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10 Indie Horror Books from 2025 You Won’t Be Able To Stop Reaching For

Maudlin HouseOctober 31, 2025

Horror doesn’t have to scream. It just waits. The lights flicker, someone coughs, and you remember you’re alone. That’s the trick. It never really leaves. It lingers in the buzz of an old lamp or the sound your apartment makes when it’s pretending t...

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10 books Hell House recommends for Halloween

Maudlin HouseOctober 31, 2022

It's a rainy Monday and you probably already had your Halloween parties over the weekend. So, if you're bored or too old for trick-or-treating, here are some books that you should check out: Final Girl by Lauren Milici From Nancy T...

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The 21 Best Small Press Books From 2021

Mallory SmartDecember 6, 2021

I don’t know what happened in 2021 because I’m still trying to process 2020. Yet here we are at the end of it getting ready to welcome 2022 in hopes that things change enough for us to have some sense of motion in our lives. But looking back there a...

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Fakeboi

Dmitry SamarovSeptember 7, 2021

Sean Conroe got me to read Sam Pink’s books and for that, I’m deeply grateful. He talked him up endlessly on his podcast, even had the man himself on as a guest; then parlayed his idol worship into a 200K advance from a Big 5 publisher for his debut ...

The “It” in It Follows is You

Dmitry SamarovAugust 8, 2021

Many people have many theories about the unseen and unnamed malevolent force that terrorizes the young people of suburban Detroit in David Robert Mitchell’s 2014 art-house horror hit, It Follows, but I know the true answer. It’s not AIDS or STDs or t...

Too Soon Is Now

Jeff ChonFebruary 28, 2021

I was at my parents’ home in Tacoma watching it on the news, those sad, pathetic people—very similar to the sad, pathetic people in my novel—sacking the U.S. Capitol based on a great lie conjured by the President of the United States. The local news ...

The 20 Best Small Press Books from 2020

Mallory SmartDecember 31, 2020

2020 will forever be known as the year of isolation and self-examination. For some this was good. For others, it was hell on earth. Constant reminders over how the human mind could stay productive through these tough times were constantly thrown at u...

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Books We Recommend This March

Maudlin HouseMarch 1, 2018

Wilson Josephson recommends: Annihilation: A Novel by Jeff VanderMeer Right now, I'm reading Jeff Vandermeer's "Annihilation" in the hopes of spoiling the new film adaptation for myself. I certainly have qualms, but it's a relief to be reminded tha...

2018: The Year in Preview

Maudlin HouseJanuary 1, 2018

Here at Maudlin House, we are ready to let go of 2017. Neither because we are unsentimental or callous (we aren’t!), nor because it was a particularly bad year (it was!)--but because there is so very much to look forward to in 2018. Here’s a taste of...

Books We Recommend This October

Maudlin HouseOctober 31, 2017

Nikki Barnhart recommends: Female Trouble by Antonya Nelson Female Trouble by Antonya Nelson - Antonya Nelson is kind of like the prodigal child of Raymond Carver and Mary Gaitskill. Her short-story collection Female Trouble opens with an epigraph ...

Books We Recommend This September

Maudlin HouseSeptember 30, 2017

Nikki Barnhart recommends: Brave New World by Louisa Luna Somehow, Louisa Luna’s “Brave New Girl” has gone largely overlooked since its publication in 2001. This makes me both mad that it hasn’t gotten the recognition it deserves and a little bit ...

Books We Recommend This July

Maudlin HouseJuly 31, 2017

Nikki Barnhart recommends: Meet Me in the Bathroom by Elizabeth Goodman "Meet Me in the Bathroom" by Elizabeth Goodman is an oral history of the NYC rock scene from 2001-2011, in the vein of the classic "Please Kill Me." It's (probably)...

Books We Recommend This June

Maudlin HouseJune 30, 2017

Kyle Flak recommends: The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard "What a fun, friendly book full of variety and love! Keep it around on a coffee table and for the rest of your life, you'll never be lonely or bored." Clair...

Books We Recommend This May

Maudlin HouseMay 10, 2017

Mallory Smart recommends: Dust Bunny City by Bud Smith and Rae Buleri Dust Bunny City is a collection of drawings, poetry and prose that explore the offbeat underbelly of New York City. Split into two parts, Tic Tac Toe and Orange Peel, it fo...

Books We Recommend This April

Maudlin HouseApril 8, 2017

Laura Knicklebine recommends: The House of the Spirits This is a romance drenched, vintage Chilean fairy tale. Daughter of the Estaban family Clara is blessed by angelic influence that causes others to swell with admiration over her. Her...

Do you want to write for Maudlin?

Maudlin HouseMarch 10, 2017

Yep, we are looking to bring on more staff! Maudlin House is looking for someone who’s creative and energetic. We need someone who is experimental, responsive, and ready to jump in! We're primarily looking for interviewers and columnists, but feel f...

Books We Recommend This March

Maudlin HouseMarch 4, 2017

Laura Knicklebine recommends: “Never Let Me Go” Kazuo Ishiguro In a strange, isolated boarding school, three children share childhoods together. They are “special” and brought up to believe so, until graduation day brings them to a grisl...

Books We Recommend This February

Maudlin HouseFebruary 4, 2017

Benjamin Lee recommends: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Alexie remains as one of my favorite authors for his honest and raw perspective on Native American life. This collection of short stories continues that tradition by ...

Books We Recommend This January

Maudlin HouseJanuary 1, 2017

Benjamin Lee recommends: The Things They Carried Both a novel and collection of interrelated short stories, Tim O'Brien's half war memoir and writer's autobiography illuminates with his writing style and unique characters, d...

PRE-ORDER: Sometimes Cool Things Are Terrible

Maudlin HouseDecember 22, 2016

Now available for pre-order: Sometimes Cool Things Are Terrible by Amanda Dissinger (Starts shipping January 20th) PRE-ORDER “Dissinger writes with a delicate balance of sadness and beauty that captures the complexities of life and love with hum...

Pre-order: 101 Adages for the Millennial

Maudlin HouseDecember 6, 2016

Now available for pre-order: 101 Adages for the Millennial by Dylan Taylor (Starts shipping December 20) Life Lessons for the 21st Century You can lead a horse to water but you can’t guarantee the pipes aren’t lead A bird in the hand i...

Books We Recommend This Month

Maudlin HouseNovember 30, 2016

Benjamin Lee recommends: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The near-future. Firefighters that burn illegal books. A protagonist who finally questions his profession and the world around him. Classified as dystopian science fiction...

who wants to join the maudlin fam?

Mallory SmartAugust 29, 2016

We’re looking to shake things up and bring on more staff! Maudlin House is growing and we need to keep up with that growth! Supply and demand right? Errr something not quite so capitalistic, we’re not bougie... But we do need to bring it! So w...

Want to work at Maudlin House?

Mallory SmartApril 29, 2016

Yes, you read that correctly! Maudlin House is looking to inject some fresh blood into the press. Our interviews editor, Olivia Olson, is heading off to grad school so we’re looking for someone to fill her shoes. We’re also looking for someone to tak...

Release day for Emoji Death Mask

Mallory SmartApril 28, 2016

The first poetic endeavor by Texan author Trey Pharis, Emoji Death Mask is a virtual sequence on the page of sad imagery and long yawns. It is a field guide to 21st century love and life. If you’ve ever sat alone in your basement online with your ...

Coming Soon: Emoji Death Mask

Mallory SmartMarch 14, 2016

We'd like to introduce you to Maudlin House's next poetry book from Trey Pharis. It's called 'Emoji Death Mask' and it comes out April 28th. You can pre-order it now here. Here's what the cover looks like. It's blindingly colorful. We could writ...

Tip the authors!

BulentFebruary 1, 2016

Did you just absofuckinglutly love a story you read? Now you can show the author how much you loved it by tipping them. Just click this button that appears in every author's bio: We would have an option where you can send them a coffee via drone...

New design, more content, and beyond!

BulentFebruary 1, 2016

Whoa, like, what's with the new design? Before you go off and explore, let me tell you a little about it first. We decided to update the site partly because we think this new design just looks damn purdy. Mostly though, this design gives us much n...

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