Category: Book Reviews
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Fever Dreams of a Parasite – by Pedro Iniguez
In Fever Dreams of a Parasite Iniguez weaves haunting tales that traverse worlds both familiar and alien. Paying homage to Lovecraft, Ligotti, and Langan, these cosmic horror, weird fiction, and folk-inspired stories explore tales of outsiders, killers, and tormented souls as they struggle to survive the lurking terrors of a cold and cruel universe. With symbolism and…
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Alien: Out of the Shadows – by Tim Lebbon
The official new novel set between the events of Alien and Aliens. As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. The on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell – and trimonite, the hardest material known to man. When a shuttle crashes into…
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Poison Ivy – by Mark Towse
Chatter from all corners brings the dilapidated community centre to life. Sinatra crackles across the room. Chair legs scrape on the uneven hardwood floor. Yes, the residents of Newhaven Crescent are all busy prepping for another thrilling evening. Could it be Bingo night? Another talent show? Or is it to welcome the clipboard-carrying visitors from…
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LOONEY! – by Gavin Dillinger and Stephen Kozeniewski
When beloved cartoon characters come crawling out of her TV, army recruiter Gabriella Harman expects a zany romp instead of the hellish nightmare that follows. One night, haunted by her memories of Iraq, Gabriella downs a stomachful of pills and booze. When her favorite cartoon characters, the Kooky Toons, start crawling out of the TV,…
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Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences
From impoverished university student to struggling schoolteacher to one of the best-selling—and most recognizable—authors of all time, this engrossing book reveals the evolution and influences of Stephen King’s body of work over his nearly 50-year career, and how the themes of his writing reflect the changing times and events within his life.An expansion of Stephen King…
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Ninety Eight Sabers – by Elizabeth Broadbent
Family secrets. High strangeness. Reality TV. The Trenholm clan helped found Lower Congaree, South Carolina. Their land is cursed. Their abusive patriarch has croaked. Only heirs who attend the funeral will inherit. But when Truluck Trenholm suffered his eventually-fatal stroke, oldest son Ash turned the haunted plantation into an enormously successful reality show-with all the…
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Happy Bunny and Other Mischiefs – by Rebecca Gransden
Dangerous creatures, neglected kids and dejected employees face the weird, odd and perilous. Enter a world where possessed pageant girls get their revenge, a pigeon leads to an underground cult, and a video game mod threatens to unleash hell itself. Enjoy fourteen stories of spite, mischief, and malevolence! Dark bleatings, my happy tribe! I’m here…
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We Are Here to Hurt Each Other – by Paula D. Ashe
SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD WINNER!BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINATED With these twelve stories Paula D. Ashe takes you into a dark and bloody world where nothing is sacred and no one is safe. A landscape of urban decay and human degradation, this collection finds the psychic pressure points of us all, and giddily squeezes. Try to run,…
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Sacrilege – by Barbara Avon
Wayward priest Cris Corelli rids himself of the sacred collar and leaves town, boarding the midnight train with no destination in mind. Satan is following him – lurking in the shadows. Corelli finds himself at an unassuming boarding house run by beautiful, yet tortured, Jules. She has her own secrets. They are the kind that…
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Malevolent Fairy – by BB Clifford
WHEN ANIA WAKES UP IN A CAMP FOR TROUBLED SOULS, she has no memory of how she got there, and yet the people who surround her seem familiar. As if that wasn’t strange enough, the camp has been set up in an abandoned and derelict place. Faced with violence from the outset, Ania tries to return…
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