Horror acquisitions up 25% year-over-year
Publishers Weekly reported horror novel acquisitions were up 25% year-over-year, two years running, signalling a potential bubble.
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The Horror Renaissance Is Real — But Could Be a Bubble
Horror novel acquisitions are up 25% year-over-year, two years running, according to Publishers Weekly. Paul Tremblay credits the shift partly to Get Out forcing mainstream culture to take horror seriously, and partly to an exciting influx of own-voices horror authors — but he worries the boom could pop.
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