Reading List
Featured books from Southern Gothic Festival speakers and guests.
David Joy
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DEVIL’S PEAK—starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, Hopper Penn, and Jackie Earle Haley! In the country-noir tradition of Winter’s Bone meets Breaking Bad, a savage and beautiful story of a young man seeking redemption—a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people […]
Chris Panatier
Worry Box (forthcoming, September 2026). A family with a foster daughter who suffers from disturbing intrusive thoughts moves into a house with issues of its own. An unsettling horror story with a mysterious twist from a celebrated voice in horror. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts. The Martins need a […]
Nathan Ballingrud
Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell (2019). A horror/dark fantasy short story collection featuring six interconnected tales set against grim Southern and working-class landscapes, exploring the boundaries between the known world and Hell through supernatural horror and psychological dread. The collection includes “The Visible Filth,” later adapted into a film.
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