2024 has been overall… average, but an indisputably epic year for horror. We’ve seen the release of many a hit, from C.J Leede’s highly-acclaimed “American Rapture,” to the ambiguous mind-fuck that is Paul Tremblay’s “Horror Movie,” and of course everything in between. Googly-eye plastered serial killers, dream malls, demon phone boxes. Awesome.
For me personally, 2024 has been an epic reading year, I’ve read new releases, corny vintage paperbacks, and horror rites of passage. My average rating is up! I’ve also made plenty of like-minded horror fanatic friends this year, and I can think of no one better to talk through 2024 with, than Anna Dupre, horror genius and fellow fanfiaddict reviewer.
Here is our polished and professional conversation, in which NO technical difficulties are encountered, and no tomfoolery occurs:
In terms of 2024 releases we discuss:
- American Rapture by C.J Leede
- Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren
- Summer of The Monsters by David Sodergren
- Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
- Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward (UK paperback)
- Zombie bake-off by Stephen Graham Jones
- Three Miles Past by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti by Stephen Graham Jones
- I was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Narrows by Ronald Malfi
- Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi
- Deliver Me by Elle Nash
- The Queen by Nick Cutter
- Eynhallow by Tim McGregor
- Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson
- A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez
- Incidents around the House by Josh Malerman
- When The Devil by Emma E. Murray
- Crushing Snails by Emma E. Murray
- First Light by Liz Kerin
- So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
- Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram
- Stay on the Line by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Kill Your Darling by Clay McLeod Chapman
- When You Leave I Disappear by David Niall Wilson
- Candy Cain Kills Again by Brian McAuley
- Cicada by Tanya Pell
- Teleportasm by Joshua Millican
- Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy
- The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill
- Where The Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh
- The Dead Spot by Angela Sylvaine
- Chopping Spree by Angela Sylvaine
- Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
- Children of The Dark 2 by Jonathan Janz
- Horror for Weenies by Emily Hughes
- Lost Man’s Lane by Scott Carson
- Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne
- The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson
- House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
- Memorials by Richard Chizmar
- Letters To The Purple Satin Killer by Joshua Chaplinsky
- On Melting by Chris Kelso
In 2025, we’re excited for:
- The Drowning Machine and Other Obsessions by Emma E. Murray
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
- Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Long Division by Bad Hand Books
- Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
- Senseless by Ronald Malfi
- 8114 by Joshua Hull
- Breathe in, Bleed out by Brian McAuley
- Lightfall by Ed Crocker
- Another by Paul Tremblay
- Foreclosure Gothic by Harris Lathi
- Bloodstains by Gas Light by Red Lagoe
- At Dark I Become Loathsome by Eric Larocca
- The Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam Rebelein
- The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi
Whilst rambling we also discuss:
- The Haar by David Sodergren
- Mouth by Joshua Hull
- Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
- Survivor’s Song by Paul Tremblay
- Cabin at the end of the world by Paul Tremblay
- The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
- My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
- Bone White by Ronald Malfi
- The Troop by Nick Cutter
- Wasps in the Ice Cream by Tim McGregor
- Lure by Tim McGregor
- Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
- Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin
- Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
- Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
- Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley
- Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy
- Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
- A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill
- #Thighgap by Chandler Morrison
- Children of the dark by Jonathan Janz
- Pearl by Josh Malerman
- Carrie by Stephen King
- In Excess of Dark by Red Lagoe
- Things have Gotten Worse Since we Last Spoke by Eric Larocca
- Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix
- 101 Horror Books To Read Before You’re Murdered
- The Bad Place by Dean Koontz
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