Below you will find a list of 31 MORE Halloween-themed books to sink your fangs into each spooky season. From short story collections to novellas and novels, there’s something for everyone to help get them into the holiday spirit. Adult, middle grade, young adult, classics- this list has it all…but given the season, all (for the […]
About C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead)
Review: Devil’s Night: A Halloween Short Story by Richard Chizmar
Synopsis It all started on a wind-blown Friday night in October. It was the night before Halloween, the night we always called Wreck Night or Devil’s Night back when we were kids and Halloween was second in our hearts only to Christmas. At least the newspapers got that much right. The day, I mean. They […]
Review: Your Beloved Remains by Quinn Connor
Synopsis As fascination turns to obsession, two women drag each other into an academic horror of forgery, murder, and rage, destined to be devoured by readers of Plain Bad Heroines and If We Were Villains. Archivist Celia Kiel has spent her life on the remote campus of Basin College in the Southern Ozarks. Once a jewel of women’s […]
Review: Pictures of You by Josh Malerman
Synopsis A woman becomes the unknowing subject of an artist’s dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House.After a magical night out on the town with her boyfriend Jack, Emily wakes alone in a huge bed in a beautiful, well-lit room. But the pink ceiling, the mauve […]
Like Creature Features? Watch these Shows
I’m back! This one is going to be a little different, honestly. Seeing that I started with zombie shows before going on to movie lists, the idea had always been in my mind. That said, there really aren’t nearly as many shows when it comes to creature features, slashers, and sharks. At least comparatively. And […]
Review: Licorice by Kara LaReau (Illustrated by Kelly Murphy)
Synopsis A feral tabby cat is finally adopted by a loving family at 5 Manderley Road, only to realize that her new home might be haunted by the cat who lived in the house before her. Spine-chilling and heartwarming, funny and charming, Licorice is a purrfect retelling of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca for young readers, by award winning author Kara LaReau. […]
FFA Excerpt Exclusive: The Milks by Louis Urbanowski
The author has a first chapter excerpt available, but has agreed to expand it even further with us at FanFiAddict! British zombie horror comedy set in Stevenage. urbwrites.com | @UrbWrites Contact: louiswrites2025@gmail.com Blurb EVERYONE HAS A PLAN FOR THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.HIS SOUNDED BETTER IN THE PUB. Shaun of the Dead meets The Girl with All the Gifts—except our protagonist […]
Review: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Synopsis A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a “masterpiece” (Locus Magazine) of a novel about revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition. This is a remarkable horror story that “will give you nightmares—the good kind of course” (BuzzFeed).From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that […]
Review: Hostile Contact by Nick Snape
Synopsis A failed military training exercise. An alien incursion, desperate and on the hunt. Survival is just the beginning… ‘This is a moment in time humanity will never forget. Hostile Contact.’ ★★★★★ Goodreads Finn had thought he’d seen it all…but no…he had to admit… Not quite everything… There was a big universe out there and it […]
Like Halloween? Watch these Movies
Spooky season is officially upon us! Therefore, I have achieved my final form: October Connor (C. J., if you’d like). As I can’t exactly act like I don’t consume horror year-round anymore, during the month of October I have been looking to watch more Halloween-themed films. While watching WNUF Halloween Special this week, it reminded […]
Review: Those Left Behind by N. C. Scrimgeour
Synopsis A dying planet. A desperate mission. A crew facing impossible odds. Humanity’s last hope lies with them… Time is running out for the people of New Pallas. Nobody knows that better than Alvera Renata, a tenacious captain determined to scout past the stars with nothing but a handpicked crew and a promise: to find […]
Review: All Her Beautiful Deaths by A. Rushby
Synopsis A gothic tale in two timelines in which the lives of two women intersect through a series of mysterious, eerily beautiful photographs of the dead London, 1865. Minnie has been sent to Culpepper House to work as a maid. She’s been told that the Culpepper twins are odd, and odd they are. Edmund and Edith […]