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Jo Salazar on If We Survive the Night, a YA Zombie Reckoning

Jo Salazar on If We Survive the Night, a YA Zombie Reckoning

Jo Salazar’s If We Survive the Night started out as The Dead Weight, released by the author herself, and arrives from Sourcebooks Fire in 2026. In this interview, the YA zombie writer talks about building a protagonist you follow but never trust, writing institutional damage without a diagnosis, and why Quinn will never get the redemption arc readers keep waiting for.

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Lost Boys by Dean Cade: Queer Horror Meets the Candy Man Murders

Lost Boys by Dean Cade: Queer Horror Meets the Candy Man Murders

Dean Cade’s Lost Boys, book two of the Summer 1973 trilogy from Slashic Horror Press, rebuilds the Houston Mass Murders from the inside out, following a closeted gas-station teenager through the summer the Candy Man came for the Heights. Our five-star review of a queer horror and true-crime hybrid that remembers the boys history reduced to a body count.

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SCARES IN THE SQUARE – FRIGHTFEST 2026

SCARES IN THE SQUARE – FRIGHTFEST 2026

Ginger Nuts of Horror’s FrightFest 2026 reviews take in the full run of this year’s FrightFest 2026 lineup, from Tony Todd’s final performance in The Pitchfork Retreat to Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony and the spider infested chaos of Spider Island. Across five days at the Odeon Luxe, David Court and Tara Court rate the highlights, the disappointments and everything in between.

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The Kids Are Alright: YA Horror Books for 12 to 13 Year Olds, Reviewed by Kids

The Kids Are Alright: YA Horror Books for 12 to 13 Year Olds, Reviewed by Kids

Tony Jones returns to Young Blood with the horror books for 12 to 13 year olds that Year 8 readers cannot leave on the shelf. Drawn from his school’s 100 Book Challenge and over 11,000 pupil reviews, this list runs from Juno Dawson and Charlie Higson to Stephen King’s Gwendy’s Button Box. Every pick comes reviewed by the young readers who devoured it.