Category: Book Reviews
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Adrian Baldwin is Unique || Stanley McLoud Must Die! || Book Review
Death can be a real downer. Just ask Stanley McCloud. The ancient and inveterate gambler has just found out he hasn’t long to live. Refusing to believe his prognosis, though, Stan places a massive bet that he will reach his next birthday. Surely, his run of bad luck can’t last! Unfortunately for Stan the independent…
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I Am SO Entertained || Book Review || Trad Wife – by Saratoga Schaefer
Every trad wife needs a baby. Camille will get one – no matter the cost. Camille lives to embody the perfect traditional wife―cooking, cleaning, homesteading, and documenting it all for her followers. But without a baby, her image―and her following―feels incomplete. As Camille’s husband begins to withdraw and his attention in her waning, Camille’s desperation…
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The Keeper – by Sarah Langan || Book Review || (Don’t fall asleep!)
She lives in their dreams. They die in hers. Nothing good can grow in the forgotten town of Bedford. After the closure of the paper mill, the town has become a wasteland. A decade of layoffs has caused a collective bitterness, leading many inhabitants to alcoholism, crime and abuse. The worst symptom, however, is the…
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I Knew I Was Right to Hate Sprouts || Book Review || Day of the Killer Sprouts – by Kelvin V.A Allison
You SHOULD have eaten them when you had the chance!!! – Sixteen scouts and their pair of deviant leaders…– Bickering 8 year old twins and their infant brother…– A pair of hillbilly brothers enjoying date night…– Two deputy’s from the Ulster Sheriff’s Department…– A pair of rangers from the New York Department of Environment and…
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New Horrors Coming Our Way! || Of Beasts and Bones || Book Review
Creatures. Grotesqueries. Aliens. Cryptids. Ghosts. These are just a few of the anomalies we’ve unearthed.Join us as we pursue monstrosities, unwittingly stumble upon unspeakable horrors, and bring terrifying abominations to life. They’re all waiting for you—the monsters from your nightmares, the noises you ignored as a child, the shadows hiding atrocities you can’t fathom. They’re…
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Worse Than Tinnitus || Advance Book Review || Drone – by Dan Howarth
Gallagher’s life on the island should be idyllic. Yet his scenic, remote farm turns a meagre profit and provides little distraction from his vices. When a strange noise infects the island’s inhabitants, Gallagher’s rural life is infiltrated by tension and unease. His neighbours become unpredictable and dangerous, threatening the fabric of island life beyond anything…
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Dark Duets – by Penny Jones and Teika Marija Smits || Book Review
Dark Duets 1: SUGAR AND SPICE BY PENNY JONES Once upon a time there were two sisters, but their life was anything but a fairytale. THE UNSILENCING BY TEIKA MARIJA SMITSA mysterious ailment strikes a schoolful of children, rendering them mute and motionless. One mother takes it into her own hands to find the evil truth behind…
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Eric LaRocca Has Done It Again! || Wretch || Book Review
After his husband dies, Simeon Link finds himself overcome by grief and seeking comfort in an unusual support group called The Wretches, who offer an addictive and dangerous source of relief. They introduce Simeon to a curious figure known as Porcelain Khaw—a man with the ability to let those who are grieving have one last…
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IT’S BACK!!!!!! Come Sing for the Harrowing (by Dan Coxon) is being re-released and I’m very excited about it || Book Review
From British and World Fantasy award-winning writer and editor Dan Coxon, Come Sing for the Harrowing is an uncanny folk horror collection for fans of John Langan and Robert Aickman. A young man working at a tourist attraction is singled out for unholy transformation, a gang of burglars are ambushed with something unworldly when they attempt to…
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Woodland Peeping *Shudders* || ‘The Watcher in the Woods’ by Charlotte Bond || Book Review
A series of micro-collections featuring a selection of peculiar tales from the best in horror and speculative fiction. Dark bleatings, my lovely tribe. I finally had time to sit down and enjoy one of my several unread ‘Shadows’ books, so I picked this little beauty by Charlotte Bond. The theme of this is fairy tales,…
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