Best Horror Fiction
The Magnus Archives is a British audio drama podcast exploring horror through a unique format. It presents a collection of fictional “fear statements” detailing unsettling events, meticulously woven together into an overarching narrative. Created by Rusty Quill, the series offers a compelling and at...
Millennium was an American television series created by Chris Carter and broadcast on Fox from 1996 to 1999. The show centered on Frank Black, a consultant who utilizes his ability to enter criminal minds, alongside investigations conducted for the Millennium Group. The series concluded after three...
The Ones Who Live is a six-episode AMC miniseries following characters after the events of *The Walking Dead*. Scott M. Gimple, Danai Gurira, and Andrew Lincoln spearheaded its creation, featuring Lincoln, Gurira, and McIntosh returning to their established roles. It represents the seventh televisio...
Welcome to Night Vale is a surrealist fiction podcast launched in 2012 by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor under the Night Vale Presents network. The series is presented as community updates from a fictional, supernatural desert town and is narrated by a radio host named Cecil Palmer. It quickly becam...
All of Us Are Dead is a television series adapted from the Webtoon of the same name. It depicts a group of South Korean students attempting to survive an outbreak of a highly contagious zombie virus. The show features a cast including several young actors portraying the characters' struggles against...
The White Vault is a fictional horror audio drama podcast that utilizes a found-footage, documentary-style narrative format. The story follows an international repair team sent to a remote outpost in the Arctic where they encounter strange and terrifying phenomena. It is distinctively known for its...
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is a horror drama series developed for AMC, focusing on the character Daryl Dixon. It expands upon the existing narrative of *The Walking Dead* franchise, continuing storylines following the events of the original series. This spin-off shares continuity with other insta...
1899 is a German television series set in late 19th-century Germany. It centers around a group investigating a strange maritime disaster and recurring visions linked to time travel. The show’s complex narrative and exploration of historical mystery appeal to viewers interested in science fiction, th...
Pseudopod is a weekly audio-fiction podcast devoted to horror short stories, launched in 2006 as part of the Escape Artists podcast network. Episodes generally present narrated works by contemporary and established writers, often accompanied by an introduction and editorial commentary. Its selection...
The Walking Dead: Dead City is a horror drama series following Maggie Rilke and Negan alongside her son Jack. It serves as a sequel to *The Walking Dead*, expanding upon established characters and continuity within the franchise. The initial seasons were overseen by Eli Jorné, with Seth Hoffman taki...
"Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery" is a fiction podcast produced by HartLife NFP that blends supernatural elements with small-town family drama. Set in the fictional town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio, the narrative centers on a cast of local characters who encounter strange occurrences connected to the t...
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is a 2006 point-and-click adventure game that reimagines the classic detective duo within a dark Ukrainian setting. It presents a horror-infused mystery centered around the disappearances of individuals linked to Cthulhu Mythos lore. Designed for fans of detective ficti...
The NoSleep Podcast is a weekly horror fiction anthology that premiered in 2011, created as an audio extension of the popular Reddit community r/NoSleep. The show is hosted by David Cummings and features original horror stories performed by a rotating cast of voice actors. Each episode relies heavil...
Wolf Man is a 2025 horror feature exploring themes of familial protection and monstrous transformation. The narrative follows Christopher Abbott as he battles a newly acquired lycanthropy, endangering his family. This rebooted installment draws on the classic werewolf mythology offering a contempora...
Into the Dark is an American horror anthology television series available on Hulu. It features twenty-four self-contained stories exploring unsettling narratives connected to various holidays. Created by NBCUniversal and Walt Disney Television, each episode presents a unique horror fiction experienc...
The Black Tapes is a fictional horror podcast presented in the style of an investigative documentary. It follows journalist Alex Reagan as she examines allegedly paranormal cases associated with Dr. Strand, a skeptical investigator who studies claims that conventional explanations do not fully resol...
Deathrealm was an American horror and dark-fantasy magazine founded by Mark Rainey in 1987. It published fiction concerned with horror, supernatural subjects, and related forms of weird fantasy, including work by contemporary genre writers. The magazine operated within the small-press tradition of s...
Published in the late 1950s by Joseph Wrzos, Grue was a notable horror fanzine recognized for bridging the gap between amateur horror fandom and professional literary genre publishing.
