In horror fiction, mirrors are rarely neutral. They’re portals, tools of self-confrontation, and sometimes literal gates to the other side. But for female characters, mirrors hold a special kind of terror — not just supernatural, but societal. In a world where the way women look is both currency and curse, the mirror becomes less of…
If you’re looking for a story that crawls under your skin and stays there, The Last Party by A.R. Torre delivers. You’ll never look at a birthday party — or a mother’s smile — the same way again. Perla Wultz has everything a picture-perfect suburban life should come with: a successful husband, a bright daughter,…
Do you think you wouldn’t join a cult? Most of us like to believe we’d see the red flags. That we’d walk away at the first sign of manipulation. But the truth is, cults rarely look like cults from the inside. They feel like safety. Like belonging. Like finally being seen. These stories tap into…
As above, so on your bookshelf … Welcome back to Bookstrology! If last week was a gothic fever dream, this one’s a slow-burn thriller with unexpected plot twists. Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius (starting May 2) is stirring up our collective shadows, and the Scorpio moon hangover hasn’t quite worn off. Translation? We’re all spiraling, but…
The exorcism of Anneliese Michel isn’t just one of the most disturbing cases in modern history, it’s one that continues to raise difficult questions about the collision of faith, medicine, and personal belief. In 1970s Germany, a young woman who was diagnosed with epilepsy became the subject of 67 sanctioned exorcisms … Needless to say,…
Blood is easy. Dread takes skill. Anyone can toss a bucket of red paint at a scene and call it horror, but building that stomach-knotting, can’t-look-away tension, the kind that keeps readers flipping pages and checking their locks at night, requires a different approach. You don’t need mutilation to make people squirm. You need atmosphere,…
Gregg Dunnett’s Little Ghosts digs deep under the skin and lingers, festering. Months after finishing the book, you’ll still think of this rare thriller, not because it’s loud or over the top, but because it’s rooted in something far more powerful — the emotional wreckage of grief. What begins as a quiet exploration of a…
In the late 19th century, a woman’s descent into madness was often met with vague diagnoses, well-meaning but misguided treatments, and a complete disregard for her autonomy. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman illustrates the harrowing effects of such neglect. Even though The Yellow Wallpaper is often regarded as fiction, it serves as an…
