Best of 2023
First, a couple of things anybody’d be proud of: NOVEL How about four of them, this year — a very-very good year: COLLECTION COMIC BOOKS PLAY HORROR MOVIE Always a tricky category for me (just wanted to say “gory”), but, my top three, big-like up top and first here, and then all the ones I
All the Pretty Reaper Lists
For the end of another good year. Thanks, all. None of this without all of you. And, apologies in advance: there’s two or three duplicates in here, I think. Having such a hard time ferreting them out, though . . . https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g43689321/best-horror-books-2023/ https://www.powells.com/post/best-books/best-books-of-2023-horror https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/best-horror-2023 https://www.kobo.com/us/en/p/best-horror-books-2023 https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/fiction/best-horror-books-of-2023 https://ko-fi.com/Post/5-Cool-Books-I-Read-in-2023-D1D1T6D8D The 9 Best Horror Novels of 2023
Best Reads from Lately
Why can fear be so much fun? Doctors break down the science of being scared – ABC News Did Scientists Discover a Whole New Human Lineage? Starfish bodies are really just heads, new research says | CNN How two spine-chilling TV shows are bringing Indigenous ghost stories to life | CBC News https://manorvellum.medium.com/you-cant-outrun-the-horseman-the-roots-of-the-american-slasher-f67822392473 https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a45682442/stokercon-2023/ Symposiums
A Final Girl is Born
You’d think acclaim or sales would be the highest honor. Turns out? It’s this magic right here:
Coolest clips
For a My Heart is a Chainsaw trailer, in Spain, by La Bilblioteca Carfax: And, if you’re not into clicking on a Musk-site, then: SO much better than what I tried to do back in 2006 or 2007 (“17 years ago”)—same principle, though:
Goodreads Choice Awards
Don’t Fear the Reaper in the first round, cool. Such amazing company (prefer that term over “competition, ” as a lot of these amazing writers are friends): https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2023
Recent interviews, podcasts
Been a month or so since I did this, so . . . gonna be a longish post—lot going on for Halloween season, for Earthdivers vol.1 season, for Reaper trade: https://www.brokenantlermag.com/blog/a-conversation-with-stephen-graham-jones Interview: GrimDark Magazine: https://gizmodo.com/stephen-graham-jones-true-believer-comic-book-slasher-1850907755 https://www.reckon.news/honey/2023/11/6-reasons-horror-literature-should-be-celebrated-all-year-round.html
Feeling Reaper-y
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g43689321/best-horror-books-2023/ https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2658-readers-top-66-horror-novels-of-the-past-3-years?ref=tophorror23_eb https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/barnes-nobles-best-books-of-2023/barnes-nobles-best-horror-books-of-2023/_/N-29Z8q8Z2z3t https://bookclubs.com/blog/native-american-authors-you-should-be-reading-right
Elk Tracks
https://www.aarparrow.com/inside-dope/the-75-essential-books-for-gen-xers https://www.themarysue.com/the-10-best-folk-horror-books-to-read-in-a-haunted-wood/ https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/National-Native-American-Heritage-Month-10-Books-To-Add-To-the-Collection-and-Share-with-Readers Native American Literature: Tribes and Tribulations ‹ CrimeReads https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/25-best-scariest-horror-books-ever/ https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2658-readers-top-66-horror-novels-of-the-past-3-years?ref=tophorror23_eb https://boredomtherapy.com/scariest-books-says-stephen-king https://academic.oup.com/isle/advance-article/doi/10.1093/isle/isad056/7255951?login=true
Werewolves & Maps & much etc
https://shepherd.com/best-books/nights-tantalizing-and-terrifying-potential https://shipwreckedsailor.substack.com/p/friday-links-starting-spooky-season? https://www.horrorspotlight.com/2023/09/what-weve-been-reading-september-6-2023.html https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2023/8/25/mapping-the-interior-by-stephen-graham-jones https://pesadillasrecurrentesbooks.blogspot.com/2023/09/la-noche-de-los-maniquis-stephen-graham.html?m=1 Night of the Mannequins, by Stephen Graham Jones | Skulls in the Stars https://lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2023/10/conan-lord-of-mount-stephen-graham.html
Earthdivers’ing
https://idwpublishing.com/blogs/news/idw-rushes-back-to-print-earthdivers-comic-books-meet-overwhelming-consumer-demand Earthdivers Vol. 1: Time Travel and Historical Reckoning
Chainsaw fun
redundant term there, yes? My Heart Is A Chainsaw – Stephen Graham Jones – Ren Reads Horror https://the-line-up.com/slasher-novels https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2660-100-new-horror-recommendations-for-nearly-every-kind-of-reader