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11/20/2025 Guest Review: THE RATS by James Herbert. Reviewed by Sue Rovens
Today's review will take you back the glory days of horror, when mass paperback racks were full of creepy dolls, scary kids, horrible rodents, and gaunt faced pale men in black. Those covers were incredible and to this day, those books are still among my favorites of all time. If you are a new to horror fan, or have not yet tried vintage horror, I strongly encourage you to go browse eBay or Thrift Books for some of the best vintage books out there. Most are campy, gory, wild,
Candace Nola
3 hours ago3 min read
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11/19/2025 Uncomfortably Dark Special Report-Author Submissions for 2026-2027
For anyone interested in joining the authors at Uncomfortably Dark Horror, please read the below! Please see the posted guidelines below for submission information. There will be TWO submission periods. Be sure to submit to the correct period. Be sure to follow all guidelines, do not submit early or late, those submissions will be ignored. Please email submissions to my email address only: cnola.author@gmail.com using the correct subject line as listed below! Subject Line: S
Candace Nola
1 day ago3 min read
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11/18/2025 Special Report — THE SLEEPY HOLLOW INCIDENT: BOOK THREE (Parts 5&6): A GOTHIC TALE! by PD Alleva
HAPPY RELEASE DAY!!! THE SLEEPY HOLLOW INCIDENT: A GOTHIC TALE! by PD Alleva  is a four-book series. Over the next month or so, Candace Nola  and I will be taking on the series during its rapid release. Today is release day for book THREE!! THE SLEEPY HOLLOW INCIDENT: BOOK THREE (Parts Five & Six): A GOTHIC TALE! By PD Alleva Book three is here! And it is amazing! This series just keeps getting better and better with each book. This one is gripping from page one and takes you
Danielle Yvonne
2 days ago3 min read
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11/17/2025 Guest Review: MOLTING by Kathryn Tennison.
Mort Stone is back this week with a new guest review. Mort is one of our behind-the-scenes editors and reviewers as well as an author. When he finished edits on Kathryn's debut, he had nothing but great things to say. If you know Mort at all, you know he can be a harsh critic. He followed up his comments to me about the novel with the below review, which in itself, is a high compliment. We've gotten nothing but high praise from everyone that has already read this book for a
Candace Nola
3 days ago2 min read
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11/15/2025 Fall & Winter Author Spotlight Series: Sarah DeRosa
This series will be showcased on my Patreon first, every Friday this fall and winter, through early 2026. If you are not a patron, look for the new author spotlight to appear here on the blog every Saturday! These will be for incredibly talented, but lesser known, authors that truly deserve a spotlight on their work! As is our mission here at Uncomfortably Dark, we want to be a community support and while how we do that may change over time, we will always find a way to shed
Candace Nola
5 days ago4 min read
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