Category: Book Reviews
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Run Rabbit Run – by N. A. Williams – Book Review
Born into a bloodline of strong and healthy males, fifteen-year-old August Foxx is the anomaly. A cripple by the very definition of the word, suffering from a rare neurological disease. In the midst of navigating the choppy seas of his abnormal boyhood, August witnesses a disturbing confrontation between his parents that leaves him questioning his…
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Greyfriars Reformatory – by Frazer Lee – Book Review
Nineteen year-old Emily’s acute dissociative disorder causes her to be institutionalised – again – at Greyfriars Reformatory For Girls. Caught in the crossfire between brutal Principal Quick and cruel bully Saffron Chassay, Emily befriends fellow outcast Victoria. When the terrifying apparition of the mysterious ‘Grey Girl’ begins scaring the inmates to death, Emily’s disorder may…
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With a Blighted Touch – by J. Todd Kingrea – Book Review
In Scarburn County, Tennessee there is a small mountain community called Black Rock, known for its unusual and prevalent blight that affects all vegetation . . . When an unexpected death forces Christopher “Kit” McNeil to return to his small hometown in the Tennessee mountains after eighteen years, he must confront his past and a…
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Little Spooks – by Terry Miller – Book Review
Dark bleatings everyone! Little Spooks is indeed a collection of “little” spooks – it’s 30 horror drabbles. It’s a super quick and fun read, and here are some thoughts on/summaries of each bite-sized nightmare. THE BAD CHILD: Is there anything more disturbing than the continuous crying of a small child? THE EYES HAVE IT: Collecting…
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Fearful Implications – by Ramsey Campbell – Book Review
FEARFUL IMPLICATIONS collects twenty recent tales by Ramsey Campbell, ranging from the uncanny to the satirical, the disturbing to the comical, and sometimes they meet in the middle. Can our mobile phones connect us to the afterlife? A voice from a bush tempts a child off a path, and a street performer’s routine proves to be…
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30 Days of Night – by Tim Lebbon – Book Review
The Official Novelization of The Terrifying Film In the sleepy and secluded town of Barrow, Alaska — the northernmost settlement in North America — its citizens are preparing for the annual coming of the Dark, when the sun will set for more than thirty consecutive days and nights.But this year, the Dark will bring something…
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Naked & Famous – by Elizabeth Broadbent – Book Review
Sixteen-year-olds Harlan, Brooks, and Don’t-Call-Me-Tiffany-Sue T. S. have zilch to do during their summer in a podunk Southern swamp town. T. S., who’d give a lesser toe (or maybe pose in Playboy) to escape, hits on an if a bad tabloid can play cut-and-paste with Bigfoot photos, why can’t they serve up the real thing?…
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NSFW – by David Scott Hay – Book Review
An experimental horror-lit set in the near future about connection and isolation. The Office meets A Clockwork Orange. Set in the world of social media moderators, @Sa>ag3 and @Jun1p3r must survive their first 90 days to qualify for benefits and a life-changing mystery bonus. As they flag a nonstop torrent of the most heinous [NSFW] videos, their…
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Strange Frequencies – by Richard Clive – Book Review
A World War One fighter pilot tortured by guilt, a New York mobster desperately counting the hours until his execution, an elderly man losing his mind in a decrepit nursing home… all must face their regrets and the notion that we build our own Hell, brick by brick. Richard Clive’s chilling debut collection features eleven…
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The Hurricane Caged Inside of Her – by Erik Hofstatter – Book Review
Sirin AKA Tristan Grieves is a death bringer. A borrower of lives with a loose moral compass that points to Liene. A continent eater and the daughter of the Alkonost. He travelled everywhere. Now he must travel in her. Cannibalise her energy. They chase each other from door to door, star to star. Across borderless…
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