A spoiler-free review of Shudder's Hallowarrior (2026), starring Milly Shapiro, Ajani Russell, and Shannyn Sossamon

Recap from Without Your Head podcast's livestream with Will Keenan and John Brennan, discussing Troma films

Thursday, October 22, at 9:00 PM ET Check out this upcoming live where Will Keenan will be joining the team at Without Your Head, to celebrate 30 years of Troma! Keenan starred as Tromeo in Tromeo & Juliet (1996), as Casey in Terror Firmer (1998), and as you can tell by his IMDB page (linked to his name), he's certainly been busy! He'll be taking questions from hosts "Nasty" Neal, Tara Hutchison and "Terrible" Troy, plus their live chat and audience video calls. Also joining

WordOut Theater will present un/reality, a festival of six one-act plays from rising playwrights including Night Market by the Sinister Scoop's own Martha Hipley, over two weekends in October. Saturday and Sunday on the 17th-18th and 24th-25th at Caveat in Manhattan and The RAT in Brooklyn.

Martha Hipley of The Sinister Scoop reviews the collection HAPPY BUNNY AND OTHER MISCHIEFS by Rebecca Grandsen.

Because it's never too late for a great review on an indie novel - Candi wrote this review for MUCH TOO VULGAR by Viggy Parr Hampton!

CROOKED SPINE: WHAT YOU WORSHIP Short fiction, and poems for our fourth issue. We keep themes vague but please do not submit something way out of the guidelines. SUBMISSION WINDOW: September 1st -- October 23rd WORDCOUNT: 1,500 -- 3,500 PAYMENT: $20 + a contributor copy LINK TO ORIGINAL CALL WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR: What You Worship is seeking horror about devotion and the price it demands. Familiar cults, religions, and ancient gods are welcome when the work finds something

After deciding that she's had enough of the corporate rat race, Holly Green does the one thing that she never thought she'd do: she moves back to her hometown of Peppermint Falls to seek a fresh start. Her mother Martha and her neighbors are delighted to welcome her back, and one man--the handsome new owner of the Christmas tree farm, Dash--is excited to meet her. Sparks fly between Holly and Dash, but this newfound love isn't without difficulty, especially when Hal, Holly's

"Through apocalypse, dystopia, and renewal, the throughline of empathy, love, and human determination in Barrington's THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS keeps the story profoundly human. An impressive debut that leaves the reader with a bittersweet, hard-won hope that feels especially resonant in our uncertain political moment." - Seth Haddon, author of VOLATILE MEMORY and REFORGEDRun the race. Or die. Britain is at war, isolated by a digital blockade. Dissidents run a deadly race fo

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You can get a signed copy of How to Escape a Tiger Cult by Briana Morgan for only $10! Coming out October 6th, 2026 PREORDER LINK

The boy and No 9 Whitlock is out now through Truborn press

Martha shares her review of Hellbound Bastards by Chris McGuinness! Cosmic horror + western + horrible people!

<Cheat Code: A Queer Horror LitRPG Anthology> Did you ever glitch your old Pokemon games to find MissingNo.? Try to access the Cow Dimension in Diablo? Get a glimpse of Bigfoot in GTA San Andreas? SUBMISSION WINDOW: September 1—December 31, 2026. WORDCOUNT: no minimum. 8K maximum (no exceptions PAYMENT: $25USD + paperback + ebook. LINK TO ORIGINAL CALL WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR: Did you ever glitch your old Pokemon games to find MissingNo.? Try to access the Cow Dimension in D

Candi shares her thoughts on the Women of the Weird West anthology edited by KC Grifant, author of the Melinda West: Monster Gunslinger books

Alix gives a great perspective on Agita Publishing's (previously From Beyond Press) Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories, with some personal experience included!

THAT OLD HOUSE: THE LIVING ROOM A flicker of light becomes unreliable as picture frames fall to the floor and an odd liquid soaks through the carpet. The static is calling out to you. And this time, you might just not make it to commercial. It is here!! SUBMISSION WINDOW: August 3rd - November 3rd WORDCOUNT: 1,000 - 4,000 words PAYMENT: $20 per accepted story, due before release date (Release aimed for first quarter of 2027) LINK TO ORIGINAL CALL WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR: We

FOOD SYSTEMS ANTHOLOGY: An anthology of food systems horror and Weird fiction. Food systems include all infrastructure involved in the growth, production, distribution, marketing, sale, consumption, and disposal of food. SUBMISSION WINDOW: September 1st -- 14th WORDCOUNT: 2,000 -- 5,000 PAYMENT: Pay: 5 cents (USD) per word (paid via PayPal or Wise), plus one digital and one physical contributor copy. LINK TO ORIGINAL CALL WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR: An anthology of food systems

Cover for Where the Soul Goes now in audiobook Thank you, Strange Wilds Press, for the review copy of the audiobook of Katherine Silva’s Where the Soul Goes, narrated by Jess Wright. This is the first Katherine Silva book I’ve read, though I’ve had several on my TBR for a while. I feel like her books are for smart people, and I wasn’t sure I was ready for that kind of pressure. After reading Where the Soul Goes…I still feel that way. But, it was also just a really good story.

Video game AND horror movie fans - take a look at Alix's review for the movie adaptation of the game EXIT 8 and let us know what you thought!