HOWL Society
@howlsociety.bsky.social
Horror-Obsessed Writing and Literature Society | https://howlsociety.com/
We read multiple horror books per month. Join the discord to add your voice and come along for the ride!
We read multiple horror books per month. Join the discord to add your voice and come along for the ride!
Now on our website, 6 horror books that have been adapted into musicals! Singing, dancing, and murder galore!
https://howlsociety.com/2025/11/21/6-horror-books-that-were-adapted-to-musicals/
https://howlsociety.com/2025/11/21/6-horror-books-that-were-adapted-to-musicals/
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Now on our website, 6 horror books that have been adapted into musicals! Singing, dancing, and murder galore!
https://howlsociety.com/2025/11/21/6-horror-books-that-were-adapted-to-musicals/
https://howlsociety.com/2025/11/21/6-horror-books-that-were-adapted-to-musicals/
Here's our latest book of the week! We'll be discussing this terrifying Bluebeard retelling, a modern story with lovely prose by Natalia Theodoridou: Sour Cherry. Join us on Discord!
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Here's our latest book of the week! We'll be discussing this terrifying Bluebeard retelling, a modern story with lovely prose by Natalia Theodoridou: Sour Cherry. Join us on Discord!
Curl up and with the HOWLS Book Club to read 3 horror novels this month:
1. Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou 🍒
2. Carrie by @stephenking.bsky.social 👸🏼
3. To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames / @2furiosa.bsky.social 🩸
1. Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou 🍒
2. Carrie by @stephenking.bsky.social 👸🏼
3. To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames / @2furiosa.bsky.social 🩸
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Curl up and with the HOWLS Book Club to read 3 horror novels this month:
1. Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou 🍒
2. Carrie by @stephenking.bsky.social 👸🏼
3. To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames / @2furiosa.bsky.social 🩸
1. Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou 🍒
2. Carrie by @stephenking.bsky.social 👸🏼
3. To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames / @2furiosa.bsky.social 🩸
This week our book club reads the 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘺 novel 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 by author and mad doctor @hironennes.bsky.social
Join our discussoin on our Discord! More info on 𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪.𝕔𝕠𝕞.
Join our discussoin on our Discord! More info on 𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪.𝕔𝕠𝕞.
October 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This week our book club reads the 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘺 novel 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 by author and mad doctor @hironennes.bsky.social
Join our discussoin on our Discord! More info on 𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪.𝕔𝕠𝕞.
Join our discussoin on our Discord! More info on 𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕪.𝕔𝕠𝕞.
We are reading Nuclear War: A Scenario this week. Horror non-fiction, of the atomic variety. I mean, if you want some existential scares, this is for you. Join our Discord for the discussion!
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We are reading Nuclear War: A Scenario this week. Horror non-fiction, of the atomic variety. I mean, if you want some existential scares, this is for you. Join our Discord for the discussion!
This week we discuss 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧, by author, actress, director and feminist political organizer Amber Tamblyn! Join us on Discord as we read this poetic critique of victimhood and the media cycle.
September 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This week we discuss 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧, by author, actress, director and feminist political organizer Amber Tamblyn! Join us on Discord as we read this poetic critique of victimhood and the media cycle.
Join us on Discord to discuss our book of the week: Piñata by artist, writer and filmmaker, Leopoldo Gout. What could be inside this carefully crafted sculpture, intended to be bludgeoned until it spills its treasures? Find out! Thanks @lovngmindfulnss.bsky.social for the photo!
September 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Join us on Discord to discuss our book of the week: Piñata by artist, writer and filmmaker, Leopoldo Gout. What could be inside this carefully crafted sculpture, intended to be bludgeoned until it spills its treasures? Find out! Thanks @lovngmindfulnss.bsky.social for the photo!
We have the pleasure hosting @comptonwrites, author of The Spite House and Devil Kills Devil, for a live Q&A session on our Discord this Sunday, June 8 at 11AM CT! Join us!
June 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We have the pleasure hosting @comptonwrites, author of The Spite House and Devil Kills Devil, for a live Q&A session on our Discord this Sunday, June 8 at 11AM CT! Join us!
Happy #summerween! It's halfway to #halloween, so we're reading 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 by Christopher Golden, to get our good trick-or-treat terror on! It's 1984, and someone bad is coming to get the children. Head to our Discord to join the discussion! #horrorcommunity #horrorbookclub
June 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Happy #summerween! It's halfway to #halloween, so we're reading 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 by Christopher Golden, to get our good trick-or-treat terror on! It's 1984, and someone bad is coming to get the children. Head to our Discord to join the discussion! #horrorcommunity #horrorbookclub
Pauline Chow, author of upcoming novel Chasing Moonflowers, pens an article about vampires in the Asian diaspora. Read on howlsociety.com!
https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/16/let-her-feast-how-asian-female-vampires-subvert-self-sacrifice/
https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/16/let-her-feast-how-asian-female-vampires-subvert-self-sacrifice/
May 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Pauline Chow, author of upcoming novel Chasing Moonflowers, pens an article about vampires in the Asian diaspora. Read on howlsociety.com!
https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/16/let-her-feast-how-asian-female-vampires-subvert-self-sacrifice/
https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/16/let-her-feast-how-asian-female-vampires-subvert-self-sacrifice/
Join us on Discord this week to discuss 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, the new book by Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell. A new kind of haunted house story, bending genres, steeped in horror.
May 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Join us on Discord this week to discuss 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, the new book by Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell. A new kind of haunted house story, bending genres, steeped in horror.
HOWLS Book Club: 3 Books for May 2025
As the old saying goes, April terrors bring May horrors! HOWLS is reading 3 fearsome thrillers as part of our book club, 2 featuring haunted, evil, bad houses, and one non-fiction…
https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/05/howls-book-club-3-books-for-may-2025/
As the old saying goes, April terrors bring May horrors! HOWLS is reading 3 fearsome thrillers as part of our book club, 2 featuring haunted, evil, bad houses, and one non-fiction…
https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/05/howls-book-club-3-books-for-may-2025/
May 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
HOWLS Book Club: 3 Books for May 2025
As the old saying goes, April terrors bring May horrors! HOWLS is reading 3 fearsome thrillers as part of our book club, 2 featuring haunted, evil, bad houses, and one non-fiction…
https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/05/howls-book-club-3-books-for-may-2025/
As the old saying goes, April terrors bring May horrors! HOWLS is reading 3 fearsome thrillers as part of our book club, 2 featuring haunted, evil, bad houses, and one non-fiction…
https://howlsociety.com/2025/05/05/howls-book-club-3-books-for-may-2025/
Horror Poetry Month ends with our last Stoker finalist interview, @sumikoska.bsky.social!
howlsociety.com/2025/04/30/c...
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May 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Horror Poetry Month ends with our last Stoker finalist interview, @sumikoska.bsky.social!
howlsociety.com/2025/04/30/c...
howlsociety.com/2025/04/30/c...
Here is a list of 5 dark medical non-fiction books from our very own @jessicapeter.bsky.social! Join our Discord for a lively discussion! howlsociety.com/2025/04/29/h...
April 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Here is a list of 5 dark medical non-fiction books from our very own @jessicapeter.bsky.social! Join our Discord for a lively discussion! howlsociety.com/2025/04/29/h...
House Calls! Here are 5 Haunted House / Bad House books for your TBR. Join our Discord to see which one we'll read!
1. Slade House by
2. The Forever House by
3. The House by the Cemetery by
4. House of Skin by
5. Malice House by
howlsociety.com/2025/04/26/h...
1. Slade House by
2. The Forever House by
3. The House by the Cemetery by
4. House of Skin by
5. Malice House by
howlsociety.com/2025/04/26/h...
April 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
House Calls! Here are 5 Haunted House / Bad House books for your TBR. Join our Discord to see which one we'll read!
1. Slade House by
2. The Forever House by
3. The House by the Cemetery by
4. House of Skin by
5. Malice House by
howlsociety.com/2025/04/26/h...
1. Slade House by
2. The Forever House by
3. The House by the Cemetery by
4. House of Skin by
5. Malice House by
howlsociety.com/2025/04/26/h...
This week our book club sinks its teeth into The Bone Mother by @daviddemchuk.com. We really enjoyed his book Red X, so we thought we'd take a bite out of another one of his novels! Join us on Discord for the discussion!
April 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This week our book club sinks its teeth into The Bone Mother by @daviddemchuk.com. We really enjoyed his book Red X, so we thought we'd take a bite out of another one of his novels! Join us on Discord for the discussion!
As part of our Horror Poetry Month series, we ask Bram Stoker Achievement in Poetry Finalist Jamal Hodge 13 questions.
https://howlsociety.com/2025/04/21/horror-hope-and-courage-13-questions-with-jamal-hodge/
https://howlsociety.com/2025/04/21/horror-hope-and-courage-13-questions-with-jamal-hodge/
April 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As part of our Horror Poetry Month series, we ask Bram Stoker Achievement in Poetry Finalist Jamal Hodge 13 questions.
https://howlsociety.com/2025/04/21/horror-hope-and-courage-13-questions-with-jamal-hodge/
https://howlsociety.com/2025/04/21/horror-hope-and-courage-13-questions-with-jamal-hodge/
Join us on Discord this week to talk about Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, a nightmare-like meditation on shared trauma in a haunted village. #booksky #amreading #horrorlit #HOWLSociety #bookgroup #bookclub #horror #Mexicanlit
April 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Join us on Discord this week to talk about Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo, a nightmare-like meditation on shared trauma in a haunted village. #booksky #amreading #horrorlit #HOWLSociety #bookgroup #bookclub #horror #Mexicanlit
Back for another month of HOWLS Book Club selections! Join us on Discord (link in BIO).
✒ April 8: Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
✒ April 14: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
✒ April 21: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk
✒ April 28: Lone Women by Victor LaValle
✒ April 8: Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
✒ April 14: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
✒ April 21: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk
✒ April 28: Lone Women by Victor LaValle
April 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Back for another month of HOWLS Book Club selections! Join us on Discord (link in BIO).
✒ April 8: Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
✒ April 14: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
✒ April 21: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk
✒ April 28: Lone Women by Victor LaValle
✒ April 8: Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
✒ April 14: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
✒ April 21: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk
✒ April 28: Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Join us on Discord to discuss our Book of the Week: The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons. What if you lived next door to the haunted house?
April 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Join us on Discord to discuss our Book of the Week: The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons. What if you lived next door to the haunted house?
It's Transgender Day of Visibility! So we thought we'd share some great books we've read by some absolutely terrifying transgender and nonbinary writers. Trans rights are human rights! howlsociety.com/2025/03/31/h...
April 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It's Transgender Day of Visibility! So we thought we'd share some great books we've read by some absolutely terrifying transgender and nonbinary writers. Trans rights are human rights! howlsociety.com/2025/03/31/h...
As Women In Horror Month draws to a close, we reflect on a year of reading some of the best, brightest, and most relevant horror writers of the past and present. Read Women In Horror ALL YEAR!!! howlsociety.com/2025/03/30/w...
March 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As Women In Horror Month draws to a close, we reflect on a year of reading some of the best, brightest, and most relevant horror writers of the past and present. Read Women In Horror ALL YEAR!!! howlsociety.com/2025/03/30/w...
Find us at Authorcon V! Scares that Care, we care! Meet us at our table in the Ballroom, where we have swag, books, some of the cool kids, and limited-edition hardbacks. Meet the editors of our upcoming anthology!
March 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Find us at Authorcon V! Scares that Care, we care! Meet us at our table in the Ballroom, where we have swag, books, some of the cool kids, and limited-edition hardbacks. Meet the editors of our upcoming anthology!
We had the pleasure of interviewing @authorplm.bsky.social for Women in Horror Month! We talk about her writing, her art, and her obsessions with mothman and the film Event Horizon. #booksky #horrorlit #womeninhorror #howlsociety #bootymothman #deadlanguages
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howlsociety.com/2025/03/27/p...
March 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We had the pleasure of interviewing @authorplm.bsky.social for Women in Horror Month! We talk about her writing, her art, and her obsessions with mothman and the film Event Horizon. #booksky #horrorlit #womeninhorror #howlsociety #bootymothman #deadlanguages
howlsociety.com/2025/03/27/p...
howlsociety.com/2025/03/27/p...
Join us on Discord while we discuss Hangsaman by the master of Gothic mystery & horror: Shirley Jackson. This psychological thriller delves into the mind of Natalie Waite—a college freshman grappling with isolation and identity. This unsettling read will have you questioning reality 😱📚 #horrorlit
March 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Join us on Discord while we discuss Hangsaman by the master of Gothic mystery & horror: Shirley Jackson. This psychological thriller delves into the mind of Natalie Waite—a college freshman grappling with isolation and identity. This unsettling read will have you questioning reality 😱📚 #horrorlit