A collection of stories that create a new legend, a folkloric telling of stories that build the horror that is Renfield County. And a riveting read from start to finish!
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Review: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
Synopsis: Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. But none of that seems so terrible when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister, Delilah, being pushed in front of a train. Before fleeing the scene, the murderer shouted two words: bat eater. […]
Review: Eynhallow by Tim McGregor
Synopsis: ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 – Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island paradise her husband promised it to be when they wed. Now with four young children, she struggles to provide for her family while her husband grows increasingly distant. When a stranger comes ashore to rent an abandoned […]
Review: Greater Sins by Gabrielle Griffiths
Synopsis: Who will cast the first stone?1915, the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. An isolated Scottish community is disturbed by a strange discovery: a body in a peat bog, perfectly preserved. Two people haul the body from the ground: Lizzie, the wife of a wealthy local landowner, and Johnny, a nomadic singer and farm hand. At hearthside and […]
Review: (Don’t) Call Mum by Matt Wesolowski
Synopsis: Leo is just trying to catch his train back home to the village of Malacstone in North East England. But there’s disorder at the station, and when a loud young man heading for London boards the train accidentally, a usually easy journey descends into darkness and chaos. The train soon breaks down in the […]
Review: The Folly by Gemma Amor
Synopsis: Morgan always knew her father, Owen, never murdered her mother. She has spent the last six years campaigning for his release from prison. Finally, mid-pandemic, Owen is set free, but the debt-riddled pair can no longer afford (or bear) to live in the family home- a house last decorated by a dead woman’s blood. […]
Review: Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology Edited by Ellen Datlow
Synopsis Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of 18 original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more. The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around […]
Review: Summer of the Monsters by David Sodergren
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 […]
Review: Parthenogenesis by Stephen Graham Jones
Synopsis When their rental truck breaks down, two friends moving cross-country kill time by telling stories about the strange carving in front of the motel where they’re awaiting a mechanic . . . Review Grabbed this on kindle as soon as I saw it was being released. Two best friends have decided to move together. […]
Review: Beyond the Creek by Nico Bell
Synopsis When Alex Foster accepted the caregiver position with the eccentric Nox family, she was issued a single rule: don’t venture beyond the creek. Not a problem, because Alex isn’t interested in exploring the Nox’s vast rural property. She’s too busy rebuilding her life after escaping an abusive past, and she sets her sights on […]
Review: Where The Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh
Synopsis: Bata, a young girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night to find herself standing sentinel before her cousin’s door. Her cousin is to get married the next morning, but only if she can escape the murderous attack of a ghost-bride, who used to be engaged to her groom. A supernatural possession helps Bata […]
Review: Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen
Synopsis: The last thing Nick Morrow expected to receive was an invitation from his father to return home. When he left rural Nebraska behind, he believed he was leaving everything there, including his abusive father, Carlyle, and the farm that loomed so large in memory, forever. But neither Nick nor his brother Joshua, disowned for […]