Best Cosmic Horror

John Langan's 'The Fisherman' is a slow-burn, atmospheric horror novel that weaves together folklore, grief, and cosmic dread. The story follows two widowers who find solace in fishing, only to uncove...

Victor LaValle's 'The Ballad of Black Tom' is a novella that reimagines H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Horror at Red Hook' from the perspective of a Black man in 1920s Harlem. LaValles powerful storytelling an...

T. Kingfishers 'The Hollow Places' is a fun, creepy, and imaginative portal-fantasy horror novel. When a woman discovers a hole in the wall of her uncle's museum that leads to a terrifying, alternate...

H.P. Lovecraft is the father of cosmic horror, a subgenre that emphasizes the insignificance of humanity in the face of vast, uncaring, and ancient entities. His stories, such as 'The Call of Cthulhu'...