MalevolentDark.com Top 10 Extreme Horror Fiction of 2023
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1. Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
Inspired by the pages of American Psycho, Maeve Fly is a provocative debut about an unforgettable female serial killer “that is both a blood-soaked love letter to Los Angeles and a gleeful send-up to iconic horror villains.”
2. Snow Angels by Lucas Mangum
A busload of ex-convicts left to die in a snowstorm thirty years ago return to town for revenge in a bloody ode to classical supernatural horror.
3. Transcendental Mutilation by Ryan Harding
A collection of ten stories by the five-time Splatterpunk Awards winner, including his award-winning tales “The Seacretor” and “Angelbait.”
4. We’re Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror edited by Angelique Jordonna and James G. Carlson
An anthology of twelve stories embracing the expression of dread from the marginalized and oppressed. Features tales by Judith Sonnet, Hailey Piper, Angelique Jordonna, Sumiko Saulson, Michael R. Collins, Pippa Bailey, Ruth Anna Evans, Evan J. Peterson, Dan B. Fierce, James Lefebure, Anton Cancre, and Jason LaVelle.
5. Along the River of Flesh by Kristopher Triana
The sequel to Gone to See the River Man is about an escaped serial killer who returns to his hometown while a detective, a private investigator, and a strange teenage runaway search for the murderer, each carrying their own dark secrets.
6. Pedo Island Bloodbath by Duncan Ralston
An exclusive island party by a jet-setting financier attracts everyone from royalty and politicians to tech billionaires and models along with a journalist who investigates rumors about trafficking young girls and a secret auction unaware there’s a creature lurking there, eager to awake from his long slumber.
7. Dead End House by Bryan Smith
Behind its blacked-out windows and crumbling facade, an abandoned house where unspeakably terrible acts happened long ago is home to an enduring evil.
8. Bowery by Matthew Vaughn
In a strange place where females are kept pregnant and relentlessly milked like cows, a woman fights for survival as she tries to escape with her unborn child from a sadistic group of farmers.
9. Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror edited by Jack Bantry
An anthology of thirteen stories edited by the creator of Splatterpunk Zine features tales by J.F. Gonzalez, Jeff Strand and Bridgett Nelson, Glenn Rolfe, Wile E. Young, Robert Essig, Patrick Lacey, Lucas Mangum, Brendan Vidito, Candace Nola, Scott Cole, Kristopher Rufty, Carver Pike, and Brian Keene.
