Stories by @horrorbloodhound

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is a 2025 social horror novel by Clay McLeod Chapman about a demonic possession epidemic spread through media, focusing on Noah Fairchild as he tries to save his family from a far-right cable news channel that turns people into violent monsters. The book explores themes of political division and media corruption through graphic, transgressive horror, though some critics find its social commentary heavy-handed and its horror exploitative.

Mapping the Interior

Mapping the Interior is a 2017 horror novella by Stephen Graham Jones about a Native American boy named Junior who encounters the ghost of his deceased father, leading him to discover his house is larger and more complex than he knew. The story explores themes of grief, loss, cultural identity, and the blurred lines between reality and the supernatural as Junior tries to map his home and understand his father's legacy.

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff. The novel, influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction, is considered a classic of English literature.

The Long Walk

The Long Walk is a dystopian horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1979, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Set in a dystopian alternative version of the United States ruled by a totalitarian regime, the plot follows the contestants of a grueling annual walking contest.

How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive

"How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive" is a novel by Craig DiLouie that explores the dark side of filmmaking, specifically within the horror genre. The story follows a 1980s slasher director, Max Maurey, who discovers a cursed camera that films real-life horrors. He uses this camera to create a movie, but the camera's deadly intentions begin to manifest, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.

Horror Movie

Horror Movie" by Paul Tremblay is a novel about a group of young filmmakers who create a disturbing art-house horror film in 1993, with only a few scenes ever released to the public. Thirty years later, a reboot is attempted, and the sole surviving cast member, "The Thin Kid," confronts the secrets of the original film's production and the blurring lines between reality and fiction as the past resurfaces. The story delves into the psychological impact of the original film, the obsession surrounding it, and the potential dangers of art and its creation.

A House with Good Bones

"A House with Good Bones" by T. Kingfisher is a Southern Gothic horror novel about Sam Montgomery, who returns to her childhood home to find her mother acting strangely and the house itself feeling off. As Sam investigates, she uncovers a dark family history and encounters unsettling supernatural elements connected to her deceased, abusive grandmother. The story explores themes of family trauma, unhealthy relationships, and the conflict between science and magic.

How to Sell a Haunted House

"How to Sell a Haunted House," a horror novel by Grady Hendrix, follows siblings Louise and Mark as they return to their childhood home in Charleston after their parents' death to prepare it for sale. The siblings, estranged and burdened by past hurts and family secrets, must confront not only the daunting task of clearing out their parents' belongings, but also the unsettling and supernatural presence within the house. The story blends elements of supernatural horror with psychological suspense, exploring themes of grief, family trauma, and the unsettling nature of the past.

Patricia Wants to Cuddle

Patricia Wants to Cuddle" tells the story of a reality dating show's final four contestants who, while vying for a bachelor's heart, find themselves in a remote location where a dark, mysterious figure called Patricia emerges, turning their scripted world into a terrifying, unscripted thriller. The story blends elements of a slasher film with a critique of contemporary media culture and explores themes of love, self-discovery, and the search for connection.