5 Short Horror Books to Keep You Up at Night

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  • @MiriamHameed
    @MiriamHameed 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I BOUGHT YOUR BOOK! It hasn't arrived yet but I'm so excited to read it! ♥

  • @tyghe_bright
    @tyghe_bright 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love a short horror book.
    Short seems to work especially well for the genre.

  • @badfaith4u
    @badfaith4u 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thank you for recommending short horror books.

  • @danielaweberdani
    @danielaweberdani 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    totally going for all five:
    it is a work of genius how
    the weird details you reveal
    for your recommendations
    not only don't spoil them
    but make them shine. 🌟

  • @ChrisVoiceman
    @ChrisVoiceman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I read The Haar last year and it immediately became my favourite horror book I've ever read. Made me an instant Sodergren fan. It's still my favourite book of his, but all of his other books are absolutely worth checking out.

  • @katblack394
    @katblack394 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've read all of these except The Signalman - off I go to get that one 🥰

  • @shahrazede3865
    @shahrazede3865 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Horror and short horror at that! Thank you for the recommendations. I’m on my way to go read the signalman now

  • @literarylove123
    @literarylove123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Crypt of the Moon Spider sounds fantastic. You've Lost a Lot of Blood is a weird and trippy ride for sure. I loved What Moves the Dead and The Haar. Great recommendations!

  • @johnsmith8906
    @johnsmith8906 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Some great recommendations there. I've been on an Eric LaRocca spree lately.

  • @ashlynskyler7616
    @ashlynskyler7616 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    would have liked bc of the book recs alone but immediately hit the like button for the side commentary on billionaires (including taylor swift) lol

  • @dracaryslace
    @dracaryslace 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This thumbnail is everything 😂❤

  • @rachel1021
    @rachel1021 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Eric LaRocca writes great stuff. Crypt of the Moon Spider is high on my radar.

  • @glizzymcguire7
    @glizzymcguire7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Omg you are so spot on about the Mike Flanagan universe. Midnight Club was a bit meh compared to the insane line up of everything else he has made. He's truly the definition of a horror fan who loves to make horror content and gives huge nods to some of the greats! I think that's what makes your writing so special too, I'm loving Managing and Other Lies - you're so talented. Cheers Willow!!

    • @WillowTalksBooks
      @WillowTalksBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You’re so kind, thank you! 💜

  • @Adeodatus100
    @Adeodatus100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's largely thanks to you that Larocca and Kingfisher have become two of my favourite authors, and the books you mention here are great introductions to both.

  • @aida.isreading
    @aida.isreading 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    my girlfriend read the haar not long ago and ever since i’ve been so intrigued!! great video as always, thank you for your recs 🥰

  • @christine7956
    @christine7956 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love The Signalman. I read it once a year around Halloween.

  • @chriscze6153
    @chriscze6153 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Haar is an amazing book, I haven't read What Moves the Dead but A House with Good Bones by T Kingfisher I quite enjoyed, very funny and I think I'd love more by her.
    Thanks for the recs, the first one in particular sounds very creepy. And yassss to having a sponsor!

  • @asfaloth12
    @asfaloth12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for the recs! I had never heard of The Signalman before, and now I'm quite intrigued. Or The Haar (that cover is terrifying, by the way).
    I've read one book by T Kingfisher (Nettle and Bone) and quite enjoyed it, so I am very interested in trying more of her work.

  • @leonis5664
    @leonis5664 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What moves the dead was a fun retelling! I've read The Twisted Ones and The Hollow places from the same author and liked very much

  • @farnazunknown4242
    @farnazunknown4242 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When you upload a video, my mood just lights up! Thank you so much >

  • @Kimberly-oneminut
    @Kimberly-oneminut 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Not me squealing with excitement when I saw you posted a new video 🤣🤗

  • @tovezuiderveen4234
    @tovezuiderveen4234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Midnight Mass is special. It's probably the best media that explored how families of ex-religious people pressure them to go back to church.

  • @rexfordhazelton7601
    @rexfordhazelton7601 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Willow have you read Richard Morgan's grimdark fantasy starting with The Steel Remains. I loved it. It is pretty unique and has a jaded funny violent gay warrior as a main character. Well worth your time.

    • @WillowTalksBooks
      @WillowTalksBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hello! That sounds amazing!!! Thank you!

  • @davidfleming7887
    @davidfleming7887 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really enjoyed the signalman but found it haunting but not scary. But I love haunts.

  • @callum_mclaughlin
    @callum_mclaughlin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Horror novellas? Oh you know my weakness all too well...

  • @Mangoos393
    @Mangoos393 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Off you go! 😅
    I totally subscribed based on your accent alone. ❤

  • @br1na332
    @br1na332 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud, The Lunar Gothic Trilogy (Volume 1) (2024)
    You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca (2022)
    What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher, Sworn Soldier 1 (2022)
    The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe (1839) (Classic Audibooks with Elliot Narration: th-cam.com/video/ldjnKUY_G9w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Fe-06tBuBbF1cy_3)
    The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens (1866) (Classic Audibooks with Elliot Narration: th-cam.com/video/WCChNlQk-VE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ihOFidjw4NWe3yuF)
    The Haar: A Horror Novel by David Sodergren (2022)

  • @zachreads
    @zachreads 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Beauty by Aliya Whitley is my fav short fungus horror.
    I 2☆ed What Moves the Dead, I much prefer the origonal even if it's high middle on my Poe list.
    Your book was at least 2.5× better than WMtD imo.
    I think you'd really like Dear Sweet Filthy World by Caitlin R Keirnan, it's gross and gnarley in all the best ways!
    Mrs. Calaban by Rachel Ingalls is a good story a bit like the Haar, it's closer to The Shape of Water but written in 1983.
    On the Same note I'm really looking forward to Providence Girls by Morgan Dante which mixes in Our Wives Under the Sea vibes.

    • @blubeagle55
      @blubeagle55 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pretty much anything CRK does is awesome. She's my favorite. I highly recommend any of her short collections and the Threshold novels. Silk is also amazing and creepy. And I highly recommend The Red Tree.

    • @zachreads
      @zachreads 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@blubeagle55
      Thanks for the recs!
      I did really enjoy Dear Sweet Filthy World, Silk and The Red Tree sound particularly interesting.

  • @OllieRaen
    @OllieRaen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Will your book be available on Amazon Canada at some point? I would love to buy it.

  • @bobbykeniston7240
    @bobbykeniston7240 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Loved "What Moves the Dead" and loved how Kingfisher uses the culture of the Sworn Soldier to show that people have used they/them pronouns in different ways for a long, long time, and that this ridiculous backlash to it now is nothing but pure ignorance and bigotry.
    Also--- YES, EVEN TAYLOR SWIFT! Thank you for saying it. I make posts about Taylor Swift using her private jet more than any other celebrity, even for trips as small as half an hour, and the amount of carbon she shoots off into the air, and I get severe backlash from the same people who will agree with me if I'm talking about Elon Musk doing the same thing. There is ALWAYS an excuse for Taylor Swift. It is so hypocritical and just... well, kind of cultish, to be honest.
    Thank you. Glad to rant for a minute about this...
    Oh, and "Crypt of the Moon Spider" sounds awesome.

    • @WillowTalksBooks
      @WillowTalksBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ugh I’m so sick of her and her cult of sycophants (which is probably half the planet at this point). If someone’s a billionaire, they’re immoral trash and they shouldn’t be admired. Yes, even her!

  • @disconnected22
    @disconnected22 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Keep being honest to your Lamp 😘💡

  • @nl3064
    @nl3064 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Flannigan's Haunting of Hill House was cliche and full of eye-rolling platitudes. Midnight Mass also suffered many of the same groan-inducing writing problems but was by far the better series, not least because it was actually original and had a solid premise. And his Fall of the House of Usher was also pretty trashy, but was at least watchable for the Halloween season (and I found some of the more clever Poe references funny).

  • @clubkitten
    @clubkitten 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why did you like Midnight Club? Have you read Christopher Pike's Midnight Club?

    • @WillowTalksBooks
      @WillowTalksBooks  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I didn’t like it very much. And I haven’t read it.

  • @angelwalker979
    @angelwalker979 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LOL that thumbnail tho!

  • @md.masudranahimel9707
    @md.masudranahimel9707 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please review "House of windows by jhon langan"

  • @M.elissa.M
    @M.elissa.M หลายเดือนก่อน

    👻📚

  • @nl3064
    @nl3064 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😂 I've literally been arguing Prometheus on these TH-cam comments the past few days. I didn't hate it (nor find it all that pretentious) - I just thought it was a completely, totally average, plasticky studio product. Not bad, just humdrum and overrated by casuals who only know what's shown on the boobtube. But yeah, love that you took a dig at it.