Affiliated with the BAFTSS Horror Studies Special Interest Group, Hidden Horror Histories is a new series from Liverpool University Press focusing on under-explored areas of screen horror.

The series places particular emphasis on aspects of the genre, its history, and its creative personnel which have not been covered extensively in scholarship to date. Hidden Horror Histories aims to expand the scope of horror scholarship by bringing new genre histories to light in the context of developments in the screen industries. Books contracted for the series to date include a monograph on women creatives in TV horror, a collection on Nigel Kneale’s screen horror work, a study of Australian horror cinema, and a title culturally reframing teen horror.

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We welcome proposals on any under-explored areas of screen horror, or on key creative individuals or collectives/groups within horror screen media, past or present. This could include (but is not limited to):

• Trans/national screen horror media and practices
• Horror media from under-explored areas and eras
• Studies of particular directors, stars, actors, composers/sound designers, screenwriters, video game designers, special effects and make-up artists, costume designers, production designers, cinematographers, producers or editors

Books for the series can be monographs (c. 90,000 words) or edited collections (e.g 12 x 7,000 word chapters plus an introduction).

A key aim of the series is to commission and publish scholarly work which explores creativity in relation to identity and intersectionality, and how they relate to the shifting structures and opportunities of the industries. As such, while we are interested in titles on all kinds of under-considered aspects of horror, the series particularly welcomes studies of under-represented groups, topics or trends. These studies might, for example, focus on Black creatives, women producers, queer horror film/television, issues of representation in horror films related to disability or class, or horror produced in nations and diaspora currently under-researched in horror studies.

In line with the objectives of the BAFTSS Horror Studies SIG, the series aims for an inclusive approach to scholarship which is responsive to the dynamic, evolving nature of the field. This includes encouraging proposals from emerging early career researchers or independent scholars, interested scholars from outside the discipline, academic practitioners, collaborative ventures, and scholars from under-represented or marginalised groups.

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If you are interested in contributing to Hidden Horror Histories, please contact the series editors:

Kate Egan, Northumbria University (kate.egan@northumbria.ac.uk)
Shellie McMurdo, University of Hertfordshire (s.mcmurdo2@herts.ac.uk)
Laura Mee, University of Hertfordshire (l.mee2@herts.ac.uk)

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