“call the necromancer”: Four Poems by Leia Penina Wilson

volta OR these snapdragon flower seed pods look like little skulls because it’s all imagination & horror baby can … More

“We’re a Creepy Bunch”: Hillary Leftwich Talks to Sarah Read, Author of the Story Collection OUT OF WATER

Sarah Read is a force in the horror genre and has a long-standing history of publications in numerous top tier … More

In the Dream House: A Memoir, by Carmen Maria Machado. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, November 2019. 210 pages. $26.00, hardcover. … More

our next nominee should remember ne-VAD-da always moisturize hand sanitizer is your friend and clorox, for when you get to … More

We editors love reading at HFR—and talking books, writing, and publishing around the clock—so we decided to catalog our selections every … More

Tales from the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror, edited by David James Keaton & Max Booth III. San Antonio, Texas: … More

In Muir Woods there are redwood trees that are completely white, lacking all chlorophyll. They’re called ghost trees, and … More

Choose A, B, or C for each of the numbered items below: A) Real or proposed border control measure B) … More

The Disappeared The airliner is not at the bottom of the ocean. Nor is it blown to bits over … More

If Forced to Join Maleatra Montanez know that he will say your legs burst wide like syrup poured his throat … More

an essay about funerals I want to set a car on fire, set guns on fire, set love on … More

On Sundays, we butchered. It made us so happy, S— and me. We did not mind the blood or … More