Category: Articles
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“But There Aren’t That Many Women Writing Horror…” || A List of 192 Female Horror Authors

Dark bleatings, my lovely tribe. I don’t know if Women in Horror Month is still a thing, and if it is, I don’t know if it’s supposed to be this month or next month. Regardless, I always miss these things and since I read and review work by women all year around anyway, I thought…
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My Favourite Horror Happenings in January || Recommendations || Monthly Wrap Up

Dark bleatings, my lovely tribe, and welcome to my first monthly wrap up here on Happy Goat Horror. I thought I’d try something new for 2026. There’ll be a quick summary of what I read and reviewed at the end, but first, here’s a bunch of other horror-media things I enjoyed. YouTube I now watch…
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Definitely Better Than Jaws 4: The Revenge – The Indie Horror Chapter Book Event is Back!

Dark bleatings, my horror book loving tribe! I am tremendously excited to announce that the Indie Horror Chapter is on its 4th run in Liverpool this year, and the countdown is on! I’m devastated because I can’t attend (I’m away on holiday in April), but I feel it’s only right to make sure you all…
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You Guys…the Cover Alone…||New Horror Release

Since 2006, the +Horror Library+ series of anthologies has been internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories—relevant to the moment and stunning in impact—from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative. Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem. Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the +Horror…
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New Zombie Book Announcement! || Dead Run, by Remy Porter

Fifteen years after the dead first rose, civilisation hasn’t come back — it’s learned how to hide its rot. Set on Britain’s broken coastline, Dead Run is a brutal, atmospheric zombie survival horror and the long-awaited sequel to Dead Beat. In a world where the dead refuse to stay dead, the living have become far more dangerous. Along…
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The YouTuber I’m Obsessed With. But, You Know, Not in a Weird Way or Anything

Dark bleatings, my beautiful tribe. If you follow me on YouTube or know me in real life, then you may have heard me talk in loud, sycophantic tones about this fellow. When I first discovered him, I don’t know. Why? I also don’t know, I most likely just stumbled across one of his YouTube channels…
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The Best Horror Books I Read in 2025

Dark bleatings, my beautiful tribe. I read a whole bunch of fantastic novellas and novels last year, and now I’m going to tell you what my top 10 in each of those categories are. They’re in no particular order except for my favourites. I’m including links in case you’d like to find the books (I…
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GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE: P.T. – the haunting that never was

Ghosts and technology are two things that maybe don’t quite go together – it’s no coincidence that the golden age of the ghost story happened at a time of burgeoning developments rather than the full-blown, ubiquitous world of tech that we live in right now. In the world of supernatural fiction, phones, computers and the…
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‘Rot Land’ is Here!

Welcome to Rot Land — where respectability is a thin coat of paint and the house next door might be eating itself alive.Mad Mary hoards rubbish like relics. Tim communes with invisible authorities. Barra the Soul Scrubber tries to boil his sins away in a pot he can’t climb out of. This is suburbia cracked…
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The Best Horror Anthologies and Collections I Read in 2025

Dark Bleatings, and Happy New Year! I read many books last year, and now I’m listing my favourites in each category for you. In today’s listicle (is that what you call this?!), I’ve got my Top 10 Anthologies and my Top 10 Collections of 2025 for you. These are in no particular order, except for…