New Year, new episode! To kick off the year, we were joined by @candikat.bsky.social to discuss The Substance! Did you know it's technically New Year's horror? What movies would you like to see us discuss this year? Let us know below! #GastroHorror #HorrorSky bit.ly/FGFSubstance

#BITFReadingChallenge26 on @thestorygraph.com What’s on your list? #BookSky

Horrorverse newsletter out now! A few of my favorite horror books from 2025 (see the list and reviews for all 100 I read from 2025 here candikathorror.com/reads/100-ho...) and 2025 faves and more from the whole team!

For today's Horrorverse, we're looking back at our favorites from 2025. Along with 2025 YIR lists from the team, there's also news, book recs from @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social + @candikat.bsky.social, film recs, and more. Subscribe @ horrorverse.net Issue 073's #Letterboxd: horrorverse.net/73

I Read 100 Horror Books published in 2025. Full List with reviews at candikathorror.com/reads/100-horror-books-from-2025 #BookSky #HorrorSky

Happy New Year! My 2025 in Reading (December and 2025 wrap-ups). Flow or friend me on @thestorygraph.com so we can share in real time! app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cand...

The Salvage by Anbara Salam is a gothic, feminist, folk horror, haunted ship, Sapphic love story with elements of Cold War hysteria and an increasingly unreliable narrator - and it was totally engaging. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @tinhouse.bsky.social for the ARC for my honest review:

Re: our cats’ new catnip toys Spouse: Do they both have the same? Me: No, Raven has a butcher knife and Artemis a hand saw. Spouse: . . .

#TheBookbinder’sSecret by A. D. Bell is for any book lover, mystery lover, story lover who finds themselves going down a rabbit hole when curiosity strikes. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley, @stmartinspress.bsky.social, & @macmillanaudio.bsky.social for the ARCs for my unbiased review here:

Check out my review of Candy Cain Kills by @brianmcwriter.bsky.social!

Darkrooms by Rebecca Hannigan is an atmospheric mystery that would be perfect for fans of Tana French or shows like Broadchurch - which means it was perfect for me. #BookSky Thank you to #NetGalley & @harpercollins.bsky.social for the ARCs. candikathorror.com/reads/darkrooms

The ebook of Lessons in Magic and Disaster, one of my favorite books this year, is only 2.99 at bookshop.org. Support your favorite indie bookstore and treat yourself:

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

#12DaysOfKrampus Day 12: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (2012) #HorrorSky #FilmSky #HorrorMovies #HorrorFilms candikathorror.com/watches/charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-2012

Most of the stories in @comptonwrites.bsky.social’s #MidnightSomewhere had been published before in various collections, & my guess is his story was one of the darkest and/or saddest of the lot because these were bleak (in a good way!) #BookSky TY #NetGalley & @blackstonepub.bsky.social for the ARC.

It’s ready to invade your eyeballs! Which home invasion horror is my recommended reading for the week? #HomeInvasionHorror #BookSky horrorville.beehiiv.com/p/071

I expected #DarkSisters by Kristi Demeester to be feminist & witchy (it was). I did not expect it to be legitimately scary & a bit gruesome nor did I expect it to be a virtual treatise for smashing the patriarchy, but I am here for it. #BookSky TY #Netgalley & @stmartinspress.bsky.social for the ARC

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Catherine House is a dark academia novel by Elisabeth Thomas about a college that has mixed reputation in the world. Its graduates are highly successful no matter their field - but there are also rumors of experiments taken too far and missing student who were never seen again. #BookSky

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#TheStorm by @ladyhawkins.bsky.social is a gothic murder mystery thriller and a perfect escapist read. Populated with strong and snarky female characters, the fictional St. Medard’s Bay, AL has stories to tell. #BookSky TY #NetGalley @stmartinspress.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social for ARCs

I’m so excited to be writing about books with the #Horrorverse team! Read online and/or get the newsletter! (Link in bio) My first recommendation for winter: the beautiful #MoonOfTheCrustedSnow by @waub.bsky.social #BookSky #Horror #WinterHorror horrorville.beehiiv.com/p/it-s-alive...

Out today! The Curse of the Cole Women by Marielle Thompson follows generations of Cole Women on Juniper Island off the New Hampshire coast whose lineage has an unusual curse thanks to an ancestor who was branded as a witch. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social for the ARC!

Canaries An Exquisite Corpse Styled Anthology www.kickstarter.com/projects/zom... #BookSky

November reading wrap-up from @thestorygraph.com #BookSky (Titles in Alt Text ) Have you read any of these? What did you think?

If the Dead Belong Here by @carsonfaust.bsky.social is at once a chilling supernatural tale and a story of generational trauma told beautifully through the eyes of several generations of a family of Native American women. #BookSky TY #NetGalley and @vikingbooks.bsky.social for the ARC.

Play Nice by @rachelharrison.bsky.social is a thrilling horror novel with scares coming from both the literal and figurative demons. #BookSky #PlayNice candikathorror.com/reads/play-nice

The first thing you'll see when googling #SlashedBeauties by A. Rushby is "Gothic feminist body horror" - and it is that, but it's also romantic and witchy and about love and loss and found family. #BookSky #PublicLibrary candikathorror.com/reads/slashed-beauties

It’s that time again! #HorrorMoviesForTheHolidays - a seasonal horror movie a day 11/24 - 1/2 #HorrorSky #FilmSky Guidelines: sarahstubbssays.com/horror-movie... Discord Server: discord.gg/F774EvagRj Follow my watches here, on Letterboxd boxd.it/athh, and/or candikathorror.com

Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang joins the chorus of media that takes a satirical look at influencers with the intent of showing they’re not what they seem - but she has a unique take on the modern trope that makes her novel feel fresh. #BookSky candikathorror.com/reads/julie-chan-is-dead

Just a few days away! What’s first on your list? #HorrorMoviesForTheHolidays Horror Movies for the Holidays Challenge: The Guidelines -

It’s #FridayReads time! Books make great gifts and are tastier than turkey. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of monsters, friendship, love, magic, revenge, ghosts, storms, syncretism, and maybe a bit of violence… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine by @kristinaten.bsky.social feels like that weird girl you know from school or work or the pub (which is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black) sits down next to you and starts talking. #BookSky TY #NetGalley and Stillhouse Press for the ARC. Review:

The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo is a compelling gothic horror complete with an atmospheric estate, a mysterious family legacy involving a curse, and an innocent young woman at the center. #BookSky TY #NetGalley, @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social, & @rbmediaco.bsky.social for the ARCs.

The Film You Are About to See by Haley Newlin is a creature feature set at a 1950s Indiana drive-in showing classics like House of Wax and The Tingler while a big bug is turning moviegoers into pod people. And, yes, it is as amazing as it sounds. #BookSky TY #NetGalley & Mad Axe Media for the ARC.

As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel is an engaging Gothic fantasy romance that spans centuries where magic can cost your soul, and the world is full of love and betrayal and curses and murder. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social for the ARC for my unbiased review:

In #TheBookshopBelow, @georgiasummers.bsky.social built a world where ink is a medium for spell casting & bookshops have opinions - perfect for anyone who loves books or magic & especially both. #BookSky TY #NetGalley, @orbitbooks.bsky.social, & @hachetteaudio.bsky.social for the ARCs

The Goth Garden by Felicia Feaster is a gorgeous art book that just happens to be packed full of history, lore, growing guidance, and uses of fifty plants and flowers to add to your very own goth garden - or at least to your bookshelf. #BookSky TY #NetGalley and Adams Media for the ARC.

#BloodTies is the perfect adventure horror romance to read while waiting for WoW: Midnight to drop or if you’ve never played the game. @christiegolden.bsky.social does a masterful job telling the story for any fantasy lover, WoW fan or not. ARC from #NetGalley & @randomhouse.bsky.social #BookSky

#IllMakeaSpectacleofYou by Beatrice Winifred Iker is a chilling Southern Gothic folk horror novel set around the fictional Bricksbury University, a historically black college in Jonesborough, TN, in the heart of Appalachia. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @hachetteaudio.bsky.social for the ARC.

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Dinner by Jennifer Hayden is a hand-drawn memoir peppered with tongue-in-cheek (but potentially technically edible if you squint) recipes about how much she hates cooking. Every single night. In perpetuity. #BookSky ARC from @idwpublishing.com for my unbiased review:

#Gothic by @pfracassi.bsky.social exemplifies what I like about his writing - smart and full of self-referential humor, gruesome imagery, and engaging (if not always likeable) characters and a thrilling plot. #BookSky ARC from #NetGalley and @clashbooks.bsky.social for my unbiased review:

Like Peyton Place, like Derry, there is something dark under the surface of the seemingly idyllic small town of Wilson Island in Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World by @cullenbunn.bsky.social #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and Gallery Books for the ARC for my unbiased review. Full review:

#ShinyHappyPeople is perfect for introducing new horror readers to something approachable but still scary enough for more seasoned horror fans and with all the dark humor we’ve come to expect from @claymcleod.bsky.social. TY #NetGalley and Delacorte for the ARC. #BookSky Full Review:

Version 3 of the game that launched my favorite system (Powered by the Apocalypse aka PbtA) #TTRPG #Kickstarter

#TheHouseofIllusionists by Vanessa Fogg is a charming collection of speculative stories about love, connection, family, life, death, and more. #BookSky ARC from #NetGalley and @interstellarflight.bsky.social for my honest review:

Lindy Ryan has done the improbable, which is to make me grateful that my day job is so pedestrian - unlike the Evans family in Another Fine Mess (follow-up to the hilarious Bless Your Heart), I rarely have to deal with the undead. #BookSky Full review: candikathorror.com/reads/another-fine-mess

#ThePlaceWhereTheyBuriedYourHeart by @christinahenry.bsky.social is not only a legitimately scary story, but running through it is an undercurrent of grief and guilt and a fraught mother-daughter relationship. TY to #NetGalley and @berkleypub.bsky.social for the ARC. Happy Book Birthday! #BookSky

#StoryGraph October summary #BookSky Reviews at candikathorror.com

“Stories are medicine,” says Cynthia Pelayo in her story, “We Women Speak of Wolves” from #Howl, the new werewolf anthology edited by Lindy Ryan & Stephanie M. Wytovich,& reading these stories made me feel the truth in that. #BookSky TY #NetGalley & Black Spot Books for the ARC