Synopsis Girl in the Creek is a pulse-pounding story about the horrors growing all around us, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and T. Kingfisher. Buried secrets only spread. Erin’s brother Bryan has been missing for five years. It was as if he simply walked into the forests of the Pacific Northwest and vanished. Determined to […]
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Review: Kill Your Darling by Clay McLeod Chapman [audiobook]
Synopsis The body of Glenn Partridge’s 15-year-old son was discovered in a vacant lot nearly forty years ago. The police are still no closer to finding the murderer decades later. Glenn refuses to let the memory of his son fade—or let anyone else within this small working-class community forget. His long-suffering wife signs him up […]
Review: Mushroom Blues (The Hoffman Report #1) by Adrian Gibson [audiobook]
Synopsis ENTER THE FUNGALVERSE SPFBO X 2nd place. Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer. Winner of the FanFiAddict Award for Best Indie Debut, the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, and the Next Generation Indie Book Award. BLADE RUNNER, TRUE DETECTIVE, and DISTRICT 9 meld with the weird worlds of JEFF VANDERMEER and […]
Review: Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley
Synopsis It’s a Midsommar night’s Scream in this thriller set at a remote tech-free healing retreat from author Brian McAuley. Hannah has been running from her demons ever since the death of her fiance. No one really knows what happened the day Ben died, and she’d like to keep it that way. She’s definitely not going to admit to […]
Review: Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon
Synopsis When Jodi, BB and Matt decide to burgle a derelict country home as a thrilling dare, they become embroiled in a twisted legacy of supernatural terror. There are rumours of a bizarre curse hanging over the hoard of antiques and jewellery within the house. And unbeknownst to the others, one member of the trio […]
Review: King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Synopsis: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Pick up the novel everyone will be talking about.” —The Atlantic“Dark, riveting, and accomplished.” —Washington Post“Propulsive and powerful. . . A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger.” —New York Times Book Review Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama. When eldest […]
Review: A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper
Synopsis: Euphoria meets Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke in this latest novel by the Bram Stoker Award–winning author Hailey Piper, following a couple whose search to spice up their sex life leads them down a path of madness. A kink-fixated couple, Carmen and Blanca, have been in a rut. That is until Blanca discovers the […]
Review: Stay on the Line by Clay McLeod Chapman (Audiobook)
Synopsis: “This book is a literary punch to the heart.” —New York Times After a small coastal town is devastated by a hurricane, the survivors gravitate toward a long out-of-service payphone in hopes of talking out their grief and saying goodbye to loved ones, only for it to begin ringing on its own. As more […]
Review: Cathedral of the Drowned (The Lunar Gothic Trilogy Volume 2) by Nathan Ballingrud
Synopsis: The sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider, Cathedral of the Drowned is a dripping, squirming, scuttling tale of altered bodies and minds. There are two halves of Charlie Duchamp. One is a brain in a jar, stranded on Jupiter’s jungle moon, Io, who just wants to go home. The other is hanging on the wall of Barrowfield […]
Review: Veil by Jonathan Janz
Synopsis: “The voice in Veil is as present, strong, charming, singular, and desperate as any I’ve read. The story of a family man who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Even if those threats are beyond sanity, reason, and a once agreed upon reality. Janz has written another absolute gem of the genre.” —Josh […]
Review: To Those Willing To Drown by Mark Matthews
Synopsis: To save her daughter’s soul, a grieving mother must battle a sinister pastor who feeds off the cremains of the dead and haunts a lake community. “This is goddamn wonderful. It’s both beautiful and horrible.”—Julie Hutchings, author of The Harpy“A beautiful, seismic novel.”—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes When […]
Review: Overgrowth by Mira Grant
Synopsis Day of the Triffids meets Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Cuckoo.This is just a story. It can’t hurt you anymore. Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she’s an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she […]