Dr. Emily Zarka
@dremilyzarka.bsky.social
Writer/host/producer for PBS 'Monstrum.' Monster expert. PhD British Romanticism & Gothic literature. Faculty at Arizona State University.
31/31 ARCANA ROYALE. A talented card player stumbles into a supernatural game that is about much more than money. Beings of all kinds wager lives for a chance to control fate. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
31/31 ARCANA ROYALE. A talented card player stumbles into a supernatural game that is about much more than money. Beings of all kinds wager lives for a chance to control fate. #31DaysofHorrorComics
30/31 NIGHT OF THE SLASHERS. A bus of high school kids breaks down in a small town where every year, a local curse turns its residents into brutal, mutated killers. Gives old school slasher vibes. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
30/31 NIGHT OF THE SLASHERS. A bus of high school kids breaks down in a small town where every year, a local curse turns its residents into brutal, mutated killers. Gives old school slasher vibes. #31DaysofHorrorComics
29/30 LET THIS ONE BE THE DEVIL. An even more horrific origin story for the Jersey Devil that’s also a look at how legends develop and survive over the years. If you like cryptids, you’ll like this one. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
29/30 LET THIS ONE BE THE DEVIL. An even more horrific origin story for the Jersey Devil that’s also a look at how legends develop and survive over the years. If you like cryptids, you’ll like this one. #31DaysofHorrorComics
28/31 BYTCHCRAFT. A three-witch coven in NYC learn the hard truths about dabbling in powers greater than they are qualified for, just as a prophecy threatens to tear the world apart. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
28/31 BYTCHCRAFT. A three-witch coven in NYC learn the hard truths about dabbling in powers greater than they are qualified for, just as a prophecy threatens to tear the world apart. #31DaysofHorrorComics
26/31 NEWS FROM THE FALLOUT. After a bomb is dropped, the soldiers in the area become something else, something violent. Part zombie story, part noir Western, it's a new take on atomic horror. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
26/31 NEWS FROM THE FALLOUT. After a bomb is dropped, the soldiers in the area become something else, something violent. Part zombie story, part noir Western, it's a new take on atomic horror. #31DaysofHorrorComics
25/31 YOU WON'T FEEL A THING. A murder mystery that goes off the rails pretty quickly. Take a disgraced cop, a memory rapidly declining, and the revival of a serial killer, and you get something truly haunting. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
25/31 YOU WON'T FEEL A THING. A murder mystery that goes off the rails pretty quickly. Take a disgraced cop, a memory rapidly declining, and the revival of a serial killer, and you get something truly haunting. #31DaysofHorrorComics
24/31 A GUEST IN THE HOUSE. I’ve been a fan of E. M. Carroll since day one, and this does not disappoint. A recently married woman adjusting to life as a wife and stepmother begins a strange affair with her husband’s first wife. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
24/31 A GUEST IN THE HOUSE. I’ve been a fan of E. M. Carroll since day one, and this does not disappoint. A recently married woman adjusting to life as a wife and stepmother begins a strange affair with her husband’s first wife. #31DaysofHorrorComics
23/31 RED BOOK. The Dyatlov Pass Incident is an iconic mystery. This story examines the mysterious deaths and other alleged extraterrestrial encounters. Rooted in fact and taken into the fantastic, it’s a compelling read. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
23/31 RED BOOK. The Dyatlov Pass Incident is an iconic mystery. This story examines the mysterious deaths and other alleged extraterrestrial encounters. Rooted in fact and taken into the fantastic, it’s a compelling read. #31DaysofHorrorComics
22/31 SEANCE IN THE ASYLUM. Post-Civil War asylum inundated with patients, seeks the help of an ostracized spiritualist tasked with curing its occupants, who taps into forces that no one is prepared to handle. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
22/31 SEANCE IN THE ASYLUM. Post-Civil War asylum inundated with patients, seeks the help of an ostracized spiritualist tasked with curing its occupants, who taps into forces that no one is prepared to handle. #31DaysofHorrorComics
21/31 CRUSH DEPTH. A nuclear submarine receives a distress call, leading the crew to discover a strange and threatening biological threat that leads to some insane body horror. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
21/31 CRUSH DEPTH. A nuclear submarine receives a distress call, leading the crew to discover a strange and threatening biological threat that leads to some insane body horror. #31DaysofHorrorComics
20/31 THE SLASHER'S APPRENTICE. A true crime podcaster with a very personal connection to the subject decides that shadowing the longest-active serial murderer in the Pacific Northwest is a brilliant idea. Brutal, but also coyly funny, it's a bloody fun ride. #31DaysofHorrorComics.
October 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
20/31 THE SLASHER'S APPRENTICE. A true crime podcaster with a very personal connection to the subject decides that shadowing the longest-active serial murderer in the Pacific Northwest is a brilliant idea. Brutal, but also coyly funny, it's a bloody fun ride. #31DaysofHorrorComics.
19/31 HEXILES. Children conceived by an occultist are born with unusual powers, but when their father dies, they are made responsible for his debts. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
19/31 HEXILES. Children conceived by an occultist are born with unusual powers, but when their father dies, they are made responsible for his debts. #31DaysofHorrorComics
18/31 SNAPS. A mysterious figure is caught on camera but invisible to the naked eye in the deaths of a series of “heart attack” victims. Why it comes is revealed along with horrible truths. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
18/31 SNAPS. A mysterious figure is caught on camera but invisible to the naked eye in the deaths of a series of “heart attack” victims. Why it comes is revealed along with horrible truths. #31DaysofHorrorComics
17/31 BURIED LONG, LONG AGO. Belle Gunness may have been one of the most prolific known female serial killers. Her story is retold with a supernatural twist through the eyes of her daughters, who imagine her as an ogre. But she might not be their biggest problem...#31DaysofHorrorComics
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
17/31 BURIED LONG, LONG AGO. Belle Gunness may have been one of the most prolific known female serial killers. Her story is retold with a supernatural twist through the eyes of her daughters, who imagine her as an ogre. But she might not be their biggest problem...#31DaysofHorrorComics
16/31 EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT. A prequel to the always haunting film, a space crew is about to complete their first jump, when things go awry even before they encounter anything preternatural. My favorite lines so far: "Hell isn't below us. It's in the void." #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
16/31 EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT. A prequel to the always haunting film, a space crew is about to complete their first jump, when things go awry even before they encounter anything preternatural. My favorite lines so far: "Hell isn't below us. It's in the void." #31DaysofHorrorComics
15/31 EXQUISITE CORPSES. Halloween night in a small town falls victim to the 13 richest families in America, all of whom play a deadly game each year, assigning a weapon and a killer to duke it out in a battle royale. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
15/31 EXQUISITE CORPSES. Halloween night in a small town falls victim to the 13 richest families in America, all of whom play a deadly game each year, assigning a weapon and a killer to duke it out in a battle royale. #31DaysofHorrorComics
14/31 SISTERHOOD. Campy sorority rush horror with an angry ghost, a big secret, and an unlikely friendship that lasts beyond the grave. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
14/31 SISTERHOOD. Campy sorority rush horror with an angry ghost, a big secret, and an unlikely friendship that lasts beyond the grave. #31DaysofHorrorComics
13/31 HELL HEIST. Thieves get a whole lot more than they bargained for after their assignment to steal a sarcophagus goes horribly (and delightfully predictably) awry. Angels, demons, and threats of an apocalypse? What’s not to love?
October 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
13/31 HELL HEIST. Thieves get a whole lot more than they bargained for after their assignment to steal a sarcophagus goes horribly (and delightfully predictably) awry. Angels, demons, and threats of an apocalypse? What’s not to love?
12/31 VIOLENT FLOWERS. After a vampire sentinel is poisoned, his clan gathers to solve the mystery in a story that explores addiction, youth culture, and what devotion really means. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
12/31 VIOLENT FLOWERS. After a vampire sentinel is poisoned, his clan gathers to solve the mystery in a story that explores addiction, youth culture, and what devotion really means. #31DaysofHorrorComics
11/31 WHEN I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEE. A troubled priest is assigned to shadow a noted exorcist and finds a world of supernatural phenomena that challenges everything he believes #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
11/31 WHEN I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEE. A troubled priest is assigned to shadow a noted exorcist and finds a world of supernatural phenomena that challenges everything he believes #31DaysofHorrorComics
10/31 MOMMY BLOG. Tongue-in-cheek look at parent influencer culture and true crime about a serial killer blogger who keeps her kids and neighborhood safe by taking matters into her own hands–all while wearing an apron and perfectly coiffed hair. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
10/31 MOMMY BLOG. Tongue-in-cheek look at parent influencer culture and true crime about a serial killer blogger who keeps her kids and neighborhood safe by taking matters into her own hands–all while wearing an apron and perfectly coiffed hair. #31DaysofHorrorComics
9/31 DENIZEN. A blended family heads to Joshua Tree for camping and bonding, but find themselves challenged by a dark force that exposes their inner secrets #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
9/31 DENIZEN. A blended family heads to Joshua Tree for camping and bonding, but find themselves challenged by a dark force that exposes their inner secrets #31DaysofHorrorComics
8/31 IT KILLED EVERYONE BUT ME. A final girl must face her past when she’s brought in to assist a PI after another group of teenagers is slaughtered similarly. I'm a sucker for anything
Letizia Cadonici illustrates TBH. #31DaysofHorrorComics
Letizia Cadonici illustrates TBH. #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
8/31 IT KILLED EVERYONE BUT ME. A final girl must face her past when she’s brought in to assist a PI after another group of teenagers is slaughtered similarly. I'm a sucker for anything
Letizia Cadonici illustrates TBH. #31DaysofHorrorComics
Letizia Cadonici illustrates TBH. #31DaysofHorrorComics
7/31 KILL TRAIN. A morbid way to control overpopulation is at the center of the plot, where a random commuter subway train is deemed expendable and all occupants are murdered. That is, until an unlikely group of survivors decides not to go quietly into the night…#31DaysofHorrorComics
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
7/31 KILL TRAIN. A morbid way to control overpopulation is at the center of the plot, where a random commuter subway train is deemed expendable and all occupants are murdered. That is, until an unlikely group of survivors decides not to go quietly into the night…#31DaysofHorrorComics
6/ 31 LOOK INTO MY EYES. Toxic social media culture is given a supernatural spin in a story where the hottest new app seems to be linked to a string of missing teenagers #31DaysofHorrorComics
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
6/ 31 LOOK INTO MY EYES. Toxic social media culture is given a supernatural spin in a story where the hottest new app seems to be linked to a string of missing teenagers #31DaysofHorrorComics