres to flourish. Middle Grade and Young Adult horror novels are booming and have been for awhile. Unlike novels from past decades, modern genre titles for kids aren’t necessarily afraid to be scary…

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Haunted by Deadlines is a genre blog run by Ahlissa Eichhorn. Ahlissa is an entertainment and creative writer specializing in horror, dark fiction, and poetry. Her work has appeared in FANGORIA, Collider, Haunted Magazine, and The Feminine Macabre. Her fiction and poetry have been published in Shakespeare Unleashed, Bookworms Zine, Outpost 28, Midnight Ink, and Ghostwatch Zine. She is the Nightmare Librarian columnist for FANGORIA magazine. 

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