Category: Book Reviews
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Managing and Other Lies – by Willow Heath
An unsettling collection of queer horror stories that takes readers on a dark journey down desolate country roads, through the vacant halls of Gothic homes, and into the dark heart of modern-day Britain. These are Kafkaesque tales of loneliness, brutality, and paranoia. In a labyrinthine house at the edge of a quiet English village, a…
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Gods and Mobsters – by Adam Millard
Simian Knight PI had been shot at once before. Well, not technically shot at, but the bullet had gone past his head. Well, not really past his head, inasmuch as it went past his office building and embedded itself in someone’s car. It didn’t so much embed in the car as bounce off, as it…
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Welsh Roads are Full of Potholes and Now I’m Suspicious of Them…
A Tale of Fenland Terror The council let the potholes grow too wide. They let them get too deep. And by failing to seal the breach between our world and the fiery hellscape below, they let something creep through, something ancient, something ungodly, and something hungry.But the people of Little Elmswood aren’t going to sit…
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It’s Books Like This That Make Me Want to Read All Day, Every Day, Forever: ITCH! – by Gemma Amor
Josie is at rock bottom, living a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean. When she stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, Josie plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past – all whilst battling a…
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There’s “Something Peculiar” About Great British Horror 10…
GREAT BRITISH HORROR 10 continues the annual series showcasing the best in modern British horror. Every year, the series will feature ten British authors, plus one international guest contributor, telling tales of this sceptred isle. The 2025 edition, SOMETHING PECULIAR, features eleven more previously unpublished stories from authors at the very top of their game.…
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Depart Depart – by Sim Kern
When an unprecedented hurricane devastates the city of Houston, Noah Mishner finds shelter in the Dallas Mavericks’ basketball arena. Though he finds community among other queer refugees, Noah fears his trans and Jewish identities put him at risk with certain “capital-T” Texans. His fears take form when he starts seeing visions of his great-grandfather Abe,…
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A Light Most Hateful – by Hailey Piper
Mona Awad’s Bunny meets Stranger Things in this mind-bending and terrifying examination of female friendship and the lengths we’ll go to protect the ones we love, from the Bram Stoker award winning author of Queen of Teeth. Three years after running away from home, Olivia is stuck with a dead-end job in nowhere town Chapel…
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A Broken Darkness – by Premee Mohamed
It’s been a year and a half since the Anomaly, when They tried to force Their way into the world from the shapeless void. Nick Prasad is piecing his life together, and has joined the secretive Ssarati Society to help monitor threats to humanity – including his former friend Johnny. Right on cue, the unveiling…
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Return to Innsmouth: A Strange Aeons Adventure: Book 1 – by Henry Hinder
Are you a fan of H.P. Lovecraft’s spine-tingling horror, hilarious comedies like What We Do in the Shadows, and Sherlock Holmes-style detective work? If so, then you won’t want to miss Return to Innsmouth – a witty, irreverent short novel that lovingly blends cosmic horror with a healthy dose of dark humor. Join the unlikely duo of Bill…
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Exploring the Labyrinth: Volume One – by Kit Power
On the surface, Kit Power seems like a successful horror writer – three-time BFA finalist, two-time Splatterpunk winner, and author of the celebrated My Life in Horror essay series. But that affable facade hides a terrible secret: he never read the works of Brian Keene on initial publication. Podcaster. Philanthropist. Stoker winner. World Horror Grandmaster. Brian. Fucking.…
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