Recs if you like The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand...
Books About Books 📚
Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!
Extreme horror cozy corner
This is a collection of recommendations for people who want to get into extreme horror/splatterpunk without feeling pressured. Have fun, stay safe, and remain scary!!
KillerCon 2026 Splatterpunk Award Nominees
As many books and stories as I can find/add to PB from the KillerCon 2026 Splatterpunk Awards nominees || Categories (5 nominees each): Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Short Story, Best Collection, Best Anthology
Note that two anthologies contain multiple short story nominees: Full Throttle and The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
Buy from INDIE presses as often as you can!
So Meta: Books About Books, Authors, and Readers
Books about books. Books about authors/writers. Books about readers…but not like Annie Wilkes from Misery. Just non-psychotic readers. This list doesn’t include libraries or bookstores, because those are totally different types of pizza.
Locus Award Finalists 2025
Pulled from Reactor Magazine's (Tor.com) announcement. See the article for a list of short stories as well.
Works not in database: We Begin Where Infinity Ends - Somto Ihezue The Tin Man's Ghost - Ray Nayler The Millay Illusion - Sarah Pinsker When He Calls Your Name - Catherynne M. Valente The Twenty-One Second God - Peter Watts Night & Day - ed. Ellen Datlow Starling House - Alix E. Harrow (ILLUSTRATED EDITION, ILLUS. BY ROVINA CAI) Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene Volumes 1-3 (graphic adaptation)
Note: The Revelation Space Collection by Alastair Reynolds is actually for volumes 1 & 2
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