Here’s my over the top October TBR. Those that have followed my Instagram for years already know, but for those new here, I always try for shorter reads for Spooky Season, but then I choose 900 anyway… with the job I have I will probably end up doing way more audiobooks too. I figured I’d put […]
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Creepypastor: 20 Tales of Priests, Pastors and Parsons that are definitely going to Hell
The sub-genre of religious horror just so happens to be one of my favourites, and I have read lots of it. In doing so, I have found there’s a rather saturated sub-sub-genre (if you will) of reverends, vicars and nuns (so on and so forth) written in an adversarial role, and the sub-sub-genre in question… […]
COVER REVEAL: The Fall of Selvandrea (Vol 1 of the Draemeir Chronicle) by T. J. McKay
Cover illustrator: Rachel Bostwick | SiteRelease Date: September 26th 2024!Preorder Link: SitePublisher: Self | SiteGenre: Dark, clean, flintlock fantasyARC Request: Request here! Blurb Villains rise where nations fall. And the Fall is coming. Valdaris was a middling artillery captain before his people fell to a conquering rival. Then he fell further still, snatched from the battlefield by a ruthless cult and cast into […]
Getting Started in the Cyberpunk Genre: Top Books to Read
[This is an updated version of a script for one of my YouTube videos, which can be found here.] The cyberpunk genre is one of my favorite genres, not only in books but also in visual media. I love the aesthetic you typically see within this genre in games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Deus Ex. […]
GUEST POST: The Essential Hero’s Toolkit by R.R. Virdi
There are three tools all heroes must possess. Know them by their shape and their names. They are the candle, cloak, and cane.
Magic swords, magical horns, and magic powers. Heroes throughout myth and modern fiction have had no end of magical macguffins to seek or draw upon. But when crafting Tales of Tremaine, I wanted to look back through history, and mythology, to what heroes have often had or needed, but perhaps not always got the spotlight.
So, where did I begin?
The Summer I Turned Gritty
10 Scorching Must Reads For Your TBR This Summer Us horror fans call ourselves “The Halloween people,” but, to the best of my knowledge, we exist all year round: and so does great horror. For too many years, whilst by the poolside, I begrudgingly downgraded from what I actually wanted to read, forcing myself through […]
COVER REVEAL: The Hedgehog Dilemma by Armanis Ar-Feinial
Cover illustrator: Miblart | SiteRelease Date: Surprise reveal and release, available now!Order Link: Order NowPublisher: Self | Site AmazonGenre: Magical Realism/Urban FantasyARC Request: Request here! Two full novels collected into a single binding! The Hedgehog Blurb When Ted Anderson survives a nuclear meltdown at Area 51, he wants a normal life. Silence, peace and tranquility, but the demons and […]
COVER REVEAL: Gulf & Breach (Dark Walker Series #1&2) by Shelly Campbell
Cover illustrator: Author | SiteRelease Date: Cover is a rerelease to match new books!Order Link: Order Now | Author DirectPublisher: Eerie River Publishing | SiteGoodReads: Add to Shelf Blurb A lonely teen discovers a new door in his family’s old summer cottage and unknowingly opens a portal to a terrifying world. All my life they told me monsters weren’t […]
BestGhost: A Novelette by C. J. Daley Paperback out now!
Cover illustrator: Stock photo/Canva overlay by ME Publisher: BestGhost Books | Site is under constructionRerelease Date: June 3rd, 2024Order Link: Order Now!GoodReads: Add To Shelf Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller Blurb The world’s best ghost hunters, the town’s most haunted mansion, what could go wrong? A debut sample from the forthcoming Tales From Cemetery! The Old Mayor’s Mansion sits just a few miles outside the town […]
Captivating First Lines Pt. 2
Hello again dear reader or listener, I hope you’re enjoying your Sunday! I once again have literary appetizers for you.
Since I recently received a (very amusing) spam bot comment on one of my old list posts, I thought I might as well make a part 2 given it’s been three years! As you can guess from the title, I felt like listing the very first (or first few) lines from books currently on my shelves, that I found especially captivating for one reason or other. Maybe they’re particularly ominous, or amusing, or intriguing, but in each case, they set the tone incredibly well.
COVER REVEAL: Z.E.R.O: Zombie Elimination and Rescue Operatives (Z.E.R.O Saga #1) by Jessica Ungeheuer
Cover illustrator: Jessica Ungeheuer (author) | SitePublisher: Self Release Date: August 23rd, 2024Pre-Order Link: Amazon GoodReads: Add to shelf Z.E.R.O is book one in a new urban fantasy and horror series! Blurb Jeffrey Knight is a down on his luck self proclaimed loser. He can’t keep a job, forced into hours of work in the hell that is retail. His […]
Series Spotlight: GOOSEBUMPS by R. L. Stine
At the time I started collecting these, I believe I had made an offhand comment about wondering if Stine was the most published author ever. That’s all it took, and my partner at the time suggested we try collecting them all. For months, we had ThriftBooks coming in weekly doubling the collection. I think we […]