Ruadán Books

10/08/2025

It's return of the Living Top Tuesday! We want to know all about your Top 5 zombie movies—or TV shows. Tell us what's eating your BRAINS.

10/08/2025

Just two weeks until Portraits of Decay is unleashed! 🎨💀 Join us on October 21 at 8 PM ET for a launch event with J.R. Blanes in conversation with Author Christa Wojciechowski.

There will be a reading! Questions! Answers! And even prizes!

Wondering how to get there? Check below. 🔗⬇️💬

10/03/2025

We're excited to announce the Portrait of Decay audiobook, forthcoming later this month, will have THREE narrators. 🎨🎧

First up, reading from the perspective of Jefferson Fontenot, is the inimitable James Fouhey!

Stick around so you don't miss the next reveal.

10/02/2025

Calling nonfiction writers! Our online column, Thoughts From the Writer’s Desk, remains OPEN.

We are looking for unpublished, original nonfiction essays about the writing life, from individual writing journeys and in-depth tips on the craft and business to thoughtful columns on genre fiction (especially horror, dark fiction, and speculative fiction, in general).

You can find more submissions details by reading below. 🔗⬇️💬

10/01/2025

Looking to bury yourself in a new book? 📚🦊

Maria Haskins won’t leave you hanging in the latest Thoughts from the Writer’s Desk.

�Check out her list of ten books from 2025 that left an impression—from dystopian rebellions and visceral horror to intricate sci-fi and gothic fantasy. Whether you’re looking for a novel to chew on or a novella to leave you thinking, there’s a book here to steal your weeknight (including your sleep).

No apologies for what we’re about to do to your TBR, though.

Look below for the article. 🔗⬇️💬

09/30/2025

📚 New from me at Ruadán Books: 10 New Books I Read and Loved in 2025.

https://ruadanbooks.com/what-to-read-10-new-books-i-read-and-loved-in-2025/

09/30/2025

09/27/2025

When Cindy O'Quinn tells you not to make the monsters wait, you listen. 👹

“Seventeen exceptional voices lead us through sixteen cities across the world in order to experience the darkness which comes regardless of the season.”—Cindy O'Quinn, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Dark Cloud on Naked Creek.

🌱 Pre-order Spring in the City to secure this anthology of springtime mischief and horrors for 33% off and get a free metal bookmark for the bargain. 🔗⬇️💬

09/26/2025

Did someone say it's National Comic Book Day? 💥 There's no way the Ruadán Books team can let that pass without a few—okay, a slew of recommendations!

Whether you're looking for psychological horror, dark fantasy, fairy tales, urban legends (and cryptids!), or anthropomorphic animals... we've got you covered.

💬 Which comic book or graphic novel did you pick up today?

09/24/2025

Today's top Tuesday is entering the final frontier: who's the top Star Trek captain?

09/24/2025

From Clay McLeod Chapman to your eyeballs: Sinister Societies is a book to watch! (And by watch, we mean read.)

"It's no conspiracy that Sinister Societies assembles a disquieting sextet of novellas that'll have you looking over your shoulder after every tale. The cabal of awe-inspiring writers gathered in this ominous omnibus are to be feared and revered."—Clay McLeod Chapman, Author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Edited by Linda Hartley, and featuring:
Cindy O'Quinn
Errick Nunnally
Mercedes M. Yardley
Michael Burke
Tom Deady
Sarah Read

You can PRE-ORDER wherever books are sold, but order the paperback from us and you'll receive an art card featuring an illustration from the book. 🔗⬇️💬

09/20/2025

🎸 Who let The Dead Milkmen in here? Oh, that would be Zandra Renwick . You can thank her later.

Enjoy this excerpt from her story "Extra Midnight"—yes, with a special shoutout to TDM's "Punk Rock Girl"—and grab a copy of the book from wherever books are sold.