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04/04/2026 COVER REVEAL: GRAVE TERRAIN
May I present GRAVE TERRAIN? This will be a novel that follows the journey of our female main character across a desolate landscape where what remains dwells in the dust of the dead. This is my current Story in Progress project on Patreon. Every Sunday, all patrons get the next installment, raw and unedited, exactly as I wrote it that morning. At the end of the project, all patrons get the fully revised eBook and/or physical copy. Join the Patreon at the link below to follow
Candace Nola
Apr 43 min read


03/27/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day - INK VINE by Elizabeth Broadbent
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! Ink Vine by Elizabeth Broadbent Sometimes, you just pick your poison and pray. Stay the hell out of the swamp — the backwater town of Lower Congaree recites it like an eleventh commandment.
Candace Nola
Mar 272 min read


03/26/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day - MORTIFIER by Sarah DeRosa
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! MORTIFIER By Sarah DeRosa Mort has spent his life dreaming of becoming a clown, just like his famous cousin Arthur. He’s convinced that his destiny is written in his bloodline and the legac
Candace Nola
Mar 262 min read


03/25/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day -THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust…from bestse
Candace Nola
Mar 252 min read


03/24/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day -Harrowfield by Stephanie Ellis
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! HARROWFIELD By Stephanie Ellis Harrowfield is a tiny village in the Marches, that wild strip of borderland between England and Wales. On the edge of this village lies another field, the Ha
Candace Nola
Mar 241 min read


03/19/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day -CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS: And Other Stories by Sarah Tantlinger
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS: And Other Stories By Sarah Tantlinger Enter into a wicked Eden of poisonous plants, radium kisses, and cosmic chaos. In this, her debut fiction collection, Bram Sto
Candace Nola
Mar 191 min read


03/18/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day -WAKE THE HOLLOW by Gaby Triana
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! WAKE THE HOLLOW By Gaby Triana Tragedy has brought Micaela Burgos back to her hometown of Sleepy Hollow. It's been six years since she chose to live with her affluent father in Miami instea
Candace Nola
Mar 182 min read


03/16/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day - LOVELY, DARK, & DEEP by Megan Stockton
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! LOVELY, DARK, & DEEP By Megan Stockton Every year, Six Mile Island has a seasonal shutdown for serious weather. This year, the forecast is calling for the storm of a century, so most of the
Candace Nola
Mar 161 min read


03/14/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day - HOW TO RECOGNIZE A DEMON HAS BECOME YOUR FRIEND by Linda D. Addison
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! HOW TO RECOGNIZE A DEMON HAS BECOME YOUR FRIEND by Linda D. Addison. Who doesn't need to know How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend? From the first African-American to receive the
Candace Nola
Mar 141 min read


03/12/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day - THIS IS HOW A VILLAIN IS MADE by Amanda Headlee
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! THIS IS HOW A VILLAIN IS MADE by Amanda Headlee Fleeing her father's cruelty, Beatrix Beaumont arrives in Yellow Creek City with little more than a name and a will to survive. When she land
Candace Nola
Mar 122 min read


Repost: WOMEN IN HORROR: Sumiko Saulson
Welcome to Women in Horror Month! This series was shared last year for Women in Horror month, but as these wonderful ladies are still writing fabulous stories and are not to be missed, I will be re-sharing a few of these spotlights over this month as these incredible women should never be forgotten! For all of March, come back here to see a daily spotlight post for incredible women in the horror industry. While these posts will mostly be dedicated to indie horror authors,
Candace Nola
Mar 102 min read


03/10/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day - A DARK AND RISING TIDE by Debra Castaneda
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! A DARK AND RISING TIDE by Debra Castaneda W hen a massive storm surge hits the central coast of California, the ferocious surf destroys buildings, floods streets, and washes up something si
Candace Nola
Mar 102 min read


Repost-WOMEN IN HORROR: Somer Canon!
Welcome to Women in Horror Month! This series was shared last year for Women in Horror month, but as these wonderful ladies are still writing fabulous stories and are not to be missed, I will be re-sharing a few of these spotlights over this month as these incredible women should never be forgotten! For all of March, come back here to see a daily spotlight post for incredible women in the horror industry. While these posts will mostly be dedicated to indie horror authors, you
Candace Nola
Mar 61 min read


03/06/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day!
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! EMINENCE FRONT By Rebecca Rowland When a winter storm arrives in a small town in New England, few are prepared for the aftermath, and fewer still will survive the raging horror hidden withi
Candace Nola
Mar 61 min read


03/03/2026 Women in Horror: Book of the Day! Dark Cloud on Naked Creek!
In honor of Women in Horror month, we will be spotlighting books written by women from all walks of life within our horror industry. Be sure to check back often for great book recommendations written by these incredible ladies! Add all of them to your TBR list to read today and every day! DARK CLOUD ON NAKED CREEK By Cindy O'Quinn “Dripping with beautifully written prose, and enthralling characters, Dark Cloud on Naked Creek is a profoundly emotional tale of family and the t
Candace Nola
Mar 33 min read


03/01/2026 Recent Release: The Return of Hank Flynn
NOW AVAILABLE IN EBOOK AND PAPERBACK! HANK FLYNN: The Return In the early 1900s, in the mid-west of a young America, something evil is preying on small towns, leaving a trail of blood in its wake as it moves, unseen, searching for something older than the land itself. When tragedy strikes next, Sheriff Townsend has his hands full with townsfolk demanding answers, a young rookie as his only assistant, and a doctor that has more questions than answers. When a stranger arrives
Candace Nola
Mar 11 min read


02/20/2026 Recent Reads & Reviews: Thresher by Michael Cole
Thresher by Michael Cole Audiobook ‘Could be the bookish love child of Jaws and The Meg 2’ Thresher was a lot of fun to listen to and grew wilder by the minute. Small town horror by the sea. Boaters become prey for a grossly overgrown Thresher shark, which leads to wide-spread panic, multiple bodies being washed ashore (at least, the parts not eaten), and a mystery to be solved by local police offer Leanord Riker, an officer of some infamy in his own right, who feels like a
Candace Nola
Feb 202 min read


02/16/2026 New Short Stories by Candace Nola: The Horror Collection from KJK Publishing
Over the last year, I have been fortunate enough to be invited to, and accepted into, several volumes of The Horror Collection series of anthologies from Kevin J. Kennedy. Kevin J. Kennedy has published more than a dozen of these incredible volumes. Today, I'd like to showcase the ones that I am a part of and encourage you to check them out and all the others. First up, INSIDE THE INDIE HORROR WORLD, a non-fiction volume of advice, experiences, and wisdom from some of the mo
Candace Nola
Feb 163 min read


02/15/2026 Recent Reads & Reviews: Two Reviews for Ronald Kelly
Cumberland Furnace & Other Fear Forged Fables Twilight Hankerings Can never go wrong with any story from Ronald Kelly and these two collections were fun, creepy, and full of moments that made me look over my shoulder. Cumberland Furnace and Other Fear Forged Fables contains seven tales that could only beat in the dark, diseased heart of Dixie…as the description says. This is another great collection from Ronald Kelly, one of the original pulp horror legends and these storie
Candace Nola
Feb 152 min read


02/14/2026 Happy Release Day to L. Marie Wood! THE TRYST is available now from Mocha Memoirs Press!
The Tryst Book One of the Red Thread Saga by L. Marie Wood What is slipstream? THIS is slipstream: A moment in time… insignificant and fleeting for most, but for Nicole, Mark, and Eric, it is life-altering. Three strangers meet in a town they don’t know in a place they hadn’t expected to end up only to find that they are exactly where they were supposed to be… again. Love always finds a way. Through space and time, past and future, through lifetimes and storylines they were d
Candace Nola
Feb 141 min read
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