‘“What are you?” the boy had asked and not, “What are you supposed to be?”‘ Horror has always been a genre where true grief and trauma can be explored through ghosts and other metaphors, and I think social commentary in the horror genre specifically is so important when it’s used with intention and care. ThisContinue reading “Book Review – When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen”
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Book Review – The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
“When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die.” I love this story so much – it’s one that I try to pick up every October if I can, ’cause the seasonal magic within the pages puts me in the Halloween mood everyContinue reading “Book Review – The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury”
Book Review – Sole Survivor by Zachary Ashford
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Unnerving has absolutely knocked it out of the park with their ‘Rewind or Die’ series! The series focuses on quick, impactful, gory stories that wouldn’t be out of place in those old 70s/80s/90s VHS horror films a lot of us genre-fans loved so much growing up.Continue reading “Book Review – Sole Survivor by Zachary Ashford”
Book Review – Rites of Extinction by Matt Serafini
Title: Rites of Extinction Author: Matt Serafini Edition: Paperback Page Count: 150 pages Rating: 5 / 5 ✨✨✨ Click for Goodreads I’m honestly a sucker for a cool cover, so when I saw RITES making the rounds on social media, I was instantly intrigued by the bold colors and bleeding eye. I read the back-of-the-book synopsis,Continue reading “Book Review – Rites of Extinction by Matt Serafini”
Book Review – The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young
Title: The Magpie Coffin Author: Wile E. Young Edition: Paperback Page Count: 204 pages Rating: 5 / 5 ✨✨✨ Short Summary: The year is 1875 and outlaw Salem Covington has spent the last twenty years collecting stories, possessions, and lives. Nicknamed “The Black Magpie” for his exploits during the war, Salem has carved aContinue reading “Book Review – The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young”
Book Review – The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Title: The Loop Author: Jeremy Robert Johnson Edition: Paperback Page Count: 306 pages Rating: 5 / 5 ✨✨✨✨✨ Release Date: 9/29/2020 Short Summary: Stranger Things meets World War Z in this heart-racing conspiracy thriller as a lonely young woman teams up with a group of fellow outcasts to survive the night in a town overcome by a science experimentContinue reading “Book Review – The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson”
Book Review – Ghoster by Jason Arnopp
Title: Ghoster Author: Jason Arnopp Edition: Paperback Page Count: 496 pages Rating: 4.5 / 5 ✨✨✨✨ Short Summary: Kate Collins has been ghosted. She was supposed to be moving in with her new boyfriend Scott, but all she finds after relocating to Brighton is an empty apartment. Scott has vanished. His possessions have all disappeared. ExceptContinue reading “Book Review – Ghoster by Jason Arnopp”
Book Review – Dead of Winter by Kealan Patrick Burke
Title: Dead of Winter Author: Kealan Patrick Burke Edition: Paperback Page Count: 96 pages Rating: 4 / 5 ✨✨✨✨ Short Summary: Winter it’s coming… it’s already here, and with it comes a horror no door can keep out. It’s there in the yard, in the faces of the snowmen a young boy doesn’t remember building.Continue reading “Book Review – Dead of Winter by Kealan Patrick Burke”
Book Review – I Am Not Your Final Girl by Claire C. Holland
Title: I Am Not Your Final Girl Authors: Claire C. Holland Page Count: 91 pages Rating: 5 ✨ Perfect for fans of: Poetry, horror cinema, feminism This review was first featured on the Night Worms blog, which has a team of amazing people involved with promoting & reviewing horror books (of which I am happyContinue reading “Book Review – I Am Not Your Final Girl by Claire C. Holland”
Book Review – Amazon’s DARK CORNERS Horror Series
This is my second series from Amazon, with the first being their science fiction series, Forward. I liked that one a bit more than this, but there were some good shorts here and a couple women in horror authors I already loved, like Jennifer McMahon & Joyce Carol Oates. From Amazon: “Don’t believe what they say.Continue reading “Book Review – Amazon’s DARK CORNERS Horror Series”
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