10 2026 Horror Debuts to Treat Yourself this Spooky Season
No tricks here, just treats for your Halloween week reading!
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The Darker Dispatch 10/25/26
When a Prequel Wins: Crystal Lake, Pamela Voorhees, and Why It Works
The latest prequel series to the Friday the 13th franchise, Crystal Lake, knows the moment and chooses to say something worthwhile
Darker Times Book Club - November Pick
Read the best horror with the best kinds of folks, Darker Times subscribers.
Michael Myers, My Dream Boyfriend
Or that one dream where Michael Myers happened to be my boyfriend.
Choose Your Own Path: The Halloween Invitation
Use this couple's costume interactive short story to help you find your Halloween costume.
Hatchet Job: Carrie (2026)
On Mike Flanagan’s thuddingly mid, direly sentimental mess of an adaptation.
The Darker Dispatch 10/18/26
Hatchet Job: Other Mommy (2026)
Other Mommy, the film adaptation of Josh Malerman’s Incidents Around the House, Glitters But Isn’t Gold
No One is Safe in Folk Horror
Liam Higginson's The Hill in the Dark Grove teaches us an important lesson: in the Welsh mountains, nobody can hear you scream.
Nostalgic Reads for an Angry Heart: Dev Lemons Horror Readalikes
Electric, sad, angsty, and nostalgic: here are five books to make you feel like you're living inside a Dev Lemons song.
The Darker Dispatch 10/11/26
Sharply Sublime: Jennifer Thorne’s Newbourne Park
A review of Jennifer Thorne's latest razor-sharp horror fiction.