Beware the Wild

Hinting at foggy graveyards, opulent abandoned houses, creepy religious figures, haunted land, and maybe even an exorcism here and there, the words “Southern Gothic” always send a chill up my spine. As a longtime inhabitant of the South, I can verify the sound of a creaky porch swing at night mixed with the hoot of an owl […]

Paranormal’s become an increasingly rare find in YA since the days when young sorcerers, vampires, and werewolves ruled the shelves, which is a serious shame for those of us who love a little something super in their natural. But there have been some definite standouts creeping onto shelves in the past few years, from Sarah […]

With fall finally upon us, there’s no better time to curl up with something slightly spooky and a little romantic. When the weather begins to cool down, you can’t ask for a better book to curl up with than a good gothic novel. Now is the time for the subtly supernatural and the hauntingly ominous […]

Secrets, secrets are no fun, except when they’re consuming a small town you yourself are nowhere near. Spooky stories take place anywhere and everywhere, but they’re almost never better than when set amid the everybody-thinks-they-know-everybody atmosphere of some tiny speck on a map, whether it’s haunted by terrors of this world or the next. Eight […]