SFFWORLD Countdown to Halloween 2025: CLASSIC HORROR: An Anthology by Various Authors
As I type this, it’s nearly the end of October and Halloween. It may not be a surprise then that publishers are publishing (or…
Year: 2025
EXCLUSIVE SFFWorld EXTRACT: SILVER & SMOKE by Helen Scheuerer
We are pleased to offer you an exclusive extract from Helen Scheuerer’s Silver and Smoke, which is out this week in hardback! Silver and…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: THE COLD HOUSE by A. G. Slatter
The [church] is small, ancient, its stained-glass windows a bit dull but I guess they’re leery of cleaning them lest they break. I step…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: SENSELESS by Ronald Malfi
Ronald Malfi seems to fit into the category of a “writer’s writer.” The kind of writer other writers (especially in the horror genre) will…
HALCYON YEARS by Alastair Reynolds
The cover’s got this one right. Halcyon Years is a new noir/science fiction fusion from the author perhaps best known for his books set…
THE EVERLASTING by Alix E Harrow
This is not what I was expecting. From the publisher: “Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight,…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: GHOST STORY by Peter Straub
What was the worst thing you’ve ever done? I won’t tell you that, but I’ll tell you the worst thing that ever happened…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: THE FLESH KING by Richard Kadrey
I picked this novella up straight after enjoying the first so much. As it is the second, there’s less need for a setup and…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: SMALL TOWN MONSTERS by Diana Rodriguez-Wallach
Small Town Monsters takes its inspiration from The Conjuring/ Ed & Lorraine Warren, mixes in some high-school romance, and brings some Latinx flavor to…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE by Philip Fracassi
Philip Fracassi is one of the more potent writers in the horror genre, known for novels that pack a great emotional punch as well…
BATMOBILE The Complete History by Mark Cotta Vaz and Andrew Farago
It’s been over 85 years since the first appearance of Batman, the grim vigilante upholding justice from the shadows. Like Superman, he was first…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: MALPERTUIS by Jean Ray
The autumn came and went, spreading neither joy nor glory over the town. It is possible that beyond the ramparts it gilded the woods,…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL by Richard Kadrey
Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries—one living (Ford), one undead (Neuland); one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living. When a…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: COLDWAR: A NECROTEK NOVEL
Cold War is the second installment of Jonathan Maberry’s Military SF/Horror saga, NecroTek. Set a couple of centuries into the future, a space station…
RED CITY by Marie Lu
So: this one’s straight out of LA gangland. Think The Sopranos, Goodfellas, The Godfather, even, but with magic. The story is set in Angel…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: THE WOLF IN THE GARDEN by Alfred H. Bill
[…] there came the skurry of feet in a perfect frenzy of haste on the flags without; the front door flew open; and the…
SFFWORLD Countdown to Halloween 2025: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. (Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1) My Halloween reads for SFFWorld this year start…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: NECROTEK by Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is one of the most prolific writers in any genre, and especially horror. I came to his fiction within the last decade…
ALCHEMY OF SECRETS by Stephanie Garber
Although Stephanie Garber is well-known for her best-selling Caraval series, her latest novel is being sold as her first novel for adults. From the…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: THE TWISTED ONES by T. Kingfisher
I am going to try to start at the beginning, even though I know you won’t believe me. It’s okay. I wouldn’t…
