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5 Must Read Horror Articles 26 January 2026

Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to.  Without further ado:

Lit Hub hear from author Melissa Faliveno on horror, transformation and writing a queer midwestern gothic

Author Melissa Faliveno delves into the themes of her new novel, Hemlock, and finds transformation, horror and much more besides in this article for Lit Hub.

Crime Reads pick out five entomological horror novels to get your skin crawling

Fresh from the release of ant-infested novel, Itch, author Gemma Amor compiles this list of five other entomological horror books for Crime Reads,

Bloody Disgusting follow the trail to the non-canon UFO-related Silent Hill multiverse

Bloody Disgusting’s Daniel Kurland starts at the original Silent Hill‘s joke ending and follows the trail to a wild, non-canon multiverse of UFO-related Silent Hill fandom.

What Sleeps Beneath select five films whose horrors are matched by their unexpected twists

James Cooper, writing for What Sleeps Beneath, takes five examples of horror movies where the unexpected twists are as vital to the experience as the scares.

The Horror Tree sit down for an author interview with author Ronald Malfi

The Horror Tree’s Paul StJohn Mackintosh sits down with author Ronald Malfi ahead of the release of his new novel, The Hive.

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KEV HARRISON