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Introduction

I have no official role at the Books of Horror (facebook.com) Facebook group, beyond being one of almost 50,000 members who enjoy the company of like-minded horror fans. It's a very busy group with countless posts every single day, but its real value is in its members being supportive of each other and the genre, while also being thoroughly open to indie publishing. Many of those members are authors and most of them are self-published or published by small presses, though there are a few Grand Masters among the active membership too. Hello, Ramsey Campbell! Nowadays, the prominent titles tend to be ones competing in the Indie Brawl, an annual bracketed event, but, before those began, I asked the membership to highlight all the books that came up all the time, for whatever reason, and compiled them into a Go To List (facebook.com). I've been a horror fan for most of my life but I'm out of date with what's happening in the field nowadays, especially with indie releases. I'd only read two of them, Alma Katsu's The Hunger and, right as I was starting this project, Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth, though I had read other books by some of these authors, like Christina Henry, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Catriona Ward. My plan to catch up was to get hold of everything on this Go To List, read it all and review these books one per month at the Nameless Zine. Once done, I'll collate them into an Apocalypse Later zine. To read the reviews here, just click on the covers below (which represent the editions I read) or the titles below them. I have an Amazon gift registry set up for this project, so if anyone wants to buy me a copy of a book from this list to review, with my thanks, you can find it here (amazon.com).

Five Most Recent Reviews Click on a cover to read that book's review.
Reviews Click on a link to read that book's review at the Nameless Zine.
Chronologically by review: Alma Katsu - The Hunger (Aug 2022) Cassandra Khaw - Nothing But Blackened Teeth (Feb 2023) Duncan Ralston - Woom (Apr 2023) Kealan Patrick Burke - Sour Candy (May 2023) Brian Asman - Man, Fuck This House (Jun 2023) Alissa Nutting - Tampa (Jul 2023) Augustina Bazterrica - Tender is the Flesh (Aug 2023) Aron Beauregard - The Slob (Sep 2023) Nick Roberts - The Exorcist’s House (Oct 2023) Ania Ahlborn - The Shuddering (Nov 2023) Catriona Ward - The Last House on Needless Street (Dec 2023) Matthew Stokoe - Cows (Jan 2024) Judith Sonnet - No One Rides for Free (Feb 2024) Mike Bockoven - FantasticLand (Apr 2024) James A. Moore & Jeff Strand - The Haunted Forest Tour (May 2024) Gus Moreno - This Thing Between Us (Jun 2024) Jonathan Edward Durham - Winterset Hollow (Jul 2024) John Durgin - The Cursed Among Us (Aug 2024) Paul Tremblay - A Head Full of Ghosts (Sep 2024) Eric LaRocca - Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes (Oct 2024) A. M. Shine - The Watchers (Nov 2024) Stephen Graham Jones - The Only Good Indians (Dec 2024) Angel Gelique - Man Cave (Jan 2025) Simone St. James - The Sun Down Motel (Feb 2025) Chandler Morrison - Dead Inside (Mar 2025)	Alphabetically by author: Ania Ahlborn - The Shuddering (Nov 2023) Brian Asman - Man, Fuck This House (Jun 2023) Augustina Bazterrica - Tender is the Flesh (Aug 2023) Aron Beauregard - The Slob (Sep 2023) Mike Bockoven - FantasticLand (Apr 2024) Kealan Patrick Burke - Sour Candy (May 2023) John Durgin - The Cursed Among Us (Aug 2024) Jonathan Edward Durham - Winterset Hollow (Jul 2024) Angel Gelique - Man Cave Stephen Graham Jones - The Only Good Indians (Dec 2024) Alma Katsu - The Hunger (Aug 2022) Cassandra Khaw - Nothing But Blackened Teeth (Feb 2023) Eric LaRocca - Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes (Oct 2024) James A. Moore & Jeff Strand - The Haunted Forest Tour (May 2024) Gus Moreno - This Thing Between Us (Jun 2024) Chandler Morrison - Dead Inside (Mar 2025) Alissa Nutting - Tampa (Jul 2023) Duncan Ralston - Woom (Apr 2023) Nick Roberts - The Exorcist’s House (Oct 2023) A. M. Shine - The Watchers (Nov 2024) Simone St. James - The Sun Down Motel (Feb 2025) Judith Sonnet - No One Rides for Free (Feb 2024) Matthew Stokoe - Cows (Jan 2024) Paul Tremblay - A Head Full of Ghosts (Sep 2024) Catriona Ward - The Last House on Needless Street (Dec 2023)
Not Yet Reviewed Ania Ahlborn - Brother (an alternative to The Shuddering) Jon Athan - The Groomer Dathan Auerbach - Penpal Aron Beauregard - The Playground or Yellow (alternatives to The Slob) J. P. Behrens - Portrait of a Nuclear Family Felix Blackwell - Stolen Tongues Nick Cutter - The Troop Mike Duke - Where the Gods Sleep Rayne Havok - Mukbang Princess Grady Hendrix - How to Sell a Haunted House (or pretty much anything else by him) Christina Henry - Near the Bone Ryder Kinlay - Rehab Ronald Malfi - Come with Me (or Bone White) Jennifer McMahon - The Winter People David Mitchell - Slade House Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic Adam Nevill - The Ritual Jason Rekulak - Hidden Pictures Nick Roberts - Anathema (an alternative to The Exorcist's House) Caitlin Starling - The Luminous Dead Scott Thomas - Kill Creek Kristopher Triana - Gone to See the River Man Daniel J. Volpe - Left to You (or Talia) Elias Witherow - The Black Farm I feel like there should be a Darcy Coates and a Matt Shaw in there too, but no single title stood out for either. All Covers Click on a cover to read that book's review.

Last update: 14th March, 2025