Gabino Iglesias

1 week ago | gabinoiglesias.substack.com | Gabino Iglesias

Hey, everyone! Hope y’all are doing okay despite the constant tire fire. Been a while, but here we are again. We’re also very close to 2000 subscribers. When we get there, I’ll bring back Show Me Your Shelves (writers talking books and showing us their shelves) and maybe Skin Stories (writers talking about and showing us their tattoos). So yeah, if you end up reading this, please subscribe! Already subscribed? Tell a friend or three.

3 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Gabino Iglesias

I began writing about books for the New York Times in late 2023 and officially began my tenure as the horror fiction columnist for the New York Times Book Review in January on 2024. I love that gig with all my heart, but it often makes me miss something else I love with all my heart: crime fiction. Sure, I’m still reading crime (and noir, thrillers, mystery suspense, true crime, etc), but I’m not writing about what I read, and writing about what I read is what I’ve always done. Solution?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Gabino Iglesias

ROSE OF JERICHO (Tor Nightfire, 335 pp., $28.99) continues what Grecian started with his 2023 novel "Red Rabbit," and that's a good thing. "Red Rabbit" introduced readers to Sadie Grace, who is wanted for witchcraft; Rabbit, the ward of a hunter who is tracking Sadie Grace; and Rose, a widow who eventually adopts Rabbit. The novel traced how these strangers came together, but it also took Grecian's voice into weirder, far more magical pastures.

1 month ago | fivebooks.com | Josh Malerman |Gabino Iglesias |Stephen Jones |Gwendolyn Kiste

The Horror Writers Association use the Bram Stoker Awards shortlists to highlight the best new publications in lots of different categories—including short stories, anthologies, screenwriting and criticism—but here at Five Books we specifically like to feature the books shortlisted for ‘superior achievement in a novel.’ The five finalists in 2025 are: House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias Gabino Iglesias—who scooped the 2022 prize for best novel with his reluctant hitman tale The Devil...

1 month ago | gabinoiglesias.substack.com | Gabino Iglesias

Hey, it’s been a minute! How the hell are ya? If you’re doing the “look around” thing with your hands, I see you. If the answer is okay, I also see you and know that maybe you’re like me and you don’t actually mean it, so I also see you. Hah. Anyway, I hope you’re okay, I wish you nice things, and I’m glad to be back here, especially because I want to talk about writing. There are no rules when it comes to writing, and the same goes for the way we deal with things.