Halloween Is Over, but the Scares Don’t Have to Be: 7 African Horror and Thriller Books to Keep the Spooky Season Going
The candy bowl is almost empty and the costume is back in storage, but that Halloween feeling does not have to disappear with the last day of October.
If you are still craving something that creeps under your skin, African horror and thriller literature has exactly what you need. The continent's writers have long been crafting stories rooted in folklore, the supernatural, and psychological tension that hit differently from anything you will find in a Western horror aisle.
We pulled together seven books to keep your pulse racing well past the spooky season. Whether you like your scares slow-burning and literary or fast-paced and cinematic, this list has a place to start.
Go ahead and dim the lights. The season is not over yet.
Originally published by Brittle Paper.