“Intensely uncanny, white-knuckle tense, wholly unnerving, Trad Wife by Sarah Langan was one that I basked in the unremitting, methodic, apron-clad dread of. Ballerina farm meets “A King in Yellow,” meets Shirley Jackson.” MAY 14TH- @torbooksuk.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-trad-...

“Trad Wife,” by @saratogaishere.bsky.social is, beneath its sourdough crust and all that gingham, politically engaged, quite rightly enraged and genuinely highly entertaining and cathartic in its excess. FEB 10th- @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social FEB 19th- @bantambooksuk.bsky.social

If you liked those silly subgenres I made up, you can listen to my series wrap up below, or wherever else you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

“A novel that cares not about being liked, but being felt, absorbed and endured, finished in a quiet state of ruin, “Wretch,” by @ericlarocca.bsky.social succeeds in all that it sets out to do, and for the record, I happened to like it too.” @titanbooks.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social

Horrormance! I can see that. I guess SF Specmance or Scimantasy?

A book that made my teeth itchy, my stomach turn, and my innards want to crawl out of my body, David Simmons’ “Fetty On The Switches,” is a damp, leaky, grubby, grimey and bizarre little number that I prodded, circled and then promptly fell headfirst into. @clashbooks.bsky.social JUNE ‘26

George Dunn says you should read ACQUIRED TASTE. Read his Top Reads of 2025 over at FanFiAddict here: bit.ly/3L5SOCX

Massive thanks to the fantastic George Dunn, writing for FanFiAddict, for naming VEIL one of the Top Ten Books of the Year! fanfiaddict.com/george-dunns...

obligatory best of the year list for your perusal: fanfiaddict.com/george-dunns...

This is an incredible review of SPREAD ME, both in that it is very kind to the book ("All in all, a deeply unwholesome way to spend an afternoon") and in that it is a STELLAR piece of writing - I will be repeating the phrase "four eyed, fork-tongued viral desert people-eater" to myself all day 😈

“Spread Me,” by @sarahgailey.bsky.social is a revolting delight of a story, a piece of defrosted John Carpenter turned Cronenbergian sleaze, with a cocked hip and a knowing look. Arresting, astounding..arrousing..? fanfiaddict.com/review-sprea...

For the @theobserveruk.bsky.social I’ve written about Christmas ghost stories, the British Library’s Tales of the Weird series, and how literary detectives such as @johnnymains.co.uk are digging up lost tales. observer.co.uk/culture/book...

📚😱 INDIE PRESS HORROR BOOKS RELEASED THIS YEAR THAT ARE LEGALLY* REQUIRED READING 😱📚 *My post, my laws ⬇️

I’m working on my best of the year 2025 list. Thank you so much to everybody who has written horror that given me a good scare, or entertained me, or uplifted me, or moved me to tears, or even offered hope at a time in which that’s otherwise in short supply…

A bloody, rageful, vindictive beast of a book, Molka by Monika Kim is a revenge story sharpened to an avenging edge that will get your molars grinding and fingers itching. APRIL 2026- @erewhonbooks.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-molka...

The Year End @talkscaredpod.bsky.social episode has become one of my favorite traditions, but holy hell, they said such kind things about WOLF that I honestly disassociated a little bit. Thank you, Neil, @annarosereads.bsky.social, @georgesreads.bsky.social, and @emilyhughes.bsky.social! 😭❤️🙏

It’s that time of year again! For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film) SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS! All podcast places - enjoy.

“Japanese Gothic,” by Kylie Lee Baker is a dual time-line headspinner- a perhaps literally, dizzyingly gorgeous ghost story. Wholly enchanted and utterly horrifying. ‘APR 2026 @hodderfiction.bsky.social @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social

We are so back this week! Talking Scared returns on Tuesday with the STATE OF THE HORROR NATION review. The panel is @emilyhughes.bsky.social, george_reads and @annarosereads.bsky.social - covering all their highlights of 2025 horror. At nearly 3 hours, it should get you closer to Christmas.

“What Hunger,” by @dangitcat.bsky.social is a bloody, melt-in-the-mouth morsel of a book that reads like butter and tastes like iron. I wolfed it down. @simonbooks.bsky.social @littlebrownbooks.bsky.social Full Review: fanfiaddict.com/review-what-...

Let’s talk about it: ⚡️ BLACK FRIDAY FRANKENSTEIN EPISODE IS NOW ALIVE ⚡️ with @georgesreads.bsky.social We dig into what haunts us: creation without compassion, ambition without accountability, and the monsters we make, on purpose or accident. open.substack.com/pub/unstable...

Guillermo Del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” was a banger. The 1818 novel, utterly groundbreaking. I got to talk about both with my friend @unstablebooks.bsky.social !! open.substack.com/pub/unstable...

“House of Beth,” by Kerry Cullen is a strange and magnetic piece of literary horror. Uncanny and romantic, peculiar and charming, this one is a corker of a novel from any author, but an outrageously brilliant debut. @simonandschuster.bsky.social

“High in antioxidants and fatalities, Wes Craven meets LA in “Breathe In, Bleed Out,” by @brianmcwriter.bsky.social , with kills so violent and creative that they will engage your core and realign your chakras… this one goes down smooth.” @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social

Doused in relatable honesty, Kyle Kouri's The Problem Drinker offers no solutions; no, it offers something better. Read @annarosereads.bsky.social review! @kylekouri.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social

“”Daytide,” is a story that requires readers to forget genre, whatever your definition of horror or fantasy or sci-fi is, and baptise yourself in the stinging, turp-soaked, existential delirium that @scribeofhades.bsky.social has so beautifully crafted.” FEB 26TH @rapturepublishing.bsky.social

“May I be frank with you? This is hard. @catrionaward.bsky.social’s writing is slippery and elusive and entirely unreasonably hard to describe. It’s like trying to bottle fog. It refuses to sit still enough for a neat summary and I fear I’ve made a pig’s ear of trying…” But try I do. Full review:

“The Frighteners,” by @revpeterlaws.bsky.social is a ridiculously smart yet approachable and irresistibly two-mates-over-a-pint-like exploration of human psychology and horror. Why does the grotesque and gothic beckon? fanfiaddict.com/review-the-f...

Gotta admit: MEAT BEE's cover is gnarly in the best possible way. Props to cover artist Joel Amat Güell and the fine folks at CLASH Books for giving my book the cover it deserves. I hope the story moves readers as much as the cover does.

I got to talk to one of my favourite podcasters on one of my favourite podcasts about all of my favourite King books!! It was a joy. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1... Or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

All right, crazy people, it's time to buckle in for my review of @cullenbunn.bsky.social's forthcoming BONES OF OUR STARS, BLOOD OF OUR WORLD and his everything but the kitchen sink approach to horror. This book's a doozy! 🩸📚 💙📚 #BookSky #bookreview #horror fanfiaddict.com/review-bones...

If you ever felt you needed to know more about me, for whatever reason, I did a cool interview with Bold Journey. I got to gush about bookstagram and horror and they put a really big massive picture of my face at the top. boldjourney.com/meet-george-...

Full of emotion, genuine heart and even more genuine belly laughs, “Shitshow,” takes the best bits of Dr. Who and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” the worst part of festivals, and smooshes it together into a stinky little horror comedy. @scribeofhades.bsky.social @sobelobooks.bsky.social

So glad you’re a fan!!

Love this review! Thanks for the thoughtful words. Yes, this book has real mischief to it that I love.

As utterly, gloriously bonkers as its cover and title all but screams, @browntrowsers.bsky.social ‘s “Meat Bees,” is a Jaws-Candyman hybrid that stuns with visceral imagery, before planting its mandibles somewhere tender. @clashbooks.bsky.social AUG ‘26 fanfiaddict.com/review-meat-...

“After,” by Drew Starling is a bleak, shuddering story of desperation, disaster, decay and extraterrestrial inconvenience. As raw as an open nerve and twice as sensitive, this one will leave you hollowed out and faintly exhilarated. @eerieriver.bsky.social fanfiaddict.com/review-after...

Oh bliss!! 10/10 rating for FUTILITY by FanFiAddict magazine! And just a few hours before official release! Mega thanks to @georgesreads.bsky.social Guys, grab your copy today and make my day🤗

“Futility,” by @nuzo.bsky.social is a guilty pleasure of a novel in which the most grotesque, graphic and brutal miseries are inflicted- and yet it’s nothing short of…fun. Hot, hearty and sour *insert soup joke* this one is out October 14th from @titanbooks.bsky.social Full review:

One of my favorite reviewers doing such a kind review!!!! 🖤

“Her Wicked Roots,” by @tanyapell.bsky.social is a full-blooded and enchanting gothic, that much like some of the flora it features, is beautiful and lethal in equal measure. OCT 7TH from Gallery Books.

“The Graceview Patient,” by @caitlinstarling.com is an unsettling slow-drip of paranoia, exhaustion and unease administered directly into the veins of unwitting readers. An ominous, generally feel-bad, clinical gothic, this one is out from @stmartinspress.bsky.social OCT 14TH

A huggeeeee thank you to the very kind, very cool folks over at @atriabooks.bsky.social who sent over a finished copy of Scream With Me! And if you missed it earlier this week, my interview with Eleanor Johnson is live at the links below:

“Crafting for Sinners,” by @jennykiefer.com is a relentless, breathless and truly… crafty survival horror romp through the aisles of hobby-hell. Out from @quirkbooks.bsky.social OCT 7th. Thanks to @laneheymont.bsky.social for my ARC. fanfiaddict.com/review-craft...

“Darker Days,” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt takes seasonal depression to new extremes and is not so much “darker,” as it is subsumed entirely by something black and bleak and void-like. Out Oct 23rd from @bantambooksuk.bsky.social and October 28th from @harperbooks.bsky.social

A fiery little number that will burn the back of its reader’s throats, redden their cheeks and leave them coughing and spluttering, “Fly On The Wall,” by Inigo Mort is precise, pacy and pretty damn good. Single sitting read, available on KU. fanfiaddict.com/review-fly-o...

A real privilege!!

Beauty and rot, gilt and decay all feature in “The Works of Vermin,” by Hiron Ennes. With shades of Miéville but a palette that is completely its own, this one will ensure you never complain about an eight legged housemate again. @torbooksuk.bsky.social OCTOBER 14TH

“Spin A Black Yarn,” blew my mind, in terms of its prose, in terms of its imagery, in terms of its clever layers, subtle nods and sly winks, and proves @joshmalerman.bsky.social to be, not merely a wonderful writer, but a real wordsmith, and a master of his craft. @lordtbrffa.bsky.social

Yes. Yes. Yes.