Category: Goat Leader
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Advance Review: Ghosts of Smoke and Flame || by Richard Dansky
Just because you’re dead doesn’t mean things get easier… Charlie and Naomi Oates had the perfect life with their daughter Jessica – until their house burned down with them inside. Now Charlie and Jessica find themselves trapped in the family home as ghosts, while Naomi rejects Heaven because she doesn’t want to be there alone.…
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I’d NEVER Go There. Buuut I Do Love a Good Theme… || Motel Styx || Book Review
Tucked away in the Chihuahuan Desert lies a motel unlike any other… Fuelled by online trends, a shift in the American zeitgeist has led to the instatement of the Lazarus Act, legalizing the ‘recreational use’ of human corpses. Ellis Mercer, recently bereaved, embarks on a secret mission to America’s first ‘necrotel’ to recover his wife’s…
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Sinister Scrawlings || Debut Collection from Bradyn Harrison
Dark bleatings, my lovely tribe. I’m popping up today to tell you about a debut collection from an author called Bradyn Harrison. It’s called Sinister Scrawlings: Terrifying Tales to Tell in the Dead of Night, and it’s a short, snappy little dude containing lots of horrors. Let’s dive into the details! There are things in…
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A Bunch of Unhinged Valentine’s Day Horror Book Recommendations
Dark bleatings, my beautiful tribe, and Happy Valentine’s Day. I’ll get right to the point…here’s a bunch of book recommendations to read on this special, romantic day. I…er…don’t really know what I was thinking. Anyway, here we go! Breathers – by S. G. Browne A zombie tale of self-discovery, love, and an insatiable hunger that…
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Not So Sure I’d Want These Visions…! || Visions of Grace, by Alison Littlewood || Book Review
Katie is almost six. She’s very much looking forward to her birthday party, with her mum Leanne and sister Chloe and of course her very best friend, JoJo. Grace has no daughter, no mum, no family, but she loves her friends next door, perhaps especially Katie, since she has no child of her own. It’s…
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I Guess Not All Those Table-Top Gamers Are Wholesome…|| Roll for Initiative, by Lesley A. Camphouse|| Book Review
When Gemma moves across the country, she’s thrilled to be accepted in a group to play her favorite TTRPG. The group is excited, too. Then, in one session, one of the members takes it too far, becoming that guy. However, the game master silences Gemma when she stops the game, telling her not to ruin the fun…
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My Favourite Horror Movies Directed by Women
Dark bleatings, my tribe! As I’ve said in a previous post, I don’t know if Women in Horror Month is still a thing (or if it’s this month or next month), but I want to celebrate it regardless. I’ve had numerous (short) conversations with people that either assume or insist that women just aren’t that…
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Is Age Affecting My Memory, Or Is It Something More Sinister?! || ‘The Memory Shades’ by David Watkins || Book Review
A brave new world…Jon is being used as slave labour on a distant planet. The memory of his crimes has been wiped to help keep him compliant. But Jon has visions of a dead woman with horrific wounds. Who is she? Why is she haunting his thoughts?Hollie was against the wiping of prisoners’ memories and…
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When Daylight is as Scary as Full Dark! || Night and Day, edited by Ellen Datlow
A horror anthology edited by the genre’s greatest, Ellen Datlow, with one side featuring stories about what haunts the night while the other side showcases the terrors that can exist in the light of day in this new addition to the Saga Doubles series. This anthology contains stories from some of the most evocative and…
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“But There Aren’t That Many Women Writing Horror…” || A List of 192 Female Horror Authors
Dark bleatings, my lovely tribe. I don’t know if Women in Horror Month is still a thing, and if it is, I don’t know if it’s supposed to be this month or next month. Regardless, I always miss these things and since I read and review work by women all year around anyway, I thought…
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