SYNOPSIS From #1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill, a chilling tale of modern-world dangers, dark academia, and the unexpected consequences of revenge as six friends dabble in the occult and are tragically, horrifyingly successful… calling forth an evil entity that demands regular human sacrifice.Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham […]
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Review: Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines
Synopsis: Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls in this humorous contemporary standalone fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time. Three former Chosen Ones have joined together to spend their retirement in peace and quiet, running Second Life Books and Gifts in Salem, […]
Review: The Lost Cube (Immortal Great Souls Book 4) by Phil Tucker
Synopsis Scorio’s indomitable will is all that’s keeping him going. For victory has been purchased at too high a cost. Haunted by the ghosts of friends and lovers fallen, he must rekindle the will to fight, unmask the monsters and manipulators who have deceived the Great Souls for centuries, and finally bring the answers to […]
Conform (Conform #1) by Ariel Sullivan
Synopsis Born to an Elite family, Emeline has been marked as different from birth and by a society that judges all its citizens on their ability to conform. Emeline only has one role open to her: to become a mother. Offered a pro-creation contract with Collin, a member of the Illum – the governing body […]
Review: Toothsucker (Toothsucker #1) by Kaden Love
Toothsucker has a unique mash-up of genres and tropes, with vampires born of cybernetic implants.
The Tower of the Tyrant by J.T. Greathouse
Synopsis A LAND DIVIDED. A HISTORY INKED IN BLOOD. ONE SORCERESS’S QUEST FOR ANSWERS. The world beyond the City of the Wise is fraught with danger. But Fola, a talented sorceress who has left the safety of its walls, is unconcerned. She’s on the hunt for magical remnants left behind by the First Folk – […]
Review: After by Drew Starling
Synopsis: Ten years after the invaders arrived, the scant traces of humanity still live every second of their lives in absolute terror. Forced from their cities into ragged communes on the edges of the world, they cling to their precarious existence by the weight of their micro-decisions, one careless move or false breath away from […]
Review: Every Dark Cloud by Marisca Pichette
A deep and atmospheric eco-apocalyptic novella.
Review: Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
Synopsis Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails […]
Review: Vampire: The Masquerade: Dark Prince by Keith Herber
Synopsis Vampire Cannibalism — The Ultimate Crime Sullivan was a working stiff, a before-the-mast sailor, when he was taken in by the Family almost 150 years ago. They gave him immortality — and an undying hunger for human blood. Since then, Sullivan has been on the prowl. And what better place for a night creature […]
Review: Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Synopsis Read it before you see it! Now a major motion picture from the teams behind Smile and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel In Adam Cesare’s terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress—that just may cost […]
ETHOS by Benjamin Aeveryn, E.J. Doble, James Lloyd Dulin, B.S.H. Garcia, Jonathan Neves Mayers, Morgan Shank
Synopsis An idea—one that spreads and takes root—is a dangerous thing. It can corrupt, betray, mislead. Reality warps under the weight of an idea firmly planted. Cultures and countries descend and die because of ideas. Those simple philosophies become gods. They become an Ethos. A dark fantasy anthology featuring six novelettes conjured by the Arcanist […]