"Spooky Season Reading: Novellas, Recommendations, and Haunting Literature for Halloween"

This article highlights 16 spooky novellas written by women and nonbinary authors. Ranging from uncanny feminist fables to dystopian rides fueled by rage, these novellas offer a combination of moral seriousness, sensory vertigo, and difficult-to-sustain tension. With themes of horror, possession, grief, and haunted houses, these compact yet powerful stories are perfect for Halloween or any lover of dark fiction.