5 Must Read Horror Articles 5 January 2026

BestIndieHorror2025

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: The Lineup select the best of the bunch in small press and indie horror releases from 2025 SPOILERS: Bloody Disgusting explain a plethora of horror references hidden in the Stranger …

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News Round-up Week Ending 2 January 2026

There's An Evil Void Inside my House by David Royce

Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Available 17 February from author David Royce, There’s an Evil Void Inside My House Jason Falsted moved from Michigan to West Virginia when he inherited an old house from a distant relative he’d never met. But …

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Look Out For … Funeral Song by Carly Racklin

Funeral Song by Carly Racklin

“With their debut novella, Racklin presents a death obsessed town under control of dark ritual magic, cursed with the return of the dead.” In isolated Cairney, the Angel of Death allows the dead to return, but not always as desired. Friede Inkerman feels Death’s gift is more of a curse. As pianist to death-worshipping Cairney’s …

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TIH 645: Eric Larocca on Burnt Sparrow, We Are Always Tender with Our Dead, and Writing Transgressive Fiction

TIH 645: Eric Larocca on Burnt Sparrow, We Are Always Tender with Our Dead, and Writing Transgressive Fiction

In this podcast, Eric LaRocca talks about Burnt Sparrow, We Are Always Tender with Our Dead, writing messed up transgressive fiction, and much more. About Eric LaRocca Eric LaRocca is a 2x Bram Stoker Award finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. Named by Esquire as one of the “Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age” and praised …

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