This week's Horror Happenings: Events, Reviews and more from the Indie Horror World! If you're an indie horror author or a horror industry creative, publisher, or press, with news to share, let us know! *Email us your news to share at editor@uncomfortablydark.com. No ai content will be shared or promoted-please do not send it or ask. UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND! DETROIT HORROR CON - AUGUST 28-30, 2026 PAGES FOR PLATES - SEPT. 5 - 14! A Reading Fundraiser

Kerry is back with 2 awesome book reviews for this week & a bonus YA read! The Suicide Motor Club by Christopher Buehlman Truly vile vampires embrace the open road in the US during the late 60’s in The Suicide Motor Club by Christopher Buehlman. These brutes enjoy their depravity, and early on, they target a family of three. A little boy’s mother desperately hangs onto her son while her husband tries to drive them to safety, but the vampires win the game of tug-of-war and the

Kerry is back with 2 awesome book reviews for this week! Rooms by Lauren Oliver Lauren Oliver’s novel, Rooms, is more than a haunted house story. It’s layered, with multiple perspectives presented in each chapter. The chapters told from the ghosts’ POV are told in the first person, lending an immediacy to their thoughts. Oliver weaves these story lines to create an interesting, adult story (This is decidedly not YA) filled with sorrow and mystery. Follow the twisting threads

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at Worms from 1979! Not sure why I wanted to read this book, worms creep me out. But, the worm action didn't come until the last 70 pages or so. Several murders, a nuclear power plant and lug worms taking over a small Norfolk village this was a good combination of horror and thriller. I will say the author was able to tell a story that really didn't have a defined

December Park By Ronald Malfi DECEMBER PARK is a captivating coming of age, small town horror story that follows a group of teen boys over the course of a troubling year in their small town. Angelo, or Angie to his friends, lives with his grandparents and his father who is a police detective. His an average kid with good friends, mischievous but not really troublemakers. Angie and his friends are fairly well-known by neighbors and store owners, like in many small-towns; it’s

Kicking off August, we have information to share on Upcoming Events, New Release news, and Publisher Reviews! EVENT SPOTLIGHT! What is it: GENREBLAST FILM FEST Where is it: Alamo Drafthouse - Winchester, VA When is it: Labor Day Weekend - Sept. 3-6, 2026 Why come: Movies! Movies! Movies! Come join us this September at the GenreBlast Film Festival in Winchester, Va. In its tenth year, this is one of the biggest indie film festivals on the East Coast. Run by filmmakers, for fil

Welcome to Latham's Last Words, where I give you my last words on vintage horror books I've enjoyed. Let's look at The The Exorcist from 1971. Going into this book after having grown up watching the movie I had some preconceived notions on what to expect. I thought for sure since the book and the movie both came out in the 70's they had to be pretty close to the same. I did find the book pretty similar to the movie, but there were some major differences. The first thing I'll

King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby Set in a family crematory in the South, S. A. Cosby’s novel King of Ashes blends crime with a killer villain origin story that includes a dysfunctional family, grey morality, flawed characters, yet maintains a lot of heart. The lead, Roman Carruthers, reluctantly returns to his family’s Virginian home and business when his father is hospitalized. His sister runs the business and oversees their father’s care. The youngest brother has made some serio

Imprint by L. Marie Wood Book 3 of the Red Thread Saga With Book 3 of her Red Thread Saga, L. Marie Wood introduces us to pain so deep, so violently torn from our soul that we are left crying before we feel the tears well up in our eyes, and that is only Chapter One. With surgical precision, she wields the pen like a scalpel, firm in her grasp, savage in its mastery. The pain does not ease as the pages turn, rather it builds, brick by brick, cut by cut, a master bricklayer re

BAD THINGS HAPPEN HERE By Mark Morris Flame Tree Press/ June 2026 BAD THINGS HAPPEN HERE is a slow-burn tale of dread and terror, combining supernatural forces with the natural weight of being human, using grief, loss, and all too relatable familial scenarios to increase the tension as each page reveals a new level of darkness and despair. Centered around five friends that shared a terrifying experience during college, the story spans the decades between past and present a

Happy Saturday! So today things are a little different. For over a year now I have had the honor and privilege of being given a platform to post my weekly reviews and highlight indie authors, etc. Beyond that, I have had the honor and privilege of not only becoming friends with Candace Nola, but I have also been able to work alongside her and now call her closer to family than anything. We can be a dysfunctional family at times, but a family, nonetheless. She never wanted us

Today, we have another guest review from local Pittsburgh author, Kerry E.B. Black! Check out her thoughts on her most recent read below! I just added this one to my TBR. You should too! BLACK SHEEP by Rachel Harrison Going home to a dysfunctional family that includes your look-alike, scream queen mom because your ex-boyfriend is getting married to your one-time best friend spells a roaring good time in Rachel Harrison’s Black Sheep. Filled with all the sarcasm and snark fo

Happy Saturday! Half way through the year and today I have three amazing reviews for three amazing books for three amazing authors. Enjoy. WE ARE HERE TO HURT EACH OTHER by Paula D. Ashe "I think, maybe, being alive is the stupidest thing any of us will ever do. To keep at it, like somehow things will right themselves." I have not one clue where to start with this one. Twelve mind bending stories that take you to a really weird place in your brain. All twelve are beautiful in

Happy Saturday! What do today’s Uncomfortably Dark reviews have in common? The three authors are incredibly talented and amazing people. And all three of their books are an easy five stars. Without a doubt. Enjoy! THE DEAD HEART by Lucas Milliron "Dead men didn't argue. They never complained about their shortcomings or apologized for cumming too quickly. They never spilled seed or forgot to pull out or try their bullshit machismo banter. The dead played best, the silent, subm

Today, we have another guest review from local Pittsburgh author, Kerry E.B. Black! Check out her thoughts on her most recent read below! I just added this one to my TBR. You should too! Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton Set in an ambiguous past, the award-winning novel Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton tells of a young widow in the Curdle Creek community. This all-black settlement has some unsettling traditions and celebrations that are meant to bring such literary

Happy Saturday! No intro for these three, let’s dive right in! THE DWELLING by Judith Sonnet "There was something about the house, as simple as it was, that told her to turn and walk away. Something in the way the air now smelled, the way the rain fell like hot grease from a pan, the way the hairs on her arms and the back of her neck stood upright, despite being slicked by the elements. It was electric. It was powerful. It was scary." *** "Monsters were everywhere, flitting i

Here I go, here I go again. What's my weakness? Books! I am back with another Book Brawl review. This time it's… YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE By: Mike Salt If you woke up after killing yourself and could live your dream life, what would you do? Gabe’s chance has arrived—but not without a cost. Will he seize the life he's dreamed of, or will he sabotage it like before? Do you ever read a book and think about it hours afterwards? This is one of those titles. Once it gets unde

Happy Saturday! Today’s reviews have such a good range! An Uncomfortably Dark Horror release/preorder, a book with some solid comedy attached, and a page-turning psych thriller with some heavy horror elements. Enjoy! CANIS LUPUS HUMANUS by PJ Verfall “We are above you all. We rule what we survey, and we survey everything.” Gritty but smooth. Fast paced but easy to follow. Page turning but never wanting it to end. Original take on a classic monster. Violent and depraved but po

How's it going, everyone? It's been a bit since I did a review, and it's exciting to get back into it. Personally, I love a delicious root veggie, especially the potato. PO-TA-TO! You can serve them many different ways. You can eat them baked, boiled, or even fried. You can even enjoy them rectally. You heard me. Just ask Vic, the protagonist of today's review: Potato by Oscar Brady One day while at the grocery store Vic comes across a potato with a peculiar shape. Which gets

Today, we have another guest review from local Pittsburgh author, Kerry E.B. Black! Check out her thoughts on her most recent read below! And just check out that awesome book cover! YOUR FAVORITE SCARY MOVIE by Ashley Cullins Ashley Cullins wrote something of a love-letter to the beloved “Scream” franchise with her non-fiction book titled Your Favorite Scary Movie. In it, she packed back stories, controversies, successes, and troubles of the self-aware stories that helped el