Synopsis: “Monsters aren’t real.” That’s what sixteen-year-old Lucy Brannigan has always believed, until, broke and desperate, she and her father move to an isolated farmhouse in the small Scottish town of Helsbridge. It’s their last chance, and they have to make it work. For Lucy, life appears to be over. With no friends, and surrounded […]
Body Horror
Review: Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
Synopsis: Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the “Great Reckoning” is here, he assumes it’s related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, […]
Review: Candy Cain Kills Again: The Second Slaying by Brian McAuley
Synopsis A slasher sequel that picks up immediately where the first book left off with the festive killer coming to town on Christmas morning to punish a parish full of sinners. Review A huge, huge thank you to Shortwave Publishing for sending an ARC my way! There’s no better way to kick off the holiday […]
Review: The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Hugh Westenra
It’s Halloween so what better time than now to talk about the book that’s apparently gotten me into my horror era? That’s probably an exaggeration, but this really is the book that has made me curious about exploring the horror genre more. I am now creating a small spooky TBR for the next couple of […]
Review: The Queen by Nick Cutter
Synopsis On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on her doorstep. She switches it on to find a text from her best friend, Charity Atwater. The problem is, Charity’s been missing for over a month. Most people in town—even the police—think she’s dead. Margaret and Charity have […]
FLASHBACK REVIEW: The Troop by Nick Cutter
SYNOPSIS Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-day camping trip; a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story and a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder — shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry — stumbles upon their campsite, Tim […]
Review: The Bug Collector by Wrath James White
Synopsis: Joey has a very unique paraphilia that has ruined his health, destroyed his once handsome looks, and made him an outcast, a pariah. Now, this horrifying fetish threatens his very life, placing him in the hands of a profoundly disturbed and angry woman with a serious grudge. From the twisted imagination of Wrath James […]
Review: Mother by Ainy Cormac
Synopsis When parents go to war, children become little more than weapons to be used against the other party. Their words and love are ammunition to hurt one another. Such a fact is known deep down by children but only surfaces later in life.Zach ‘s life with his mother is miserable and painful, but when […]
Review: At Dark I Become Loathsome by Eric Larocca
Synopsis: “If you’re reading this, you’ve likely thought that the world would be a better place without you.” A single line of text, glowing in the darkness of the internet. Written by Ashley Lutin, who has often thought the same–and worse–in the years since his wife died and his young son disappeared. But the peace […]
Review: Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum
Synopsis: It’s 1900, and Louise Wilk is taking her dying husband home to Buffalo where he grew up. Dr. Edward Wilk is wasting away from an aggressive and debilitating malady. But it’s becoming clearer that his condition isn’t exactly a disease, but a phase of existence that seeks to transform and ultimately possess him. Review: […]
Review: Deliver Me by Elle Nash
Synopsis: At a meatpacking facility in Missouri, Dee-Dee and her coworkers kill and butcher 40,000 chickens in a single shift. The work is repetitive and brutal, with each stab and cut a punishment to her hands and joints, but Dee-Dee’s more concerned with what is happening inside her body. After a series of devastating miscarriages, […]
Review: House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
Synopsis In this “stunningly visceral” (New York Times Book Review) novel, a group of young men seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered in a Puerto Rican slum; STAND BY ME with a haunted, obsidian-dark heart. For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang […]