2026 Something Wicked Fall featuring a folk horror read-along + stories, movies, and more!

Today is officially fall AND spooky season here at Castle Macabre! Let's get this scary party started! This is our 9th year and, as expected, I'm excited to share the fun and the horror. 🎃

😈 Social Media - If you're on Facebook, we have a Seasons of Reading group and page, where we interact during readathons so I'll be sharing info there, and also on the Seasons of Reading Instagram, and in the Seasons of Reading Goodreads group. Castle Macabre also has a Facebook page and we're on Instagram here. Also, if you like Discord, join us on the Seasons of Reading Discord. There is a Something Wicked Fall channel if anyone is up for some live interaction. Here's the invite link: https://discord.com/invite/e6uAmXtGqA

👹 Folk horror read-along of Adam Nevill's Last Days (Factoid: Apple TV is making a new series titled Ascension, which is based on this novel!). We will be reading the book for the entire two months.

Discussions will be held on this blog. The dates for discussions and the reading schedule are below.

My edition: St. Martin's Griffin (trade paperback) edition, published in 2012, 531 pages.

Read-Along Schedule 

(some sections may be longer than others due to the length of some of the chapters)

• Start reading the first section on September 2
  Prologue - Chapter 8, pp 1- 154
  (Discussion post - September 16)
• Second section, September 17
  Chapter 9 - 18, pp 155 - 276
  (Discussion post - September 30)
• Third Section, October 1
  Chapter 19 - 25, pp 277 - 397
  (Discussion post - October 14)
• Fourth Section, October 15
  Chapter 26 - 30, pp 398 - 531 (end)
  (Discussion post - October 30)

💀 For the two months of Something Wicked Fall we focus on everything horror...Gothic (Best Gothic Books of All Time), Classics, Folk Horror (Goodreads Folk Horror List) and any other kind of horror (Best Horror Anthologies and Horror Collections - Single Author). This post will be the master post where we can post about what we're reading in the comments (or leave links) so be sure to bookmark it (I will also have Something Wicked Fall linked in the menu at the top of the blog).

👺 Horror movie/shows I'm a year-round horror girl so I watch an inordinate amount of horror movies and shows, and even more during spooky season, so I will be sharing my take on some of those, and will probably share a few book reviews as well. As always, I invite guest posts or reviews from anyone who would care to contribute. If interested, send me a message via the Contact Me button in the sidebar.

👻 FrightFall Readathon October all month long, at Seasons of Reading. Sign-up for the readathon will be open soon. 

I mentioned in my blogiversary that I've started a YouTube channel. Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to record my first video yet. I'm hoping to this week. My plan is to do some stuff for this event. I'm thinking I will for sure be reading aloud Shirley Jackson's The Lottery and The Witch. If you want to subscribe (free), here's the link: 

https://www.youtube.com/@castlemacabrehorror  

I promise I'll have a video up soon. I'm also very nervous so there's that too.

Don't forget...you can still grab the printable Halloween bookmarks I created a couple of years ago. Just download them by clicking the image below.

I believe I've covered everything. If you have any questions, feel free to comment, or contact me via the contact form (click the image near the top of the sidebar) No official sign-up for this. Just share that you're in by leaving a comment. You can join in as little or as much as you want.

Stay Wicked!!