Cosy horror for dark nights
Same nightmares. Different stories.
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Horror on the page, where the effects budget is whatever your own head can manage at one in the morning.
Short ghost stories are meant to be read one at a time, not devoured in one sitting. Here's why a collection you dip into beats a novel you race through, and which ones I keep by the bed.
28 October 2026 · 1 min read
I started reading a classic horror story aloud on camera once a week, and the first one taught me something I didn't expect: the old, public domain stories aren't just free to use, they were built for a voice.
25 October 2026 · 1 min read
There's exactly one week left where reading a ghost story at 11pm still counts as seasonal and not just odd. Here's what's worth pulling off the shelf, and what to look for if you're hunting in an old bookshop instead.
21 October 2026 · 1 min read
There is more to Dickens’s ghosts than Scrooge’s visitors. The Signal-Man turns a lonely railway cutting into somewhere I’d rather not wait after dark.
18 October 2026 · 1 min read
M. R. James puts an orphaned boy in a country house where kindness feels just a little too interested. Here’s why Lost Hearts is such an unsettling choice for a cosy night, without giving away its ending.
30 September 2026 · 1 min read
Every autumn someone asks me for the best sci-fi horror books, so here's the shortlist I actually stand by, tested by more late nights than I'll admit to.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
The Black Cat gets read out this Halloween weekend, and I want to talk about why it unsettles me more than the story everyone quotes at parties.
27 September 2026 · 1 min read
I went looking for one specific paperback and came out two hours later with four books, a headache from the dust, and a plan for the rest of my autumn. Here's why the hunt is worth it.
24 September 2026 · 1 min read
My reading pile for the run-up to Halloween, from an old ghost story collection to a sci-fi horror novel that made me leave a light on. No spoilers, just what's actually worth your time.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
Bonfire Night always turns into a ghost story night in my flat, whether I plan it or not. Here are the ones I actually tell, and why they still work after all these years.
12 September 2026 · 1 min read
Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.