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Nonfiction: The Horror Genre

by SkywardStrange

Nonfiction books about the mechanics, psychology, and other aspects of the horror genre.

Recommendations are always welcome!

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre

Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love

Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature

Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction

Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre

essay collections on horror

by endless_tbr_list

Danse Macabre

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror

Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature

Danse Macabre

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Haunted Shores

Coastal and maritime gothic, horror, and all things strange

The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea

Seaweed Rising

Writing the Uncanny

Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles

The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea

Seaweed Rising

Writing Craft Books

Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative

The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

The Hidden Machinery: Essays on Writing

Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative

The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

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